photostory

= Web 2.0 Hot Spot =

Developed by Mr. Scott Staub

 * PhotoStory 3 for Windows **

Create slide shows using your digital photos. Add text, voice, and or music to bring your slide show alive. The program is easy to use and intuitive for students. This allows students and teachers to focus more on the process and final product versus learning how to work the program. Give them about five minutes with the program and they will be creating some impressive slide shows. For teachers and students this is a nice alternative to traditional PowerPoint Presentations. Students still must gather facts and develop a script or speech. Students get a chance to be creative in a fun way. Photostory is also a nice tool for digital storytelling. Where students use pictures to create their own unique story or recreate a scene in a play, book, or historic event.

All CFF classrooms have Photostory available on their laptops. Photostory is free and is available on the teacher shared drive (S:) under the Photostory3 folder. Teachers may install the program on their teacher computers. NonCFF computer labs will need to contact the LASD Help Desk via email to request tech support to install it on the student computers.

[|Download Photostory for Windows]

Here is a Tutorial for Photostory: []
 * //PhotoStory Resources//**

//**Digital Story Telling--The process is more important than the glitter.**// 1. Develop a topic or subject. 2. Create the narrative. 3. Find your photos to represent your story. Don't forget about copyright laws. It's best to use original photos. 4. Use Photo Story to create your photo slide show with text, narration, and music.

**//Student Sample Sites://** Digitales [|www.**digitales**.us/] Berkley Center for Digital Storytelling [] Photostory school tour on webpage [] Demos []