Digital+Storytelling


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= **Digital Storytelling using Photo Story 3** =

==Create virtual field trips, oral history presentations, and student autobiographies using your digital photos. With a single click, you can touch-up, crop, rotate pictures; add voice-overs and compose your own music. Create a video that can be played with Windows Movie Player.==

Digital storytelling at its basic is a process of writing a story digitally using still or video images, music, and narration. It focuses on storytelling, but think of the possibilities in expanding the definition of storytelling within your content area! Daniel Meadows has an excellent [|Introduction to Digital Storytelling.]

Photo Story is Free with Microsoft XP. To download Photo Story 3, click [|here]

Tutorial for Photo Story 3 for Windows computers, click here. Microsoft also has a [|tutorial].

=Photo Stories= [|Math Examples] Social Studies Example: [|Dust Bowl] [|Language Arts Examples] Science Example - [|Rocks and Minerals] = = Another math example: [|example]

=Images=

Math examples: [|1] [|2] [|3] [|4] [|5] [|6] [|7] [|8] (All Images from Google images)

Science examples: [|1] [|2] [|3] [|4] [|5] [|6] [|7] [|8] [|9] (All Images from Google images)

Social Studies sources: Visit the [|American Memory Collection]

Language Arts sources: Try the American Memory Collection [|Literature Collection]

Image Web Resources: [|Digi Tales] [|Flickr: Creative Commons] [|Free Stock Photos] [|Pics4Learning.com] [|Springfield Township High Copyright Friendly Images] and more

=Music=

Royalty Free music website: [] Music and sound sources from [|Digi Tales] Music examples:[|example 1] (4:35) [|The FreeSound Project]

=Storyboarding=

Sample Script: [|example] Storyboard template [|storyboard.pdf]

=FAQ=
 * **Images** in Photo Story can be files with .bmp, .dib, .eps, .gif, .jhif, .jpe, .jpeg, .jpg, .pcd, .pcx, .png, .psd, .rle, .tga, and .tif file name extensions. **Music** in Photo Story can be Windows Media Audio (WMA), MP3, or WAV format.
 * ** Saving for playback on your computer: ** Once you choose this option be sure to ALSO check the quality settings at the bottom of the window. You will need to check to make sure the selected profile matches your machine.
 * **Saving to create a CD or DVD:** Using the Settings button at the bottom of the window, choose the settings recommended for your VCD or DVD player.
 * If you do not have computer access in your classroom, you can still share Photo Stories using a DVD player if you burn your .wmv file to DVD using DVDFlick. DVDFlick converts .wmv files to DVD files that can be played from a DVD player. To download the FREE DVDFlick software, click [|here].