PLN: Week 15

I couldn't resist this article from good old MIT, in regards to technology in the classroom. Pros and Cons from this, in addition to assessing how to get started gives a realistic view on how to introduce it to a school system practically. The "Evolution" of technology in the classroom is not a "Revolution".

I also got turned on to FUTURELAB where they mention students as "Digital Leaders".

Week 14: Reflection

The assistant Technology Video moved me so much. I appreciate seeing the student play with the SoundBeam MIDI device from his chair. It is so nice to see expression from someone who has a different way of communicating. A few decades ago that would have been called a disability. I am glad it has been changed to special needs. Technology has given this student a voice.

Assessment and Music Technology helped in the design of the WebQuest, because I started out with the material and activity no no instead of developing the lesson plan and the curriculum. The various forms of assessment makes teaching even more fun, as students can use more than just paper and pencil. This website is more than a useful tool for professional design, it's the Law.

PLN: Week 14 Guitar Hero??????

Who would have thought an instrument could be played with Guitar Hero!!

YES, Washburn teamed up to teach guitar lessons. They will soon have one for keyboard and vocals.

Week 13: Reflection

The organization of Dr. Bauer's chapter gave me a solid foundation on fulfilling the expectations necessary to successful lesson communication. The language of academia, for me, has been a process of finding the correct wording to fufill the requirements. It really helps to see the finished product for someone like me, because then I know what steps are necessary to achieve the finished product.

I agree with various approaches through technology, and see how this promote interactive learning. Everyone has their own method of presentation in achieving the same goal, and this chapter explains to everyone all of the answers to the success of technology assistance in music education.

PLN:Week 13 useful copyrighting

I remember some artist perform music and make money off of someone else's song. As an arranger, I am very sensitive to these things and thought, this website would help.

OPEN UP THOSE WALLETS

PLN, Moore's Law, this is why teacher MUST embrace technology

I attended an Education Innovation Summit, one of the seminars was technology and education. I learned an important Moore's Law

The first digital computer 1946, took 10 people 2 weeks to run one simple task, before it crashed after 7 minutes. 200,000 dollars use to be the cost of a computer in 1978, now a personal laptop can cost 200 dollars. Again, Moore's Law predicted changed every 2 years, it will now be every 3 months.

Week 12 Reflection

Dr. Estrella's article on multimedia basics made me want to know, how does he speak such plain english?? I found this wonderful page and found he develops interactive media to both businesses and educators. I also found he is a musician and speaks the language of both worlds. His explaination of multimedia is a bookmark page I will use for my eportfolio. I have always wanted to use animation, and he explains it so clearly on his still images page.

Technical Strategies and WebQuest set up some solid lesson plans with technological assistance to fulfill the National Standards. I, personally, appreciated the launch of technology in Music Education, but had a difficult time matching the national standard with the discipline.

The immigrant and native reminds me of where I fit. Right smack in the middle. I was born 4 years before the personal computer became popular, and MTV launched when I was 5, along with Atari game system and Commodore 64, so the mouse eliminated the use of two hands for the joystick. Now I hear of a consept car that drives like a Nintendo joystick

The technology is here to stay. There are plenty of tutorials for teachers to become fluent. Also, don't be afraid to let the student be the interpreter of the digital age. The computer will NEVER replace the teacher. If it does right now, then that teacher needs to work on skills.

Week 11 Reflection

The reading on how people learn and world wide wave helped me to understand how to create a successful semester, and how to construct a lesson plan for retention of materials. Material presented to students should follow a specific timing. In other words, introducing SmartMusic to a class at the beginning of the year, having them in the database, and scheduled well in advance for assessment is a successful context of learning. The world wide wave article gave me a heads up on the problems files that are too big can cause, and it is important to know both PC and MAC soundfiles to specify to students how to compress a file. For example, we learned how to compress GarageBand files.

Once the context is established, the active learning engages the students to become more social through methods like peer teaching, who will then remember for years the fun journey of learning music.

PLN: Technology Assisted Conducting for Week 11

I could not help but think of conducting techniques for ensembles. Many times, students in education take their conducting classes, but need to fine tune their skills consistently. I came across this site

and saw the many approaches one could take to have a broader knowledge of styles in education.