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Teaching Music With Technology A Concept Whose Time Has Come. Thomas Rudolph, Ed. D. Director of Music School District of Haverford Township Email: TERudolph@aol.com presentation slides available at: www.ti-me.org/mokeynote. Results of using technology . Training 3000+ music educators
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Teaching Music With Technology A Concept Whose Time Has Come • Thomas Rudolph, Ed. D. • Director of Music • School District of Haverford Township • Email: TERudolph@aol.com • presentation slides available at: • www.ti-me.org/mokeynote
Results of using technology Training 3000+ music educators 1. Productive tools for teachers 2. Creative and performance tools for students 3. Not a panacea
The music curriculum of the future: • Performance ensembles (performers): • About the same (chorus, band, orch.) • Students/teachers using technology to enhance learning, creativity, performance. • General music classes (consumers) • Incorporate technology as tools or crayons for music education: electronic instrument labs, computers, internet, and multimedia.
In Fine Arts, students in Missouri public schools will…. acquire a solid foundation which includes knowledge of… 1. process and techniques for the production, exhibition or performance of one or more of the visual or performed arts. 2. the principles and elements of different art forms 3. the vocabulary to explain perceptions about and evaluations of works in dance, music, theater and visual arts 4. interrelationships of visual and performing arts and the relationships of the arts to other disciplines 5. visual and performing arts in historical and cultural contexts
Technology and the Missouri Fine Arts Standards…. • Ask: how can technology be used to enhance the Missouri Fine Arts Content standards? • Evaluate: is it worth the investment in time, training, and money?
The 7 areas of technology asdefined by TI:ME: • 1. Electronic Instruments • 2. Music Notation Software • 3. MIDI Sequencing • 4. Computer-Assisted Instruction • 5. Telecommunications and the Internet • 6. Multimedia and Digital Media • 7. Information Processing and Lab Mgt. The Technology Institute for Music Educators www.ti-me.org
May Not: Replace acoustic instruments Replace existing ensembles (band, orchestra) 1. Electronic Musical Instruments
1. Electronic Musical Instruments • May be used… Fine Arts Standard #1 (process and techniques) • As a versatile classroom performance instrument for the consumers • As crayons for music education • Replace missing instruments in ensembles • Used in labs for performing, creating and improvising music • Performance Ensembles - electronic and electo-acoustic ensemble
Missouri Fine Arts Standards 1 (process and techniques) and 2 (principles and elements) Applications: A teacher’s tool - arranging, composing and writing warm-ups and methods A student’s virtual staff Used in the computer lab or MIDI lab to enhance creativity 2. Music Notation Software
2. Music Notation Software • Tools: • Free music software NotePad • www.codamusic.com • Sibelius teaching tools • www.sibelius.com/products/teaching_tools/
2. Music Notation Software • Web Applications Downloading MIDI files • www.classicalarchives.com • Posting files in Web Pages • Scortch www.sibelius.com • SmartMusic Showcase • www.codamusic.com/coda/fs_home.asp • Vermont MIDI Site • www.vtmidi.org • Composers in Electronic Residence • www.edu.yorku.ca/CIERmain.html/
Fine Arts Standards #1 (process and techniques) and #2 (principles and elements) Applications: To create accompaniments for ensembles Create practice recordings for students A student’s tool to compose and arrange music 3. MIDI Sequencing (recording)
3. MIDI Sequencing • Support from publishers • Silver Burdett - MIDI Connection and Making Music with Technology • MacGraw Hill - Music with MIDI • SoundTree General Music Curriculum • How-To books on Sequencing • ArtistPro.com • Hal Leonard • Berklee Press • Warner Bros. Publications
4. Instructional Software: practice and accompaniment Fine Arts Standards #1 (process and techniques) and #2 (principles and elements) • Practice and Accompaniment • Band-in-Box www.pgmusic.com • SmartMusic www.smartmusic.com • Web Delivery • Band methods online • Practice online • www.haverford.k12.pa.us/jazz/index.html
Applications Enhance independent learning Provide a motivational drill and practice medium: music games Individualized instruction. 4. Instructional Software:Computer-Assisted Instruction
4. Instructional Software:(Computer-Assisted Instruction) • New Trends: • Interactive software • www.harmonicvision.com • Use of CD-ROM to enhance sound output • www.alfred.com • Web delivery • www.creatingmusic.com • Floyd Richmond’s list of educational sites: • http://courses.wcupa.edu/frichmon/omea/
Applications: Fine Arts Standard #4: interrelationships of visual and performing arts and the relationships of the arts to other disciplines Provide a medium for curriculum integration Produce digital media projects 5. Multimedia & Digitized Media
5. Multimedia & Digitized Media • Digitized Media • Digital recording software • Self-contained recording devices • FREE Protools software www.digidesign.com/ptfree/ • Burning CDs • Working with Digital audiowww.haverford.k12.pa.us/jazz/index.html • Web Delivery: • Download files from the net • Share files with others via the net
Standard #4: interrelationships of visual and performing arts and #5: visual and performing arts in historical and cultural contexts Applications Link students and teachers to information throughout the world - The ultimate communication tool Provide a communication medium: web pages, e-mail, MIDI files, distance learning WebQuest 6. Internet & Telecommunications
6. Internet & Telecommunications • WebQuest • Use the internet to explore historical background of composers www.educationworld.com • Mozart WebQuest http://www.spa3.k12.sc.us/WebQuests/mozart/Mozartquest.html
7. Information Processing, Computer Sys., Lab Mgt. • Manage daily work more effectively. • Teachers need a basic understanding of computer systems and concepts. • Teaching in a technology facility requires technical knowledge.
Publications… • MENC Opportunity to Learn Standards for Music Technology • (www.menc.org/publication/books/techstan.htm) • Curriculum and Scheduling • Staffing, Equipment • Materials/Software • Facilities • Technology Strategies for Music Education • www.ti-me.org • Strategies for Teaching: Technology • www.menc.org
Training and Support • Seek out training in the use of computers and technology • Technology Institute for Music Educators (www.ti-me.org/ti-me/summer.html) • Attend state & national music education Conferences. • Join Music Education Technology Organizations: • TI:ME (www.ti-me.org) • ATMI (www.music.org/atmi/default.htm) • TDML (http://music.utsa.edu/tdml/)
Action steps... • Learn about technology - focus on how to use it in innovative and productive ways. • Investigate how to integrate technology into the music curriculum. • Seek out funding through technology budgets and grants.