PhotoStory3

= PhotoStory3 - Digital Storytelling = Melisa Williams, LMS, Paragould School District, melisa.wms@gmail.com

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= Now, make a directory on the desk top. Name it something you can remember. We will be using this folder to store our pictures for use in PhotoStory3 .=

Photo Story 3 is a software program that allows you to create a slideshow with your digital pictures. It includes features that allow you to edit your pictures, create original music, add narration, and share them with others. You can create a photo story that includes motion, narration, and music. Photo Story 3 includes dramatic pan and zoom effects, picture rotation, and cropping tools. You can also compose an original soundtrack from directly within Photo Story 3, narrate your story and add special effects, transitions, and much more.
 * What is PhotoStory3?**

Click below to download photostory3 if you don't already have it on your computer at home or at school. Its free!

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=11132

=tutorials=

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1. [|Editing Pictures] 2. [|Correcting Color Levels] 3. [|Correcting Red Eye] 4. [|Rotating and Cropping] 5. [|Removing Black Borders] 6. [|Correcting Contrast] 7. [|Customizing Motion] 8. [|Using Transitions] 9. [|Setting the Mood with Custom Music] 10. [|Putting PhotoStory 3 Stories on DVD] Assignment # 1 Do a PhotoStory about an Animal Have at least 5 Slides plus a title slide record sound on each slide and have a music background.
 * Using More Advanced PhotoStory 3 Features**

=examples=

http://21stcenturyteaching.pbworks.com/w/page/833451/Photostory%203%20Examples

http://www.eaglepnt.k12.or.us/Files/Flat%20Stanley.wmv

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[] moment in time

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-xp/help/digitalphotography/create-story-from-still-photo how the moment was done.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sjeds/3019217855/in/set-72157609003145533/

http://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=89988&title=First_Grade_Veterans_Day_Acrostic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgOCVAVOAo0&feature=related

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planning form **MULTIMEDIA SCREEN PLANNER.DOC**

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[] discoovery ed. - united streaming - has photos -- must have a disc. ed login

=resources for music=

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sounds animal sounds and more [|www.findsounds.com]

__Ideas for Photostories__ __:__
 * Summaries
 * Writing and illustrating stories
 * Demonstrating figures of speech (alliteration, onomatopoeia, simile, metaphor)
 * Culmination of field trip
 * How to . ..
 * Earth Day Tips
 * Life Cycle of . ..
 * Time line
 * Biographies
 * All About Me/Autobiographies
 * A year in review
 * Number book
 * A letter to a new 2nd, (3rd, 4th, 5th) grader
 * ABC's of physical fitness, recycling, success . ..
 * A day in the life of . ..
 * A Tour of Our School
 * Water Cycle - story of a raindrop
 * Holidays/Cultures
 * How To Book
 * Book Reports
 * Field Trip Report
 * Scientfic Processes
 * Cook Book
 * My Hero
 * Computer Tips
 * Shapes book
 * Historical Person or Landmark
 * Famous Person (Biography or Autobiography)

=How Do I Create A Title Slide for my PhotoStory Creation?=

Open MicroSoft Office Powerpoint


 * Choose a slide format - and background color that you like
 * Add any text that you would like on the slide (You can use WordArt if you want – instead of plain text)
 * Move the text anywhere you want it to be on the slide
 * Change the font style, size as necessary
 * Add any clipart or actual pictures you want to the slide
 * When you have the slide just the way you want it - click on file save
 * Tell it you want to save it in the file folder you made on the desktop
 * Type in the file name you want to call this picture and right below that line it says save as file type. Click on the down arrow by file type and change the file type to jpeg.
 * Click OK.
 * Now, your title slide is ready to import into PhotoStory.

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