Digital+Storytelling+with+PhotoStory3

Why use PhotoStory?
Free, easy multi-media tool to create digital stories - movie format. wma (windows media player) Combines still images (photos & other images) & sound. 'Wizard' breaks it down step by step with intuitive instructions - very young children & less confident adults can pick it up easily. Narrations can be scripted for each picture. Features - movement of pictures - effective.

Limitations
Not so customizable - limited choices - what you see is what you get. Doesn't work with video (use Movie Maker 2) Doesn't have fancy moving titles - few text choices. Need to create title backgrounds (eg artrage, paint or another graphics programme) and import. Small window for working in - doesn't go full screen. The quality of some of the pictures can sometimes break down in the rendering process.

[|Download Photo Story 3] You may also need [|Media Player 10]

examples / resources

=Practice Example= = = Illustrate & narrate poetry using PhotoStory. Use [|Flickr Creative Commons] to find images from key words in your poem. Don't forget to keep a record of where your pictures come from so they can be attributed in the credits at the end of your story (see example below)

DESOLATE and lone All night long on the lake Where fog trails and mist creeps, The whistle of a boat Calls and cries unendingly, Like some lost child In tears and trouble Hunting the harbor's breast And the harbor's eyes. CARL SANDBURG Lost http://www.flickr.com/photos/ricardo_ferreira/317208634/ Desolate http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharman/247735616/ Lake http://www.flickr.com/photos/ozyman/181545349/ Fog http://www.flickr.com/photos/eppstein/17789338/ Whistle boat http://www.flickr.com/photos/brenopeck/22747509/ Lost child http://www.flickr.com/photos/rollohrobot/286875589/ Tears http://www.flickr.com/photos/derpunk/67074641/ Harbour http://www.flickr.com/photos/burnblue/99580135/
 * LOST**