Making Photo Slideshows

As you plan for the 2011-12 school year, consider instructing your students on the craft of the photo slideshow. These plans contain specific directions for teaching photo composition and caption writing, the first skills needed to create successful slideshows.

Students then use these new skills to create their shows in Powerpoint. To get started, download the Photo Slideshow Lesson Plans, a Powerpoint presentation on Captions and examples of slideshow pages. There’s also a short quiz included. A slideshow rubric is also provided.

These plans were presented at one of our recent spring advisers conferences, sponsored yearly at Rutgers University. Consider attending the conference for more lesson plans and other helpful materials for teachers of both newspaper and yearbook journalism.

We’ll post more information soon about both Fall Press Day (for students), set for October 24, 2011; and next year’s Spring Advisers Conference.