Creating your own photo story!

 As stated on Millie Furman's website,
"Photo Story 3 is one of Microsoft's best
kept secrets!"
 Photo Story is a FREE program offered by
Microsoft® that allows you to create your
very own digital stories! Many refer to it
as making your own slide show. I like to
move away from the "slide show"
wording and simply say your own digital
story/movie.

A way to tell a story through images, sound
and/or narration.

 Introduce a new topic
 Share daily events with parents

Social Studies:
 Timeline of events
 Photo story of a historical event
 Photo story of a historical figure

Science
 Tell about a topic using pictures

Math
 Have students teach a math concept
with images and narration
Language Arts
 The new book report!
Health
 Have students teach the class about
health and wellness

 Images
 Music
 Narration
 Sound

 Images can be found in many places.
Most students go straight to Google and
do a Google image search. Make sure
to remind students that they MUST give
credit to the owner of the image (cite
sources at the end using a credit roll)

 Narration can be recorded right in the
Photo Story program!
 Just make sure you have a microphone!

Once again – make sure you tell your
students to give credit to the owner of
images, music, sounds that they
“borrow” for their projects.
Where to find music/sound:
 CD‟s
 Online

It‟s easy to find free sounds by visiting
www.freesound.org.
OR --- something fun to teach students is to
create their own sounds! To create your
own sounds you will need a sound
recording/editing program. I use
Audacity.

 Make sure you have Photo Story 3
downloaded and installed.
 http://www.microsoft.com/download/e
n/details.aspx?id=11132
 Choose a topic
 Find images, sounds, etc..

 Download image and sound files from
Presentation website:
https://sites.google.com/site/photostory3fo
riceindiana2011/home

Unfortunately, Photo Story does not have
the option to create a title for your
presentation. You can create your own
title several ways:
 Use Paint to create an image
 Use PowerPoint

Remember – whatever you create you
must save as an image file:
jpg, png, gif, etc.

 Open PowerPoint
 Create the “slide” you wish to become
an image
 Once satisfied – you will save your work

 Click on the MOB (Microsoft Office
Button in Office ‟07 and later) or File in
versions prior to „07

 Change the file type to either:
JPEG, PNG, or GIF

 You will then be asked to save current
slide or entire presentation. This is your
choice – if you are working with one slide
only then choose that – if you have
created several slides you wish to turn
into images, choose entire presentation.

When you have saved your PowerPoint as an
image PowerPoint creates a folder, named the
same as the file name you gave. Inside that
folder will be your newly created images that
can be imported into PhotoStory.

 Make sure you have already gathered all
he images you will be using.

 Rearrange the order
 Change look
 Add text
 Reduce red eye

 Just left click and drag – don‟t let up on the left
button while dragging
 Find where you want it – and drop it in place

 Change the picture to black/white or
other neat effects

 Make sure you have a microphone
Click on the RED
circle and begin
recording.

Make sure you save TWO ways:
1. Save as a project
2. Save as a finished movie

 Upload to your own secure YouTube
channel
 Burn to a DVD/CD for parents/students
 Post on your school website
 Load onto computers @ your school
 Show in your classroom

Creating your own photo story!

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