2.  To communicate the excitement of reading.  To put 21 st Century information skills into practice. Example Trailers for Literacy: Middle School Trailers

3.  Make an outline (storyboard).  Focus on major plot elements of your book.  Focus on main characters.  Don’t give away the ending idea.  Leave the audience wanting more.

4.  Storyboard your ideas, so you are ready to begin inserting objects and data into Photo Story 3.  Indicate text, images, video clips, audio clips that you will include.

5.  Select or create your own theme.  Add and fill text boxes.  Import images/graphics to emphasize key points.  Use video and audio to convey your message more effectively.

6.  Adhere to copyright laws and guidelines.  Site all sources: images, video, and audio used in creating your project.  Easy to use URL Shortner – bit.ly.bit.ly Sign up not required. Just copy and paste links and click shorten.

7. Click the ‘c’ for Copyright Friendly Resources for Students (NCWiseOwl) Click the ‘c’ for Copyright Guidelines for Students (NCWiseOwl)

8.  www.Pics4Learning.com www.Pics4Learning.com Educational public images: Copyright-free and copyright-friendly images and photos for teachers and students.  www.Fotopedia.com www.Fotopedia.com The First Collaborative Photo Encyclopedi a

9.  Yes, it matters.  Insert creator information, recognizing those who created the project.  Give credits to all sources used by creating a credits slide. This can be done on word documents, saved as a picture files, then inserted in the book trailer as slides. They can be formatted to scroll just like in the movies!

10.  Written Tutorial: Instructions on using Microsoft Photo Story to create a book/poetry trailer. Written  Video Tutorial: Instructions on using Microsoft Photo Story to create a book/poetry trailer. Video  Photo Story 3 Tutorial Video Photo Story 3 Tutorial