Still at It

I'm working in iPhoto simply because I've not worked with it before and I MUST become more proficient before school begins. 


I have my pictures....and in my quest to add text I've found some more resources....


This tutorial is most helpful.  Very well done and easy to follow. The author uses the postcard feature in iPhoto


Here is another one that suggests making a slide in Keynote and then saving it as a jpeg.


This idea suggests, rather than making a card, make a book - also via iPhoto

StoryBoard Templates

I don't ever StoryBoard even though I know I'm SUPPOSED to do so.  I also never write rough drafts or brainstorm or do any other "pre writing" activity.  Instead, I tuck my idea in the back of my brain, let it percolate and then after a day or two or three or maybe four it bursts forth as "The Semi -Finished Product".  That gets an edit or two and there you are.


But I realize this is a learned skill and elementary students need to use storyboards which are sort of like training wheels on a bicycle.

Some sites:
http://www.jasonohler.com/pdfs/storyboard_template.pdf


http://xinsight.ca/tools/storyboard.html


http://karenjlloyd.com/blog/free-storyboard-template-downloads/


http://www.nortellearnit.org/resources/Handouts/  I like this one because it's digital.  Scroll down to the middle of the site to find the storyboard 

Some BookTrailer Programs

Compliments of Naomi Bates, the founding mother of BookTrailers!

slideroll.com

animoto.com

photopeach.com

Tip Toing Toward Thing 4

Part of me wants to use Photo Story because I already know it but I really SHOULD use iMovie because I'm not at all proficient. 


So.....I spend part of this evening rereading the "how to make a trailer" posts I'd found and doing a bit of Googleing. How did we cope prior to Google?


I found another school district's 21 Things which included a step by step tutorial in both.


Onward and upward! 

Some New Tech Tools

I'm still thinking of doing a Book Trailer but tonight I read Tech Tips For Teachers: Free, Easy and Useful Creation Tools and it mentioned some creation tools that I'm not familiar with.  The history major in me is very intrigued by Museum Box which allows the student to make an on line dioramas.  No more gluing fake grass into shoe boxes!  In fact, no more searching for a shoe box.  For many of our kids, who get their shoes at Family Thrift Center finding a shoe box is not an easy proposition!