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Microsoft Photo Story of your life


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Keywords: photo story, personal development
Subject(s): Technology, Home Economics
Grades 7 through 8
School: Sagamore Junior High School, Holtsville, NY
Planned By: Kristy Alexander
Original Author: Kristy Alexander, Holtsville
Family and Consumer Science Department
Sagamore Middle School
Mrs. Kristy Alexander
Course: Home & Careers 7th grade

NYSFCS Standard 3: Students will understand and be able to manage their personal and community resources.

Objective: Students will create a Microsoft Photo Story about their lives, family, friends, and favorite things.

Procedures:

Day 1- Teacher will introduce Microsoft Photo Story. Students will choose a minimum of 10 photos or pictures from the internet. They must use voice on at least 3 of the slides. They must add a song to their photo story. They must also add words to at least 3 slides.

Day 2 and day 3: students will independently work on their photo stories.

Day 4: Students will share their photo stories with the class.

Evaluation:
Photo stories will be graded by use of a rubric.

Homework: Bring pictures in on a USB flash drive.



Photo Story Rubric

4 3 2 1
1. # of Slides 10 7-9 5-7 Less than 5
2. Speaking On 3 slides On 2 slides On 1 slide On no slides
3. Music Contains music on all slides Contains music on most slides Contains music on some slides Contains no music
4. Relevance Relevant to student’s life Mostly relevant to student’s life Somewhat relevant to student’s life No relevance to student’s life
5. Participation Used all class time wisely Used most of class time wisely Used some of class time wisely Did not use class time wisely

Score = ____/ 20
Follow-Up
Students will show their photo stories to each other.
Materials: Point and Shoot, Digital Voice Recorders, Flash/USB Drives, Podcasting, Slideshow, Music, Clip Art