Photostory

== =Photostory3= What is Photo Story? Watch the presentation “Almost Paradise” and discuss. Note the variety of images, as well as the use of narration, text, and music.

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=Photostory Module=

Product from Module: Complete a PhotoStory presentation following the direct instruction in the training session.

Activities List: Review the suggested uses for Photo Story in the classroom. Share aloud ideas you may have for using Photo Story in your own classroom.

Rubric: Review the sample rubric for evaluating student work. Visit http://rubistar.4teachers.org to create your own rubrics. (This is a free service!)

Addendums: Copy and Paste vs. Saving Images

Before You Begin
Before you begin building the actual PhotoStory project, it is necessary that you plan ahead. PhotoStory recognizes a variety of image formats, including JPEG, GIF, TIFF, and Bitmap so be sure your photos fit this image format.One Photo Story project will hold up to 300 images.


 * Think about the images you may want for your project. You can use images saved from a digital camera, downloaded images from the Internet, and photographs you have scanned and saved.
 * Gather and save all desired images. Create one folder within your home directory or home computer and save all your pictures there. If you have images from a CD, a memory stick, the Internet, or some other location within your home directory, you will need to move them to the same single folder.

These are good sites for finding images and they are copyright-free!
[|http://www.pics4learning.com]

[|http://www.unitedstreaming.com] (use your PISD account to log on) If you are new to the District and don’t have an account yet, then use pisd01 as the username and the password.

Gather music files Finding your own music is not required because Photo Story already contains copyright free music. However, you may wish to incorporate music files from copyright free music web sites or sites you have paid for. You will need to save the music files to the same folder where you saved your pictures.

Here are some websites that offer free music: [|http://www.freeplaymusic.com] @http://freekidsmusic.com/music-uz.html

When you are ready to create your Photostory project be sure you have the program installed. If you are in the district it can be downloaded from the District Apps -- Teacher location. If you would like to download it at home do a search for Photostory 3.

Getting Started
From a PISD computer, go to Start > Programs > PhotoStory 3. Click on Begin a new story > Next

Importing Photos
To begin building your story, you will need to import the images you want to use.

Photo Story will import multiple pictures at a time, but it imports them in alphabetical order and automatically adds them to the end of the timeline. If you want to use a large number of photos, it may be best to import them in small batches in the order they appear in the story so it is easier to put them all in the correct order on your timeline.If you want an image to appear twice in the story, you will need to import it two times.

> In the File Browser window, navigate to the folder where your pictures are saved. > > Note: If you are not seeing your images, make sure the Files of Type option is set to All Image Files so you can see all the images that Photo Story can recognize. > > > > > Select the image you want to import by clicking on it.Select multiple images by holding down the CTRL key while you click on each picture OR click on the first desired image, hold the Shift key and click on the last desired image and all images in between will be selected. > > Click OK to close the File Browser and import the pictures to the end of the timeline.
 * 1) Click the Import Pictures button.
 * 2) A File Browser window will appear.

Once you have imported your pictures, it’s time to save your project.
Saving Your Project
 * 1) Click on Save Project[[image:Fig.3.PNG width="358" height="210" align="right"]]
 * 2) Navigate to your server folder
 * 3) Give the project a File name
 * 4) Click on Save

Project vs. Story
Saving the Project creates a .wp3 file that can be edited using Photo Story in the future. To view or edit the Project, you must use the Photo Story application (PC’s only). Once the Project is finished, we will save it as a Story and create a second file (a .wmp file) that can be viewed on most computers (PC’s and MAC’s) by using Windows Media Player. The finished Story can be saved to your computer, then emailed to friends, or burned to a CD, or saved to a flash/memory stick. Saving the Story also compresses the Project so it does not take up as much file space. The Story (.wmp file) cannot be edited, but the Project (.wp3 )can. However, if you edit the Project in the future, you can always create another Story from it.