Music Teachers that are Techies

General Music and Technology

What cool things are you doing with Technology in the General Music Class. I have done some stuff with Garage Band but want to learn so much more.

Permalink Reply by Bob F. on November 1, 2007 at 6:18am: Garageband (GB) is fun. I have "preached" to our music staff, but I could use a music teacher's point of view. Does GB lend itself to the classroom with some good tested (ie utilized by you) activities?; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by nancy kabat on November 1, 2007 at 10:50am: Bob,

I am doing a project with my 5th grade classes that is called the scary project. It uses writing, dramatic reading and garage band to create scary music and background sound effects to either a poem, story, or song. If we post it on our web page, I will let you know.
Have also done a 4th grade project with simple machines facts and garageband. Those should still be on the Glen Grove Home Page.
Nancy; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Lucie deLaBruere on January 13, 2008 at 9:51pm: This article was interesting - not about music education... but definitely about 'education" using music industry as a metaphor.
http://www.infinitethinking.org/2007/12/change-music-to-schools-and...; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Brenda Muench on January 15, 2008 at 6:24pm: We're blogging with my 5th graders! I only see them once a week for 30 minutes so we don't get to the lab very often. But when we do get there the kids have a great time writing and commenting on the net.
http://muench.21classes.com
http://muench.5c.21classes.com

We've been podcasting with my 1st - 3rd graders for almost a year now thanks to Carol. I use a blog from edublogs to post them. I also post interesting things I find on youtube in the same place.
http://mrsmuench.edublogs.org/

Podcasting has really helped to increase the traffic on my school music website.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by ian on February 5, 2008 at 9:03pm: i use GB with upper elementary classes to work with balance and dynamics. Students can record their performances, and immediately listen to the results to determine how well each layer of sound interacts with the others. They can then use this information to problem solve ways for getting their work to sound better. Alternately they can record different parts of a piece on different weeks, and decide how they want to master their final recording.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Brenda Muench on February 7, 2008 at 7:11pm: This week we used Microsoft Publisher to make listening maps in 3rd grade. We've been listening to The Surprise Symphony and the maps showed which beats were soft and which were loud. The kids were so proud of their finished products!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Carol Broos on February 7, 2008 at 8:25pm: Google Sketckup and Music
I have an electve class that is working in Google Sketchup, it is a free download and cross-platform. So, my students have downloaded at home and are working back and forth. I am always looking to get music into any project. My boys (plus one girl) are working on their "house." We are doing "show and tell" tomorrow. I went around on Wednesday to see the projects before they present. Two boys showed me their "kingdom." Then I got to thinking. They could make their kingdom, I would video sceenshot their kingdom (using Jing) and place it in iMovie or GarageBand. They then could add voice-overs and music! I will post some when they come available - look for the "Kingdom"; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Barbara Freedman on September 8, 2008 at 7:16pm: I guess I am one of the lucky ones. Our General Music class IS Music technology. It's been that way at Greenwich High School since 1969! I have four levels of what we call Electronic Music. I start on GarageBand and move to Logic Pro. This year I am starting Nano Bands, music made on hand held devices, in our Nu Musik Club after school.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Carol Broos on September 8, 2008 at 7:31pm: That is fantastic. I think the way that music is heading to the "general" population is music technology, that is where the students are at.,; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Bruce Krieg on November 2, 2008 at 10:11pm: I started a Composer Corner podcast last year where I would briefly highlight a composer a month. Unfortunately I had no time to get beyond two! This year I am reviving it in a new and fresh way. I teach GarageBand to fifth grade. This year I am adding 3rd and 4th and making curriculum goals for each so I end up teaching the same thing for three years. Poor kids would be bored. Anyway, I'm going to have the students do the podcasts! I think it will draw parents to the website and get students more involved in learning about composers. Thoughts? Thanks for your inspiration on the Composer Project Carol. Bruce; ▶ Reply to This

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