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I have had great luck with PowerPoint and music for slide shows. I have not used Google's Picasa, so I can't say what the results might be; however, I have used up to 100 pictures for a PPT slide show BUT I would encourage the student to remember that despite how great the slides are and how wonderful the event might be, the audience will soon grow tired of a lengthy program (even with "high tech" a slide show is still a slide show!! Remember those boring vacation slide presentations your family / neighbors required you to sit through during the 60's and 70's????) I had to eliminate about 150 slides from my students' project and just put in the top 100 with a presentation time of about 5-10 seconds per slide. This created a program that was about 22 minutes long--still much longer than I wanted but I had to make sure that all of the students had their slides / work represented in the program. I still had people complain that the program was too long, even though it was 10 minutes shorter than the previous librarian had presented the year before. My suggestions: Keep the program short. Use limited special effects (spins, fades, etc.). Watch for "white" screens--use backgrounds that don't "blind the audience" if they are watching in a darkened room. Keep the music flowing throughout---and be mindful of copyright issues (public performances). If there are written words, allow for slower readers (add extra seconds to the slide). Credit your sources for anything you use---it's a great way to model proper use of other's materials, even when it's not going to be distributed or used for a grade! Just some suggestions.... ~Shonda Shonda Brisco, MLIS US / Technology Librarian Fort Worth Country Day School Fort Worth, TX "Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible and suddenly you are doing the impossible." ~St. Francis of Assisi sbrisco@fwcds.org http://www.fwcds.org/campus/libraries/default.asp >>> "Dr. Mary Ann Bell" <mbe11@EARTHLINK.NET> 12/30/05 10:22 AM >>> I just got this question from a student: Would you please give me some computer software advice? I am going to attempt to put together a slide show for my parent's anniversary party. What type of software would be the simplest with good results. I have already scanned about 300 pictures, and now I would like to sequence them to some music. I suggested Powerpoint of course, and also thought she might like Google's Picasa, though I cannot tell if it manages sound as well as images... But what am I overlooking? Thanks in advance, Mary Ann -- *************************** "Try curiosity!" Dorothy Parker *************************** Dr. Mary Ann Bell Assistant Professor School of Library Science Sam Houston State University Huntsville, TX mbe11@earthlink.net lis_mah@shsu.edu -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. * LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://elann.biglist.com/sub/ * LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html -------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. * LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://elann.biglist.com/sub/ * LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html --------------------------------------------------------------------