Digital+Story

=**Photo Story**=

// What is it? //
Microsoft Photo Story is a free program that allows you to create a presentation that showcases various personal pictures, insert text, and insert narration or music to create a story.

// How was it used? //
For the purpose of this class we used Photo Story to summarize any portion of the UDL Approach. I chose to summarize Chapter 6: Designing Instruction to Support Recognition Learning. In this Photo Story I explained my personal experience with multiple means of media to teach the story of the Phantom of the Opera. I also researched this program for our Software Evaluation Project.

// How will my students use this technology? //
I think I will definitely use this program in my own classroom with younger elementary level students. This program is simple to use, a creative source for students to demonstrate understanding, and a great way for students to summarize and become "masters" of subject areas or chapters.

//NETS Standards//
Digital stories definitely reach the standard of Creativity and Innovation. Students can find multiple uses for photo stories from introducing themselves to the class in the beginning of the year, to presenting on a subject or chapter of a book. Students can use digital stories to Communicate and Collaborate as well, the program gives students the opportunity to use multiple ways of communication (written word, visual images, music, narration). Students can also use digital stories to collaborate on a bigger subject. For example, if a group of students were giving a presentation on the human body one student could narrate they portion on the nervous system, another student could take over and narrate their portion on the digestive system, etc. = =

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