by: Nakia Gavin (WSU) & Nicole M. Samuel (WSU)

Introduction to Photo Story
Introducing a new way of bringing your images to life.

Photo Story is a way to bring your digital pictures to life. It is a free application offered by Microsoft where one can create show and tell presentations. Photo Story is an easy-to-use application even being used in Early Childhood classrooms. Photo Story offers basic navigation making it a fun tool for everyone.


How to use Photo Story






Examples of how to use Photo Story
Below are links showing different examples of how to use Photostory.

How to Create Photo Story (Click on link to watch video)

BBC Tips and Ideas to Creating Photo Slideshow

Adding Music using Photo Story 3 - A beginner guide on how to add music using photo story

Adding Title and Effects to Photo story - Effective ways of adding titles and effects to photo story


Popular sites for Photostory

Microsoft Photo Story 3 - Microsoft site detailing Photo Story 3

Digital Storytelling - History of digital storytelling


Samples of Photostory

Photo StorySlideshow and Demo - Demo on how to use photo story

Sample Works Using Photo Story - Slideshare presentation

Photo Story vs. Making a Movie - Slideshare presentation

Photostory in an Educational Setting

Photostory is a motivating tool that can be implemented by teachers when they use their own narrative through captions, soundtracks and narrations. Students can view photostory on televisions, computers, email and microsoft mobile device. Using photostory can create a fun learning environment for visual learners. It allows teachers to snap photos of specimens and bringing real world environments into the classroom. In addition, teachers can create presentations, slideshows and story books that will intrigue students. Without leaving the classroom photostory allow students to explore and discover real world events. It's a fieldtrip brought to you classroom.

Teacher sites and Networking

Effective ways to Using Technology in the Classroom

Teach.net

Teacher Engage Intel Teach Program

Interactive Software

Using Photo Story in the classroom - Ways of incorporating Photo Story into the clasroom

Pre K and Photo Story - Using Photo Story in a Pre K setting



References:

Teacher Engage Intel Teach program (website)
http://engage.intel.com/thread/1091;jsessionid=8F22AFB6DC85A9E42D966F40A7A94093?tstart=-53

2009 Teachnet (website)
http://www.teachnet.ie/innovative_teacher/default.asp?NCID=365

BBC 60 Second Shakespeare
http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/shakespeare/60secondshakespeare/gettingstarted_photostory.shtml

Photo Story Adding Music (You tube website)
2009 by sirmorphalot
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V10nUvbwmU

Microsoft Photo story 3: (website)
2009 Microsoft Corporation
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx

2007 by rscsoutheastHow to do it? (website)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3wBQVFiq-w

2007 by guerillabill

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtB6_D_toVQ

2009 Windows photo story Adding Titles and Effects
http://www.windowsphotostory.com/guides/Beginner/adding-titles-and-effects-to-pictures.aspx

2008 Discovery Communications, LLC. All Rights reserved. www.discoveryeducation.com

2009 The State of Queensland Department of Education and Training
http://www.learningplace.com.au/deliver/content.asp?pid=36049

2008 University of Houston, The Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling
http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/

2009 Bright Hub Inc. Book Report Lesson Plans and Reviews Using Photo Story 3.
http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/34929.aspx

Mrs. Levin's Pre K Pages, http://www.pre-kpages.com/ppts.html

Slideshare Presentation, Presented by: Tim Childers, Lake Forest Middle School, TAMS Conference, Memphis, TN - Audacity and Photo Story In The Classroom - http://www.slideshare.net/lisashusband/audacity-and-photo-story-in-the-classroom

Directors Cut - Photo Story and Movie Maker, http://www.slideshare.net/cliotech/directors-cut-photo-story-and-movie-maker

Getting Started