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= = = = =Fourth Graders Have MSA Spirit! = = =

Technology Standards: The Technology Standards addressed in this lesson are as follows: I. **** Information Access, Evaluation , Processing and Application. 3. Organize, categorize and store information for efficient retrieval. V. Integrating Technology into the Curriculum and Instruction. 6. Develop an appropriate assessment for measuring student outcomes through the use of technology. **


 * Description: **
 * This Microsoft Photo Story portrays my student’s participation in our annual MSA Spirit Week. The students were encouraged to participate in the daily activities and thus motivated each other to do their best on the test. The students were active participants in the photo story. The second photo story was created by the students in my class. They documented their Cereal Box book reports as well as a few of the commercials that they created. **


 * Reflection: **
 * I had a blast completing my photo story! My students were extremely excited and couldn’t wait to take our daily class photo. Taking the photos was a breeze! Even downloading the photos was a snap! The problems arose with the need to constantly replace the batteries in my camera as they died so frequently! I went through several packs of AA batteries, which of course were not in the budget. Once I uploaded all of my pictures to Photo Story, I ran into a problem trying to get my microphone to work. In our training we used a pair of very high-tech headsets, unfortunately we couldn’t afford to purchase any of those kind and had to resort to an inexpensive microphone from Wal-Mart. I also faced the challenge of downloading my background music from the Internet; however, I persevered and my wonderful teammates were there to assist. After several days of editing, I finally finished my Photo Story. I hope you enjoy it!

In the second photo story, the students found the program very user friendly and needed only minimal assistance. I was amazed at how quickly they grasped the concept and completed their project. I won two pair of beautiful microphone headsets from the MICCA convention and they came in handy for the student voice recordings. The students added a feature to practically every picture. I slowed them down a bit on the commercials as I didn't want their photo story too large. The only assistance they needed from me was to download the photos and background music. My students were estatic about the results and request that I show it to anyone that enters our classroom! **

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 * ---Teacher Created Photostory Student Created Photostory---  **