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.