PowerPoint:
cool stuff
Organizing content
Organizing your lessons
Just plain showing off
Deborah Barber
Arkansas Tech University
Photos of last year’s activities for
parent night or open house
set it to loop and watch the
parents enjoy!
A slide for each piece in an in-room
concert. Students can design and
also have responsibility to click.
Steps for cleaning an instrument
take digital photos of student &
instrument. Can put online. *
Listening guide for a piece fine arts or general music class
elements of music
Introduction to a concert piece composer biography, cultural
context, contemporaries
Lyrics to songs for context study
or for sing-alongs
Intro to a style or period, pop band,
singer, instrument, etc.
EXAMPLES:
Music cued within the show
Form and instrument identification
“Indiana Jones Main Theme” by John Williams
Click on QuickTime icon to play MovHistory of piece and form
“Radetzky March” by Johann Strauss I
Music cued within the show
Latin text with translation
“Lacrymosa” by W. A. Mozart
Sing along show - no sound file
“Puff the magic dragon”
If you would like to have any of
these PowerPoints, e-mail me.
deborah.barber@mail.atu.edu
Student Projects:
Non-music majors - see examples
http://lfa.atu.edu/music/barber/intro/PresentationsFall2005.htm
Show in class using
S-video TV
& computer
with S-video output
QuickTi me™ and a
T IFF (Uncom pressed) decom pressor
are needed to see t his pict ure.
or
A scan converter between computer and TV
QuickTime™ and a
TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
I use - AVerKey iMicro
PC/ Mac To TV Scan Converter
About $90
Save As:
What are the options?
PPT = PowerPoint presentation
PPS = PowerPoint Package. Creates folder for
PPT and saves connected files in the folder.
HTM = Webpage - be sure any sound files are in
the same folder before you link them.
Then upload to the same folder on the
server.
MOV = Must record timing.
Embed in webpages Or e-mail.
Export > Quicktime Movie to reduce file size.
Note ipod option in QT pro :-)
How to add music to a PowerPoint
From a CD is the most reliable.
Complete your Show.
Insert > Movies & Sounds > Sound from file…
Choose whether to play automatically
or not.
To get it to play past the current slide Slide show > Custom Animation >
Effect options > Media options
Online tutorials
http://www.actden.com/pp/
http://www.electricteacher.com/tutorial3.htm
Sources for Powerpoints by other teachers:
http://www.musiceducationmadness.com/powerpoints.shtml
http://www.empire.k12.ca.us/capistrano/Mike/capmusic/classical/mozart/mozart.htm
www.malaspina.com/lectures/mozart.ppt
Search terms: ppt powerpoint mozart xylophone etc
http://lfa.atu.edu/music/barber/Inservice/index.htm
E-mail
deborah.barber@atu.edu
Arkansas Tech University, Music Department
Arkansas All-State, Hot Springs, Feb. 16 & 17, 2006