PhotoStory
Step-by-Step using PhotoStory.
Here are some steps for putting together a Digital Story with PhotoStory:
Write your script in GoogleDocs:
Write your script (or upload a Word document) and share it with Dr. Barrett: eportfolios@gmail.com
You could use this document as a template:
Share -> Invite People (and click Send)
Select some images to go with your digital narrative. Here are some good websites to get Creative Commons images:
Flickr search (select "Only search within Creative Commons-licensed content")
Either download the image files, or copy the URL address of each image.
Download PhotoStory (free from Microsoft)
Go to this Microsoft website for a tutorial on how to use PhotoStory:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/tips/firststory.mspx
Or go to the University of Houston's Getting Started page
Only when the Narrative is completely finished, you will need to save your narrative in .WMV format.
Where to publish digital stories online using one of the video sharing sites
http://www.youtube.com (10 minute maximum video length --a very public space... OK for your students, but you might not like to post there)
http://teachertube.com or http://schooltube.com (two video hosting sites especially for schools)
http://video.google.com (a little less public, but Google restricting uploading access to Education and Premiere accounts -- 10 GB per domain)
http://blip.tv/ (I have a group of movies stored there: http://eportfolios.blip.tv/ )
http://ourmedia.org (a community of individuals dedicated to spreading grassroots creativity: videos, podcasts and other works of personal media)
http://www.motionbox.com (750MB free storage, unlimited video uploads for $29.95 per year)
http://www.fliggo.com/ (25 minutes maximum video limit under Basic account, upgrades available)
How to share these stories with each other
Tutorial To Upload Video In YouTube
How to Upload a Video to YouTube (2 minute YouTube video)
How to upload a file To Blip.tv (6 minute Blip.tv video)
To add a link to this VoiceThread into a new blog entry:
Copy the URL for your movie and paste it into the body of your blog entry, and turn it into a link (using the chain link, paste the link again).
For WordPress.com users, to embed the video in your blog entry, you will need to use VodPod Firefox Extension for WordPress. See another page for more detailed instructions.