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Powerpoint: It'S Not Just For Presentations Anymore!

PowerPoint can be used for more than just presentations. It allows teachers to visually focus lessons on rhythms, movement, recorders, partner songs, rhythm band, and sing-alongs. Key recommendations include using a clear font, breaking content into short segments, and color-coding elements to aid student comprehension. Sample resources are provided for each lesson area.

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Powerpoint: It'S Not Just For Presentations Anymore!

PowerPoint can be used for more than just presentations. It allows teachers to visually focus lessons on rhythms, movement, recorders, partner songs, rhythm band, and sing-alongs. Key recommendations include using a clear font, breaking content into short segments, and color-coding elements to aid student comprehension. Sample resources are provided for each lesson area.

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PowerPoint:

It’s Not Just for


Presentations Anymore!

A Color Document is Available For Download at:


http://www.foundationformusiceducation.org/Resources/SponsoredClinics

Karen Bryan, clinician


Elementary Choral Consultant,
MERN Mentoring Network
TMEA Convention
February 11, 2010
2:00-3:00 p.m. CC217
[email protected]

Karen Bryan, TMEA 2010


Why PowerPoint?
• Visual focus
• Hands free
• Easy to see
• Helpful for ADD and LD students
• Able to personalize for your students’ needs
• Technology requirements for district
• You don’t have to laminate them!

Teaching Rhythms:
Examples used:
• DJ Inkers www.djinkers.com
• Public Domain websites
o http://www.wisegorilla.com/images/music/music.html
o http://www.musicgraphicsgalore.net/
o http://www.musical-clipart.com/
o http://www.pdclipart.org/index.php

When having your students “read” rhythms, consider using icons that are
seasonal, colorful, and/or directly related to topics being addressed in the
regular classroom. For example, in August/September, back-to-school
icons work great—book, pencil, bus, backpack, etc. In October, I stick to
things that aren’t controversial—bats, spiders, webs, skeletons, pumpkins,
etc.

Things to remember:
• Use a student-friendly font (Century Gothic, Comic Sans MS)
• Two rows of 4 beats are plenty for each slide, and make it easy to
transfer to measures later.
• When making eighth note stems, have the top line twice the
thickness of the vertical lines

Karen Bryan, TMEA 2010


Teaching Movement:
Examples used:
• Movement Songs Children Love, by Denise Gagne
o Elephants Have Wrinkles
• Body Percussion Patterns

Things to remember:
• Use a student-friendly font (Century Gothic, Comic Sans MS)
• Color-coding specific movements makes it much easier.

Boomwhacker Instruction:
Examples used:
• Music K-8, by Plank Road Publishing
• Whacked on Music, Scott Steelman

Things to remember:
• Use a student-friendly font (Century Gothic, Comic Sans MS)
• Notes are color-coded to match Boomwhackers

Karen Bryan, TMEA 2010


Recorder Instruction:
Examples used:
• Easy 8, by Don Muro
• Recorder Express, by Artie Almeida

Things to remember:
• Use a student-friendly font (Century Gothic, Comic Sans MS)
• Notes are color-coded to match Boomwhackers

Visualization of Partner Songs:


Examples used:
• Music K-8, by Plank Road Publishing

Things to remember:
• Use a student-friendly font (Century Gothic, Comic Sans MS)

Karen Bryan, TMEA 2010


Rhythm Band:
Examples used:
• Rhythm Band for Little People
• Join the Rhythm Band Wagon
• Rhythm to the Rescue, by Sally Albrecht

Things to remember:
• Use a student-friendly font (Century Gothic, Comic Sans MS)
• Each instrument has its own “color”

Karen Bryan, TMEA 2010


Sing-a-longs:
Examples used:
• Music K-8, by Plank Road Publishing

Things to remember:
• Use a student-friendly font (Century Gothic, Comic Sans MS)
• Font size should be 40 or larger
• Songs should be typed by phrases—like a poem
• Not too many words on a slide
• Not too many visuals on any given slide
• Color code when appropriate (cumulative song, repeated slide,
etc.)

Karen Bryan, TMEA 2010

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