Poem Photostory

Tonight in class, students worked in groups of three to create a digital essay using Microsoft Photo Story 3. We began with the following poem written by Robert Frost: "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening"

Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.

My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.

He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound's the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.

The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.

Along with Carla and Kathleen, I searched Google images for pictures to represent the words in the poem.  We found ten pictures to use in our photostory and edited a few by providing effects, adding a title and cropping.  Next, we took turns reading the poem into a microphone to provide the audio for our digital essay.  Last, we created a music soundtrack to compliment our story - one that was quiet and slow.  Overall, I really enjoyed creating the photo story and am excited to do so again!  I look forward to using photographs of my students to create a social story for use in my preschool classroom.  I feel this technology will be very useful in the classroom, while being easy enough to use that students can be taught the program.  See below for our digital story: