I am so cool!

I am so cool! That's the feeling of elation that I had this afternoon after I finished producing a picture video presentation using Photo Story 3. The school district recently made this Microsoft software available to all students and teachers. I had a brief training in how to use it in the fall and had expected to be the full trainer for the district librarians, but instead the district made it available for everyone and is offering training for those who wish it. It is very easy to learn the basics and a beginner can make an impressive presentation in a matter of minutes. My presentation included pictures from our recent "Book Week". And...I made a really cool presentation therefore I am so cool! Too bad I don't know how to link it to my blog! I'm already scheduled to begin teaching this to second grade students next week. From what I understand this is free software available to those with geniune copies of Windows XP operating systems. I'll be downloading it soon at home. Yes, I realize this sounds like a commercial and I would guess there is other software out there of this nature, but this is the first one I have run across so I am hyped about it. Once upon a time there was the phto album, then the slide show, then the home videos, then the PowerPoint presentations, then Photo Story.....yeah!