1. Training Maria Crystal Martinez

2.  According to Encarta® World English Dictionary[North American Edition], a photo story is a collection of photographs that are put together to tell a story with narration (2009). http://www.bing.com/Dictionary/search?q=define+photo+story&FORM=DTPDIA &qpvt=what+is+a+photo+story

3.  Teachers will learn how to create a photostory and incorporate them into the lessons that are taught.  After completing this training, the teachers will have mastered the concept of photo story and features like editing, narrating and incorporating music.

4.  This training is for elementary educators at Longoria Elementary who want to keep their students engaged in their lessons and technology.  The training will take an estimated ten minutes to work through. If there are any questions please use the back buttons to work through this tutorial.

5. I. Organizational Template II. Collect Photos (Google, saved images) III. Import Pictures IV. Insert Text V. Input Voice/Narration VI. Incorporating Music VII. Saving the Story

6. Collect Photos Import Photos Edit Input Text Edit Input Music Edit Preview Save Photo Story Life Cycle of a ButterflyEggLarvaePupaButterflySave Photo Story Example of a Lesson

7.  Google  Saved photos  Jing, an online free software that takes screenshots

8.  Open program  Choose “Begin new story”

9.  Import all photos that have been previously collected for this lesson.  Once selected, you can rearrange the photos so they can tell a story.

10.  Under the editing feature, you can eliminate a black borders that surrounds the pictures allowing it to have a closer look, rotate, crop and edit the color of the pictures.

11. What button is used for changing the appearance to a specific photo? a. Import button Import button b. Edit button Edit button c. Delete button Delete button

12. Edit Button Under the editing feature, you can eliminate a black borders that surrounds the pictures allowing it to have a closer look, rotate, crop and edit the color of the pictures

14.  This feature allows the user to input text for each individual photo.

15.  This feature allows the user to input narration for each photo.  This preview feature allows to the user to preview the recording before continuing.

16.  This feature allows the user to input music if needed.  A suggested website for music is www.freeplaymusic.com. www.freeplaymusic.com  The preview feature allows to the user to preview the photo story before saving it.

17. Which button allows the user to preview the photo story before saving it? a. Import button Import button b. Select Music button Select Music button c. Preview button Preview button

18. Preview Button Allows the user to preview what they have accomplished before finalizing the photo story.

20.  Once the user is satisfied with their multimedia, they can save it where they please.  This multimedia will be viewable in Windows media player.

21. Can the photo story be viewed in most media players? a. Yes Yes b. No No

22. YES! The photo story is saved as a.wmv file therefore giving it the capability to be viewed in most media players.

24. You have now successfully created a photo story

25.  All in all, incorporating a photo story into the lessons being in taught will keep the students engaged in the lessons as well as aid the educators in their efforts in keeping up with technology.