PLAN

In this post I will describe how I will make my Animoto and Voicethread. I will also describe the way I will plan out my project.

This Inspiration shows my plan for the next 2-4 weeks. It shows the steps that I will do to complete my IT project.

I will post every step on blogger, according to the plan.

Design

The Microsoft Photo Story is a great software, that can be used by all ages. A lesson in QA can be enhanced with this software, and it can turn out to be fun, creative, and can be useful for projects, and lessons.





For IT we used the Photo Story to collect photos of something that is important in Qatar. Our group chose to do the Moto GP race that had just happened about half a year ago. We got pictures from the Internet, and put them on MS Photo Story. Then we created the Photo Story, recorded our voices, played around with the images, and at the end put music that matched up with the Photo Story.



A lesson in QA would be great with the Microsoft Photo Story. You could use it for many tasks such as creating a slideshow for a presentation in class, small kids can use it for showing how a tadpole turns into a frog, or such things. The big kids can use it for CAS projects, or in class they can use it for doing a project about a certain object by collecting pictures about it, and then presenting it in class. That way students get a more clear idea about that thing. And they also enjoy its creativity.



All students wouldn't need one, but they can get one if they want because it is free, and downloadable. Students can work in pairs or in groups, so all of them won't need one. But if all the students have to create their own they would need one for themselves. I myself think that all students should have one, because then they can all experience the creativity, and play around with it so they can do the project, and also have fun.



This technology/software can improve lessons by alot. Instead of students just writing essays and making posters for every project, they can use this software and make their project more interesting and creative. The teacher can also use it to show soething important, or show them a few photos about aomething. Instead of plain photos, they can have a creative show to watch.

Investigate part2

Investigate:
Choose a new technology and investigate it using the following guiding questions:

What is the technology?
How is it used in everyday life for communication or creativity?
Where do you get it?
How much does it cost?
What are the brands and models available?
How is it or could it be used for learning at school?



The MS Photo Story can be used for many things, besides just taking photos and making slideshows out of them. In the previous blog post, I mentioned some websites showing tutorials, about how to use the MS Photo Story.

The Technology is the MS Photo Story, and its main use is to create, creative slideshows with photos and pictures.

You can use it in everyday life for making small movies, for entertainment, and using pictures, to make a slideshow for work, students can use it for doing projects, or activities. Tourists can use it as well, they take pictures of the place they are visiting, put it on Photo Story, and make it creative. Then take it back home, or e-mail it to relatives, friends, etc. They can show what they've done, in a more creative way.

You can get it at the Microsoft website for free! And you don't have to recieve it by mail, in CD version. You can just download it off the Website. Cool huh? You don't have to wait for a week, or so for it to come. You can get your hands on it in minutes.

There is no brand or model for this software, but I'm sure you can update your version to the latest version.

For school, it has alot of uses, for example: 2nd Graders, are doing a project about how butterflies use metamorphesis, and how they grow etc. They can go on the internet, and search for pictures: a butterfly egg; a crysalis; and a butterfly. Then they can use these photos, and with the help of an adult, they can make a creative, unusual, and interesting movie. Another Example for 12th Graders: 12th Graders are doing a Community and Service project, and they need proof of what they did. So, they and a few friends, go to the place eg:amusemnt park, and help out. While they are doing that, their friends take pictures of them, and then they all get together, and make a Photo Story. Then they present it when proof of them working, is needed.

Investigation Part 1

PICTURES

The MS Photo story is a spectacular Software which can be used for many things including learning. The Photo Story is also a great software, because it is free, and you can download it. Here is some Information about it:

Microsoft Photo Story is a free application that allows users to create a show and tell presentation from their digital photos. [1] The software applies the famous Ken Burns Effect to digital photos and allows adding narration, effects, transitions and background music to create a Windows Media Video movie file with pan and zoom effects. Once a photo story has been made it can be played on Windows Media Player or burned to a DVD or CD. Version 2 was included in Microsoft Plus! Digital Media Edition and Microsoft Digital Image Suite versions 9 and 10. [1] It supported exporting the photo story as a Video CD. Version 3.0, although freely downloadable from Microsoft, removed Video CD burning and supported an add-on from Sonic Solutions for exporting and burning the photo story to DVD. Version 3.0 includes the ability to randomly generate background music which is composed on the fly from a combination of themes and also includes basic photo editing and touchup features. The latest version is Photo Story 3.1, included with Microsoft Digital Image 2006. It includes some additional transitions.

For customer use and product information, go to this site: Steps for using Photo Story.

If you want more information you can visit this site: MS Photo Story And for downloading it you can visit the site listed above, or you can go to this site. Here is another site that gives steps, that are explained better, and more understanding. Good for kids who want to use the software.

There are some pics at the top of this blog.