Poetry+-+Digital+Story


 * Digital Story **
 * Bring poetry to life with illustrations!

Take a poem that you wrote or that someone else wrote and break it down into a digital story using Adobe Buzzword or Google Presentation. If you want to add music, you'll want to use a netbook program like Windows MovieMaker, Audacity or Photostory.

Another option is to go Hollywood! Make a movie of your poem. You can use digital cameras or videorecorder to get your footage. Then put it together using Windows MovieMaker or other editing software.

If you want something that looks snazzy but is pretty easy to assemble, you might try [|www.animoto.com]. You get 30-second videos for free (longer videos cost money). You can upload your audio, your still shots and/or your videos for a slick and quick movie. All of the animation is generated by the application.

Want to really push the envelope? Make an animated version of a poem on www.zimmertwins.com or [|www.xtranormal.com]. It's click and drag animation. Have fun!

We also tested out [|www.fluxtime.com], but I don't know how it's working.

Drew M. //(7th p)// worked on a first cut this past weekend. You can check out his work here.

Tanner O. (6th p.) did a great one too.

Last, you might try [|www.prezi.com] for a new way to do presentations or use [|www.storybird.com] to make your poem look like a book.

You will need to share your work with me on Buzzword or Google Docs (lbrouillette@nppsd.org) or upload it and share it with me that way. Talk to me first before you do this latter option. ||