Photo Story 3 PossibilitiesA Multi-Media Event

by Sue Connolly and Stephanie McMahan

Web 2.0 WorkshopAugust 2008

Nubble Ghost Ship by Stephanie

McMahanDone in Photo Story 3

What you need to use PhotoStory3

• Internet access to download software

• Computer with Windows XP

• Access to music• Access to video

Required: Makes it easier:

• Microphone to record sound

• Digital camera to take personal pictures

• Scanned Photos

• Scanned Drawings

Why use PhotoStory3?

 • Play for parents on open house• Give CD copies of work to

students• Share stories with other

classrooms• Send movies as a visual Thank

you to sponsors/parents/guest speakers

• Share how-to videos• Community Sharing

What can the kids create that aligns with my curriculum or my GE's?

• Portfolio pieces • Role Play-history, social studies, science, math,

books • Reader's Theater, skits

 • Reviews

 • Family stories

 • Sports or other events

What can the kids create that aligns with my curriculum or my GE's?

• Create a narrative • Tell a personal essay with video and sound

 • Tell the story of a field trip

 • Reflections of yearlong learning

 • Unit assessment

 

Photostory 3 How to Do It http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3wBQVFiq-w

What if I don't remember all of this?  All this information can be found on the PhotoStory3 link from our class wiki.

http://myfavoriteones.pbwiki.com/PhotoStory3

    Helpful links:Create your first photo storyhttp://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/tips/firststory.mspx 

  

Story Starters

• It was a dark and stormy night...• I found myself....• I searched....• I never thought I could do it, but ... • My dog jumped up and started barking... • The wind whipped around the corner, moaning

and warning me that...• Today was the day! I finally was going to …

Let's Try What You've LearnedYour challenge is to use this program to tell a story in a team of 3 people. You should use at least 3 pictures, one piece of music, and one audio sentence or phrase. Remember these facts, • PhotoStory3 is already downloaded onto your computer. 

Look on your desktop in the 'apps' folder.• Photos are located for you on the shared drive of your

computer.  • To find these pictures while in your PhotoStory3 program,

go to 'Insert', 'Open', 'My Computer', 'Shared Drive S', 'PhotoStorypics'. 

 Begin when you are ready.  Your team has 15 minutes to create.