Week 3--Photostory 3 Reflection

I believe Photostory 3 has several uses for me, both professionally and personally. Professionally, it is a tool that I can use to have students introduce themselves to me and to other students. Because students at CDC come from all over the district, most of the students do not know each other very well. Using Photostory 3 as a multimedia tool to get students more familiar with each other may help students feel more comfortable in the classroom. I also think that it would be useful for end of year functions such as classroom parties (showing pictures of what we did during the year) and staff functions like retirements slideshows and the like.

Personally, I think Photostory 3 is a great tool to actually use my digital pictures. So often I take pictures and then they either sit on my camera or on my computer hard drive, rarely shared with anyone. Creating a cool slide show with Photostory will give me an end product that I am more likely to share. For instance, I might create a Photostory about a trip I took with music and narration in the background.
There are a few features of Photostory that frustrate me. One is the text feature doesn’t have very many options for font styles. Many times a picture is too busy for regular text, but a shadow or outline would make it more appealing. Unfortunately, Photostory 3 does not include font styles. Also, I wish I had more options for exporting the finished product. Only being able to export to Windows Media means that I need to use a converter if I want it in some other format. That requires more software.