Photo+Story

= //Presenter: Diane Mentzer // = = //Library Media Specialist // = = //Bester Elementary School // = This session will address Standard 4 - Technology for Communication and Expression: Use technology to communicate information and express ideas using various media formats. PhotoStory Resources

**PhotoStory** [|Photo Story 3] - free software download - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx [|Step by Step Directions to creating a PhotoStory] - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/tips/firststory.mspx [|PhotoStory Story Board] - Good to use with students to plan PhotoStories. [|PhotoStory FAQ] - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/faq.mspx [|Photo Story 3 Review] - Reviews the program, but also includes some samples, examples, tips and help after the review - http://www.winsupersite.com/reviews/photostory3.asp [|Beginner's Guide to Photo Story]- http://www.windowsphotostory.com/Guides/Beginner/importing-and-arranging-pictures.aspx [|Using Microsoft Photostory 3 - a step by step pfd file] - http://www.jakesonline.org/photostory.pdf [|PhotoStory 3 Demo Files] - http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/task/photostory/ps3demos.htm [|PhotoStory Tutorial] - http://millie.furman.edu/mll/tutorials/photostory3/index.htm

**Links to some sample PhotoStories I created.** [|Bester Staff/Student Basketball Game] [|Bester Library Story] [|Bester Grade 5 Recognition 2007] [|Maya's Life (My Granddaughter)]

**PhotoStories can be created from any picture. I had the students create PowerPoint slides and then save them as jpgs. We then put them in PhotoStory. Some of the students then recorded their Haiku.** [|Haiku by Mrs. Courter's Fifth Grade]
 * [|Abigail ppt]
 * [|Abigail jpg]
 * [|AJ ppt]
 * [|AJ jpg]
 * [|Courter's not finalized as a wmv file yet]
 * [|Strite PhotoStory - not finalized to a wmv file yet]

**PhotoStories created by Bester 5th Grade Students - The assignment was to create PhotoStories about procedures or activities in the library.** [|Five Finger Rule] [|How to Walk in the Library] [|Parts of the Library] [|Parts of a Book] [|How to Leave the Library] [|Starting Library Right] [|How to Shelve Books in the Library] [|How to Line Up Properly] [|Taking Care of Library Books] [|The Five Finger Test (Choosing a Just Right Book)] [|How to Walk in the Hallway] [|Lining Up in the Library] [|Book Care]