Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007—A How To Guide
GETTING STARTED
What pops up is a large slide on the screen. Two boxes sit within this first slide. One says, “Click to add Title” and the other, smaller one reads, “Click to add Subtitles”. In the left-hand margin is a small version of this same slide.
Add text and or retrieve an image from a search engine or add your own pictures from a picture file. You can also insert charts, tables, graphics or media clips. Just click on the icon you’re interested in adding.

When finished with the initial slide, click on “Next Slide” and fill it. Continue until you have all the slides you want.
ANIMATIONS
Select Animations tab. There are several animation options to choose from and you can pick a different one for each slide. To the far right of the toolbar, under Advance Slide, click on the box that says “Automatically After” and put in a time—either seconds or minutes—depending how long you want each slide to show. Also, be sure to unclick “On Mouse Click” on every slide.
SOUND/AUDIO
Go to Insert and (to the far right) click on Sound—choose Record Sound. You’ll need a microphone and headphones.
Once you click on Record Sound, a box will pop up. Click on the red button and begin reading your text. When you’re done speaking about the first slide, click the red button again. Length is recorded so you know how long your audio is per slid. Simply cancel to re-record if you’re not happy with the recording.
Remove the megaphone or sound symbol by dragging it off each slide.
For further information, go to http://atto.buffalo.edu/registered/Tutorials/talkingBooks/powerpoint.php http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-create-a-talking-book-in-microsoft-office-powerpoint-2003 http://atclassroom.blogspot.com/2007/04/talking-powerpoint-books-using.html
I incorporated talking power points in my English Fundamentals classroom this spring by first having my students write five-paragraph essays about “Where in the World” they want to travel. Once they finished the writing piece, they put together talking power points. Most of them were familiar with power points, but none of them had ever created one with sound.
Power points are so versatile. Other ways students can use them include: creating a summary or character analysis of a book recently read, defining terms/vocabulary in any subject matter, as a teaching tool to learn the values of coins and bills, figuring out how to tell time, creating social stories, to note the steps of a specific recipe and as part of an oral presentation for (again) any subject.