To further continue some cool things I found regarding using technology in music classes, I found this site which is an extension of a music technoloy class in Alabama. What I found interesting was the entire set up of the class and how young the students are. The students this class teaches are from 2-5 grade and have a general music class as well as a muic technology class. How awesome is that?! My elementary schools or high school had absolutely nothing dealing with music technology so I find it amazing that these studetns are being exposed to it at such a young age. If you further read through the site, the teacher mentions that many students take the mnusic technology class because the school does not have the funding to have many students take band (not enough instruments, etc). I think it's great that there is an alternative for these students because I know in many schools, if students can't take band there is no other realy music class other than the general music classroom. This still allows students to further their knowledge of music and I find that inspiring!
Here's the Link!
Monday, October 31, 2011
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Kara, suppose you did not have access to this music technology as a teacher, how would you incorporate the same principles of engagement and access to all by using alternate technologies?
This is really awesome. I was always frustrated in high school because we had a brand new music wing my freshman year including a music tech room, however it never got set-up. There was everything at our disposal and it took until after I graduated for them to finally set everything up. I wish I was able to have the same experience that these kids are getting.
One of my first experiences at montclair was observing a methods class (either elementary or secondary music) with Dr. D, where they went into the old music tech lab in McEachern and did some stuff with garageband. One of the things that they talked about is how some students are 'musical' and have the capacity to make music but don't have the ability to play an instrument. I think that that is the most important role of music technology in schools.
Of course, I think it's interesting that these students don't have the opportunity to participate in a traditional band program.
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