Photo Story 3

Presented by

Barbara McLaughlin & Teresa Harrison

Business & Learning Technologies

Workshop Objectives

This workshop will:

Introduce you to Photo Story 3

Look at Photo Story 3 software

Give you an opportunity to produce a Photo Story

Workshop Agenda

1. Intro and Demonstration of Photo Story 3Netcaster

2. File Management: Create workshop folders

3. Software Check: Photo Story 3

4. Hands-on with Photo Story 3Create a Photo Story with your images

Storytelling

Storytelling is an ancient art and has evolved from word of mouth

Today we can tell stories using software &

multimedia to create powerful presentations.

This format would be known as:

Digital Storytelling

What is Photo Story 3?

Presentation software Uses a wizard format to assist the user to create

the presentation. Wizard allows import of pictures, & then sound,

text, effects and transitions can be added to the pictures.

Free software from Microsoft Used predominantly for Digital Storytelling

Photo Story 3 Tools

Software, such as Photo Story 3 allows us to add:

Graphics Titles Narration (you can add the narration) Motion and Transitions (and you can customize) Sound

Photo Story 3 Demo

There are many good teaching videos available

http://jdps.edublogs.org/ Shannon Smith

Sharing with Netcaster

Publish your completed masterpieces at our OCDSB Digital Showcase blt.ocdsb.ca/netcaster.ca

Resources

• Flickr allows you to use an Advance search for non-copyrighted free photos www.flickr.com

• Music is available from freeplaymusic.com

Get Organized!

1. Create a folder on your H: drive for this workshop called “Photo Story Workshop”

2. Double-click (open) your folder “Photo Story Workshop” and create 2 new folders. Name them “Images” and“Project”.

File Type is Important

• This is a .wp3 file• It is a work in

progress.

• This is a.wmv file • It is complete and

ready to play.

Hands On Time

• Please open Photo Story 3 and create your Photo Story.

• Remember to keep all your Workshop files in the folders we created:

Photo Story WorkshopImagesProject