1. PowerPoint: cool stuff Organizing content Organizing your lessons Just plain showing off Deborah Barber Arkansas Tech University

2. 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. *

3. 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.

4. EXAMPLES: Music cued within the show Form and instrument identification “Indiana Jones Main Theme” by John Williams Click on QuickTime icon to play Mov- History 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

5. Student Projects: Non-music majors - see examples http://lfa.atu.edu/music/barber/intro/PresentationsFall2005.htm

6. Show in class using S-video TV & computer with S-video output or A scan converter between computer and TV I use - AVerKey iMicro PC/ Mac To TV Scan Converter About $90

7. 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 :-)

8. 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

9. Online tutorials http://www.actden.com/pp/ http://www.electricteacher.com/tutorial3.htm

10. 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.edudeborah.barber@atu.edu Arkansas Tech University, Music Department Arkansas All-State, Hot Springs, Feb. 16 & 17, 2006