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Digital Storytelling with Microsoft Photo Story and MovieMaker

What is digital storytelling?
Digital Storytelling is an engaging and exciting way for student to use technology and digital tools to tell a story. It is usually a 2-4 minute video consisting of images, text, narration, and/or music. Digital stories are an excellent 21st century alternative to paper-based reports and step above the typical PowerPoint slideshow.

Sample educational uses of digital storytelling for students include:

 * student autobiography and historical autobiographies
 * steps in a science experiment
 * a complilation of the results of sport season
 * an illustrated explanation of a math concept
 * a video of a story the student has read
 * an advertisement for a marketing class
 * a video portfolio as part of a senior's graduation project

Which tool to use?
If you want an upgrade from PowerPoint that students can quickly learn than use Photo Story. Photo Story only use photos and audio is automatically synced to a slide show.

If you want your students to create more elaborate projects and you have more time than Windows Movie Maker is a great tool. __Students can manipulate both videos and photos.__ It's a great editing tool! Audio can by synced to images and students can add text slides to transition. PowerPoints can easily be uploaded.

Microsoft Photo Story 3 (found on your CFF laptop or download at home for free from the http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=92755126-a008-49b3-b3f4-6f33852af9c1&DisplayLang=en

View this brief tutorial on how to create a Photo Story 3 project. Feel free to show this to your students.
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References and Resources (from CDWG training Microsoft Photo Story Project Guide)

 * Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling
 * http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/
 * FAQ's On Digital Storytelling
 * http://electronicportfolios.org/digistory/faq.html
 * Flow Chart for Storyboarding
 * http://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/pdf/flow.pdf
 * Sample Storyboard Template
 * http://www.open.ac.uk/crete/movingwords/pdf/storyboard.pdf
 * Sample Photo Story Podcast
 * http://podcasts.shelbyed.k12.al.us/fpack/2007/04/02/photo-story-podcast-example