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© 2016 K.Rao, Photo Story Directions, Updated Sept 2016 Page 1 of 7 Photo Story Directions For the Photo Story assignment, you will use photos and text to create a short visual story. WHY PHOTO STORIES? Photo stories provide a creative and hands on way for children to learn concepts and skills. Photo stories can be used to foster literacy skills (writing, oral communication), learn content (e.g. practice vocabulary in curricular areas), and practice social skills (by making stories about oneself engaging in positive behaviors). Visit the Photo Story Assignment website* to see examples of photo stories made by students in prior classes. The process of creating photos stories can be adapted for students of varying ages and abilities. You can create a simple story with just photos and text or you can make a story more interesting and complex by adding audio and music. Photo stories can be engaging to students of all ages. Photo stories can also be linked to academic and behavioral goals for students. A teacher can guide the student to make stories that address skill or content that the child is learning. The process of creating these stories is important. It gives students the opportunity to organize and express information in different ways and to be self-directed with their learning. YOUR PHOTO STORY ASSIGNMENT Make a story from a student’s perspective or create a story from your own perspective. The photo story should include some content that has meaning/value for the students you might make these stories for or with. The basic requirements for your digital photo story are: 1) Use a minimum of 10 pictures (e.g., digital pictures, downloaded photos, your own art, etc.) 2) Add TEXT to tell a story of some sort • If you teach young children, you can make a story that would be instructional and engaging for a student or for a group of students you teach • If you teach older children, you can make a story that can serve as a model for a project that your students might make independently. 3) OPTIONAL: If you want and if you know how, you can add music or narration (not required.) 4) Have fun with this! The goal for this assignment is to get experience with the PROCESS of making a photo story and thinking about ways you can use this strategy in your classroom. 5) When you submit the story in the Discussion forum, you should write a comment about the photo story. You will find directions about what to write in the Discussion Forum NARRATED PRESENTATION: If you choose, you can watch a narrated presentation of the information detailed in this document on the Photo Story Assignment website. In this presentation, I describe the assignment directions. *Direct link to photo story website: https://laulima.hawaii.edu/access/content/user/kavitar/Documents/HTML%20pages/Photo%20Story%20Samples
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PhotoStoryDirections
ForthePhotoStoryassignment,youwillusephotosandtexttocreateashortvisualstory.WHYPHOTOSTORIES?
Photostoriesprovideacreativeandhandsonwayforchildrentolearnconceptsandskills.Photostoriescanbeusedtofosterliteracyskills(writing,oralcommunication),learncontent(e.g.practicevocabularyincurricularareas),andpracticesocialskills(bymakingstoriesaboutoneselfengaginginpositivebehaviors).VisitthePhotoStoryAssignmentwebsite*toseeexamplesofphotostoriesmadebystudentsinpriorclasses.Theprocessofcreatingphotosstoriescanbeadaptedforstudentsofvaryingagesandabilities.Youcancreateasimplestorywithjustphotosandtextoryoucan
makeastorymoreinterestingandcomplexbyaddingaudioandmusic.Photostoriescanbeengagingtostudentsofallages.Photostoriescanalsobelinkedtoacademicandbehavioralgoalsforstudents.Ateachercanguidethestudenttomakestoriesthataddressskillorcontentthatthechildislearning.Theprocessofcreatingthesestoriesisimportant.Itgivesstudentstheopportunitytoorganizeandexpressinformationindifferentwaysandtobeself-directedwiththeirlearning.
YOURPHOTOSTORYASSIGNMENTMakeastoryfromastudent’sperspectiveorcreateastoryfromyourownperspective.Thephotostoryshouldincludesomecontentthathasmeaning/valueforthestudentsyoumightmakethesestoriesfororwith.Thebasicrequirementsforyourdigitalphotostoryare:1) Useaminimumof10pictures(e.g.,digitalpictures,downloadedphotos,yourownart,etc.)2) AddTEXTtotellastoryofsomesort
• Ifyouteachyoungchildren,youcanmakeastorythatwouldbeinstructionalandengagingforastudentorforagroupofstudentsyouteach
• Ifyouteacholderchildren,youcanmakeastorythatcanserveasamodelforaprojectthatyourstudentsmightmakeindependently.
3) OPTIONAL:Ifyouwantandifyouknowhow,youcanaddmusicornarration(notrequired.)4) Havefunwiththis!ThegoalforthisassignmentistogetexperiencewiththePROCESSofmakinga
photostoryandthinkingaboutwaysyoucanusethisstrategyinyourclassroom.5) WhenyousubmitthestoryintheDiscussionforum,youshouldwriteacommentaboutthephoto
story.YouwillfinddirectionsaboutwhattowriteintheDiscussionForumNARRATEDPRESENTATION:Ifyouchoose,youcanwatchanarratedpresentationoftheinformationdetailedinthisdocumentonthePhotoStoryAssignmentwebsite.Inthispresentation,Idescribetheassignmentdirections.*Directlinktophotostorywebsite:https://laulima.hawaii.edu/access/content/user/kavitar/Documents/HTML%20pages/Photo%20Story%20Samples
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THINGSTOREMEMBER:Asyoucreateyourphotostoryrememberthatwhat’simportantinthisclassisPROCESS,nottheendresult.Thegoalofthisprojectistogiveyouachancetoexperimentwithmakingaphotostoryandconsideringhowyoucanusethistypeofprojectinyourclassroom.WHATSOFTWARECANIUSETOCREATEMYPHOTOSTORY?ThereareseveraloptionsforcreatingPhotoStories.Youcanchooseanyoftheseoptions.Ifyouknowothersoftwarethatdoessimilarfunctions,feelfreetousethatifyouprefer.
SOFTWAREOPTIONS PROSandCONS1. UsePowerPointorLibreOffice
Presentationtocreateslideswithpicturesandtext(MacandWindows)
(PresentationSoftware)
Pros:Thisisthemostbasicoptionformakingaphotobook.InsertphotosontoPowerPointslidesandtypeintextcaptions.YoucanalsorecordaudioclipsinPowerPoint.Cons:Thesesoftwarepackageshavefewer“bellsandwhistles”thantheotheroptions.Basicdirectionsprovidedonp.4ofthisdocument.
2. UseiPhototocreateaPhotoBookwiththepicturesinyouriPhotolibrary(Maconly)
(PhotoManagementSoftware)
Pros:iPhotohasavery“elegant”interfacewiththeir“Book”tool.Thetoolmakesitveryeasytocreateattractive-lookingbooksandsavethemasPDFs.(TheWorld’sYummiestOmeletandGoingtoSchoolwerecreatediniPhoto)Cons:ThisisaMac-onlysoftwaresoifyouworkataschoolwithnoMacs,youmaynotbeabletouseit.Basicdirectionsprovidedonpp.6-7ofthisdocument.
FORADVANCEDUSERS3. iMovie(Mac)or4. MovieMaker(Windows)to
createastorysimilartotheonesontheDigitalStorytellingsite.
IrecommendusingiMovieorMovieMakeronlyifyouarealreadyfamiliarwiththem.iMovieisbuiltinontheMacandMovieMakercanbedownloadedforfreefromMicrosoftforWindowsPCs.Pros:Thesesoftwarepackageshavealotofeditingtoolsandfeatures,suchasmultipleaudiotracks,themes,etc.ManyofthestoriesontheDigitalStorytellingwebsiteweremadeusingiMovie/MovieMaker.Cons:Thesesoftwarepackagesareabitmorecomplexthantheotherthreelistedabove.Ifyouareanintrepidtechnologyuseroralreadyknowhowtousethesesoftwarepackages,feelfreetogivethematryonyourown!
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CHECKLISTFORPHOTOSTORYSUBMISSION
q Step1:InLaulimaForum,findyoursmallgroupq Step2:SeedirectionsbelowtoStartaNewConversation,nameyoupostandattachyourfileq Step3:Writeacommentaboutyourproject(seedetailsin#7below)q Step4:Writeafeedbackcommenttoeachsmallgroupmember(seedetailsin#8below)Eachofyouhasbeenassignedtoasmallgroup.Followthesedirectionsandpost:
STEP1:WHERETOPOST1)Tosubmityourstory,gotoLaulimaForum.2)SelectthePhotoStoryForum.3)Ihavemadeseveral“smallgroups”withintheForum.SelecttheForumwithyournameonit.
STEP2:HOWTOPOST4)ClickStartaNewConversation.5)Createanameforyourpost(e.gKavita’sStory”)6)Attachyourfileifyouhavealargeprojectandwanttopostitonanothersite(suchasYouTube),youcanpostthelinktoyourprojectintheForum**.
STEP3:WRITEABOUTYOURPROJECT7)Writeacommentaboutyourprojectwhenyouuploadit.Inyourcomment,describetheprocessofmakingthephotostoryandhowyoucouldusethistypeofprocesswithstudents.Youcancommentonwhatthechallengesand/orfunpartsofthisprocesswereaswell.STEP4:LEAVEFEEDBACKFORGROUPMEMBERS8)Watchthephotostoriesoftheothersinyoursmallgroup.Writeacommenttoeachpersoninyoursmallgroupabouttheirproject/process.
Dependingonthesoftwareyouchose,yourphotostorymaybeindifferentformatssuchas:• PowerPoint(.pptor.pptxfile)OpenOffice(.odtfile)• Picasa(.movor.wmvfile)• iPhoto(PDFfile)• iMovie(.movfile)orMovieMaker(.wmvfile)
**Laulimawillallowyoutosubmitfilesunder60Mb.Forthisassignment,unlessyouaremakinganepicstory,yourfilewillmostlikelybeunder60Mb.Ifyourfileisover60Mb,youcangotoUHFileDrophttps://www.hawaii.edu/filedrop/andfollowthestepstouploadyourphotostory.Ifyoudothis,posttheFileDroplinkintheForum.
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OPTIONI:USINGPOWERPOINTorOPENOFFICEPRESENTATIONforyourPHOTOSTORY1. Takeaminimumof10digitalpicturesthat
tellyourstory(ADayintheLife…,HowTo…etc).Feelfreetousemorepicturesifyou’dliketo.
2. Transferthesepicturesontoyourhard
drive(desktoporanyfolderyouwant)
3. OpenPowerPointorLibreOfficePresentation(Selectslidedesignsorthemesifyouwouldliketo)
or
4. Createatitlepageforyourstoryonthefirstslide.
5. Toaddblankslides,
• InPowerPoint:gotoInsertàNewSlide• InLibreOffice:gotoInsertàSlide
6. Draganddropyourpicturesontotheslide.Youcanusemorethanonepictureperslideifyouwant.
7. Addtexttotheslide.Iftheslidedoesnothaveatextbox:• InPowerPoint:GotoInsertàTextBox• InOpenOffice:ClickontheTiconandclickontheslidetocreateatextbox
“T”IconinOpenOffice
8. Continueaddingslides,picturesandtexttotellyourstory.
9. SaveyourstoryasaPowerPointorLibreOfficepresentation.
OTHEROPTIONSFORSAVING:InPowerPoint:GotoFileàSaveasMovie.InOpenOffice:GotoFileàExportasPDF
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1. IntheMovietab,youcanselecttransitionsandaddaudio(optional)
2. IntheSlidetab,youcanaddcaptions
(text)toeachphoto.
3. Whenyouaredone,clickonCreateMovieatthebottomoftheMovieMakerWindow.
4. ThemoviewillbecreatedandsavedinLibrary(underMovies)
5. Tosubmityourcompletedmovie,findthe
movieonyourharddrive.(Youcanalsoclickonthemovie,clickonExportatthebottomofthePicasawindowandsendthemovietoaparticularlocationonyourharddrive.)
SomewebsitesthathavedirectionsformakingmoviesinPicasa:
HowtoCreateMoviePresentationsandSlideshowsinPicasabyGilbertoJ.Pererahttp://www.gilsmethod.com/how-to-create-movie-presentations-and-slideshows-in-picasa
HowtoMakeaPicasaMoviehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFxeStY2ycE
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OPTIONIII:USINGIPHOTOTOCREATEAPHOTOSTORYPleasenotethatthedirectionsvaryslightlydependingontheversionofiPhotoyouareusing.1. Takeaminimumof10digital
picturesthattellyourstory(ADayintheLife…,HowTo…etc).Feelfreetousemorepicturesifyou’dliketo.
2. Transferthesepicturesonto
yourharddrive(desktoporanyfolderyouwant)
3. LaunchiPhoto4. DragyourfolderintoiPhoto
orcreateaNewAlbum(FileàNewAlbum)anddragyourphotosintothealbum.
5. Selectthealbumandclickon“Book”or“Create”(atthebottomoftheiPhotowindow–seescreenshotstotheright.• OlderversionsofiPhoto
havea“Book”iconatthebottomofthescreen.
• NewerversionsofiPhotohavea“Create”icon.
6. SelectPictureBook(orselectanotherthemeifyouprefer)
7. DragpicturesintothePicture
BooktemplateOlderversion:Dragthepicturesfromthewindowatthetopontoyourpicturebookpage.Addtextonthepages.
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NewerVersion:Clickon“Photos”iconatthebottomofthescreenanddragpicturesintothebook
8. Addtexttoyourpagestotellyourstory.
9.Whenyouaredonewithyour
book,gotoFileàPrintandSelectSaveAsPDF.
SomewebsitesthathavedirectionsformakingmoviesiniPhoto:Thesetutorialsshowyouhowtomakeabookthatyoucansendtoaprintingservice.Youcanalso‘PrinttoPDF’(seedirection#8above)andtomakeyourowndigitalfileofyourbook.CreatingAPhotoBookIniPhotohttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0K4buCIv8j0IfyouhaveiPhoto11:http://youtu.be/HsKJj04SHlc(3:24)
