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iPads, Teens, and a College Music Methods Class: What's the App for That?

Explore the use of iPads in a college music methods class for teens, focusing on playing music, learning about music production using technology, enhancing creativity, and collaborating with peers on the autism spectrum. Learn how iPads can revolutionize music education.

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iPads, Teens, and a College Music Methods Class: What's the App for That?

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  1. iPads,Teens,and a College Music MethodsClass: What’s theAppforThat? Gena R. Greher Savannah Marshall UMass Lowell 53rdNAfME Eastern Biennial Conference April 4-6 2013 Hartford, CT

  2. iPad Exploration Can you play Row RowRow, Hot Cross Buns, Or Twinkle on this app?

  3. Soundscape:ABit of Background • Learn more about music • Play with and explore sound and various musical instruments • Learn how to produce music using technology • Enhance creativity and self-reflection • Interact and work with other adolescents and young adults on the autism spectrum

  4. Gena’s iPad “A-HA” Moment • Sixth Grade class • Activity without iPad vs. same activity with iPad • Democratic User-Friendly interface • Winning over Holly - Reflections from a skeptical Music Ed major

  5. Winning Over Savannah: And All the SoundScape Students • iPads • Challenges • Benefits • Computers • Challenges • Benefits • AND THE WINNER IS... • Compared to working on similar projects with traditional computers, the iPad interface proved to be more user friendly. • Fewer control issues than sharing on a computer • More open to collaborative participation

  6. Musical Beginnings • Introductory Listening Activity as catalyst for creative music making activities • Musical Sharing as Icebreaker • Paired students in Intro to Technology in Music Ed Class with students from the SoundScapeProject • “Overall I learned a lot about everyone though his or her specific music choices.”Music TA ‘08

  7. SoundScape Project for Teens with ASD • Tech students explored iPad Apps • Came up with a list of Apps they felt would interest the students • SoundScape students explored iPad Apps • Developed projects for 6 of the 8 weeks of the project • iPad Jam – Free improvisation • iPad Jam – Guided musical improvisation • Create soundtrack to story – Where the Wild Things Are

  8. School University Partnership -iPads in the Music Classroom • Background • Year 1 - Music Ed Student resistance • Not perceived as a“real musical Instrument” • Year 2- Learning From Experience • Method students explored iPad Apps • Class wide iBand Jams

  9. iPad Scavenger Hunt

  10. Two Middle School General Music Classrooms – Learning with iPads Semester 1 – 8th grade Semester 2 – 5th grade

  11. A Comparison of the Two Groups • While the two populations being investigated were varied, they shared similar experiences and had similar outcomes as a result of interacting musically with iPadsincluding... • Innovative problem solving strategies • Increased musical awareness, appreciation, and enjoyment • Better understanding of a technology which is present in daily life • Music making becomes more approachable

  12. QUESTIONS?

  13. iPad Scavenger Hunt Handout • http://ggreher.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/ipadscavengerhunt.pdf • Presentation Handout • http://ggreher.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/ipadpresentation_grehermarshall.ppsx THANK YOU! Gena_Greher@uml.edu Savanah_Marshall@student.uml.edu

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