Working with PhotoStory 3

I just finished my first video story in PhotoStory 3 and loved how simple it was to use! I have previously worked in Windows MovieMaker, which is also pretty easy to navigate, but this was very user friendly. Even my friends who claim to be techno-phobes would really be amazed at how much they could do with this.
The most difficult part of this entire process was actually getting started. Once I found a topic I could enjoy working with, the rest really seemed to fall into place. For my story, I chose pictures of my own family from our snow days we had in February and March of this year. Setting up my storyboard was a lot like what we have our fourth graders do in writing, so I just combined the ideas of a hand-written storyboard and my digital pictures to create a digital story.
I can see multiple applications for this type of project with my students throughout the school year as we work through different units in math, science, and social studies. This first story I plan to share with our writing teachers, so they can share it with their students as a possible way to publish a story the students write this year. It would be a great experience for the students and the teachers.