My Photo Story

The term "photo story" is a newer term that many of you may not be familiar with. A photo story is a collection of photos that is organized to tell a story to an audience. It is similar to a slideshow and often in includes music or creative themes to offer information to its target audience in a new and creative way. I think that this kind of story has very promising benefits for the future of education. For example, using a photo story program on the computer, it might take a teacher only an hour or so to make a fun and interesting photo story from which their students can learn. Photo stories also show potential since they can be used by students to express their own individuality and imagination. Since students are becoming more and more involved with the internet, a photo story is a good project for them that they will both learn from and enjoy. I created my photo story using iMovie, which provided a helpful and easy to understand template for me. Other photo story-creating software includes Photo Story 3 and Animoto.

My Photo Story above is an example of a story that could be used to aid in a classroom lecture. This particular story is about the process of studying the population of animal species. The images in my story display diagrams that used fruit snacks in order to illustrate some of the principles behind population study. I think that Photo Story improved this lesson far above a normal lecture since it gives visuals for students to follow along with and saves lecture time since concepts can be displayed quickly and efficiently rather than through slow diagrams that would have to be hand drawn during a normal lecture.