Dan's+Digital+Storytelling

Below is my Digital Storytelling which is about my first bike trip through the Canadian Rockies. During the story I show the many challenges that i encountered on the trip and share what was done to overcome these obstacles. All of the pictures that were used in this presentation are apart of my personal property. [|Inspiration.pptx]

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At the beginning of this assignment I was unsure of how it would go for me because I did not know how to use either Microsoft Photo Story or VuVox. I decided to go ahead and use the program Microsoft Photo Story and found my decision to be a wise one. I knew that I was going to have to make a movie telling a story with pictures and import my voice into the movie. I thought this task was going to be extremely challenging however after playing around with Microsoft Photo Story I realized that the program made this assignment very easy to accomplish. The program allowed me to zoom in and out of photos and add word to each picture. The possibilities are endless with this program! I could even insert music into my movie however I chose not to because I felt, that the music took the viewers attention away from my voice and pictures. The audio was very easy to add into the movie. The program was designed to allow me to record my voice for each individual slide. This erased the mess of having me imbed the audio file and then chose where and when I wanted my voice to start and stop. I feel as though this new skill that I have learned will allow me to do more instructional films or stories in the future. There are so many uses for this skill within the classroom and everyday life and I know I will use it a lot throughout my career as a teacher.