Bring back "Show & tell" in your foreign language course.   It's easy with Photo Story!

Another fun and engaging activity that stimulates creativity through the use of instructional media is a visual storytelling project. Microsoft's Photo Story 3 makes it incredibly easy for anyone to tell a story through media, art, and text.

Photo Story's straight-forward easy-to-use wizard takes the learning curve out of the equation. Users easily create visually stunning slide shows with pictures, voiceovers, captions, even soundtrack music. With MS Photo Story students will spend more time creating dramatic visual stories in the target language and less time learning how to use complex software.

Photo Story works particluarly well in foreign language courses, because it allows students to express themselves through language and images. Projects can be be viewed and evaluated by classmates, because photo stories are as fun to watch as they are to make! Small file sizes make it easy to send photo stories via email, burn them on CD, or post them online.

Photo Story is installed on all WSMC computers.

It's easy to create a compelling visual story with Microsft's Photo Story 3

1. Take picutres with digital camera.
2. Upload images from camera to computer.
3. Select the best photos for the story, delete the rest.
4. Organize photos sequentially on the timeline.
5. Use smart touch-up features to enhance photos.
6. Add captions and titles.
7. Write the script frame-by-frame.
8. Tell the story frame-by-frame with voice recorder.
9. Animate images with custom pan and zoom options.
10. Create a soundtrack or import an audio file of youir favorite music.
11. Adjust the audio levels.
12. Add special effects and transitions.
13. Export the final cut.

Enjoy the show!

View sample photo story. (Windows Media Player required)

Install Windows Media Player 11 free.</May 22, 2009ails.aspx?FamilyID=92755126-a008-49b3-b3f4-6f33852af9c1&DisplayLang=en">Download Photo Story 3.