Photo+Story+Fun+in+the+Lawrence+Road+Middle+School+Library

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 * by Paula Trapani-Wiener **

Once again, I am so proud to share some of the wonderful work done by our students in the library this year. This year, I have worked with students in all grades on various projects—projects that incorporate literacy, technology, and the new common core standards.  Some the most successful (and most fun) library projects involved the use the Microsoft Photo Story. This program allows you to make “movies” of images, photographs, text, music, and even voice recordings. Our 6th graders made Photo Story PSAs (public service announcements), our 7th graders turned their own original poems (inspired by non-fiction articles they selected themselves) into movies, and our 8th graders made mini-biography movies.

Each class spent about a week in the library where I introduced Photo Story and instructed in the use of any other necessary online resources. Students were given some time to research, write, revise, collect images, and record their voice narrations. On the last day in the library, we watched the finished movies and were able to commend everyone on how well all of the pieces truly came together.

Congratulations LR! Your research, writing, technology, and movie-making skills are nothing short of amazing. We are very proud and can’t wait to see how you build on these skills next year!  To view more details about these projects (and even see some sample student work), please visit the links below from our library wiki:
 * Endangered Animals PSAs http://lrmslibrary.wikispaces.com/Endangered+Animals
 * Childhood Obesity PSAs http://lrmslibrary.wikispaces.com/Childhood+Obesity
 * Poetry Movies Using Photo Story http://lrmslibrary.wikispaces.com/ela7+poetry
 * Personal Narrative Movies: “Triumph over Tragedy” http://lrmslibrary.wikispaces.com/personal+narratives