Using Photostory to Create a Video Presentation
Are you tired of creating presentations in PowerPoint? Would you like to create movies with still photos to add to your website? Perhaps you would like to have background music or audio narration on your movie. Then you should try out the free Microsoft Photostory program.
You will need to download the program to your computer and then begin creating your masterpiece. The progam walks you step by step through the process from importing photos to adding music and audio narration. In case you need more direction on using the program you can visit the Microsoft Photostory tutorial or read Using Microsoft Photostory 3 created by David Jakes an Instructional Technology Coordinator in Illinois.
When you are finished with the project you can save your work to be viewed on a computer using Windows Media Player, sent in an email message (will compress the file to 1MB or less if possible), or for playback on a Pocket PC or SmartPhone.
Students can use Photostory to create video presentations of research they have conducted on a selected subject. Their presentation can combine images, text, music, and audio narration. Teachers can create presentations that showcase what goes on in their classroom which they can use during Parent-Teacher conferences.
To see an examples of Photostory being used in the classroom visit the following websites:
http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/task/photostory/ps3demos.htm
http://www.greece.k12.ny.us/oly/library/teachers/gianotti/APllinkpage_06.htm
–Carrie Albin, Outreach Coordinator and Co-Editor