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1. Watch digital stories and discuss key components.
 * Digital Stories Timeline**
 * picture by [|wesley fryer]

2. Choose a topic for your story.

3. Write your story.

4. Review your work using the "review your work" worksheet. [|Review your work.doc] NOTE: Before you type one word on this sheet, save it in your own digital story folder and add your last name to the end of the file name. For instance, my document would be saved in my digital story folder with the file name: //review your work McCaleb

5.// To time your story, go to [] Open your story, start the stop watch and begin reading your story outloud. Stop the timer when you are finished reading your story.

//6.//** **Review two classmates' stories and have two classmates review your story using the same worksheet. This time, save your document in the folder of the person whose work you are reviewing and add both of your last names to the file name. For instance, if I was reviewing Sam Smith's story, I would save the worksheet in his folder with the file name: //review your work McCaleb Smith

7.// Edit your story. Make the appropriate changes. The whole point of reviewing your work and getting input from friends is to make your story better!

8. Begin to map out your story by using the story board template. [|Storyboard_template_06.doc] Before you type one word on this sheet, save it in your own digital story folder and add your last name to the end of the file name. For instance, my document would be saved in my digital story folder with the file name: storyboard_template-06 //McCaleb// In the top box, just type an idea of what type of picture you will be looking for. In the bottom box, copy and paste the portion of your story that goes with that picture. You will need to resize the font to a size 8 or 9 for the text to fit in the box.

9. Create a folder within your digital story folder called "Pictures". This is where you will save all of your pictures. Search for pictures. You can use [|clip art]or images from [|ask.com]. If you are using clip art, choose photos. Most clip art drawings are done in a format that will not work with photostory software. Save your pictures in your picture folder and rename them so that the name is logical. ANY PHOTO THAT IS TAKEN FROM ASK.COM MUST BE REFERENCED, so make sure you also create a word document with the links to the websites where you found the pictures.

Here is a link to solid color slides for you to use in your story.

10. Show me your storyboard when it is complete and I'll let you know if you are ready for the next step.

11. Watch a [|tutorial online]about using photostory3. Open this [|tutorial] in another window and refer to it as necessary while you work on your project. It has great step-by-step directions for using photostory.

12. Begin to upload your photos into photostory. Once your photos are uploaded, spend time experimenting with the software. While you will want to pan in and out of photos, you also want to be careful that your audience is engaged, but not frustrated with too mcuh movement. Consistency is important.

13.Watch the movie on transitions and the first movie on panning and zooming before you begin to customize motion.Save your photostory as a project in your digital story folder with your name as the file name.ic.

14. You will need a microphone when you begin to narrate your story. Your voice is critical to your story. Use it! Don't be afraid to be dramatic. You want to tell your story with emotion, drama and suspense. Grab your audience's attention and hold it. You can do that with your voice. Practice until you get it right. Don't be afraid to delete a sound clip if it isn't great.**


 * 15. After you have narrated your story, you can add background music. You can create your own music in photostory or you can get music legally from [|Free Play Music]. If you are getting music from Free Play Music, you will need to save the MP3 file in your digital story folder first. DO NOT USE MUSIC WITH LYRICS.**