Why use Photo Story?

MS Photo Story 3 is one of the easiest options available for creating a video of student work. This is a free, user-friendly program that quickly and easily converts student products into a .wmv format. Music or recorded narrations may be added to Photo Story projects.

What are the steps of creating a Photo Story?
* Begin a new story
* Import pictures
* Add title to 1st slide
* Save your project
* Customize motion/record narration
* Add background music
* Save your story
* Create the movie

What are some ways I can use Photo Story in my class?
* Create a digital book about class members
* Create digital stories
* Create a digital class poetry book
* Create a digital book about your class, school, or
community
* Create a digital book of a timeline in Social Studies
* Demonstrate how to do a math process
* Share learning about science units (animals, the earth, space, landforms, plants, etc.)

What are some ways to import images for Photo Story?
* Use digital pictures
* Draw pictures in MS Paint or Smart Notebook and save as .jpegs
* Draw pictures on paper and scan them
* Import slides from PowerPoint

 

 

Samples of Student
Digital Stories