Web2.0 and Learning Music

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Permalink Reply by pete whitfield on December 4, 2007 at 11:01am

Yes indeed! In fact we started a group in here called 'elearning for music' - not much going on just yet. Joe Pisano is very active at http://www.mustech.net/ I'll check your page and see what you are up to. Web 2.0 was made for music as it integrates media and interactivity so well. I put some effort into making interactive exercises for music fundamentals and listening/analysis skills. Good to meet you!

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Permalink Reply by Andrew on December 4, 2007 at 11:21am

Thanks, Pete.....my random musictech blog is at: http://mymusictech.blogspot.com/. I'm working on getting something up for an 8th grade Music Tech Class. I'll take a peak at your stuff....

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Permalink Reply by Andrew Mercer on December 16, 2007 at 5:24am

Hi there,
I may have some resources for you. I teacher high school music entirely via the Internet to students throughout Newfoundland, Canada. So I use computer technology to 99% of my teaching/learning.

I have a few things on my blog that may be of interest - http://www.andrewmercer.ca

Also, here is a link to a video I did prepared last year discussing this sort of thing. Learner-Centered Elearning

One course I teach is Applied Music (guitar). In this course students study the guitar with me via the Internet. Students come to this course with a variety of backgrounds. Some are beginners on guitar and some are fairly advanced. Also they all have ideas of what they would like to learning in this course. I use WetPaint wiki to create a wiki for each student. The purpose of the wiki is for each student to have a place to create and customize their own learning plan/curriculum. I am big on Learner-Centered teaching/learning so I like to each student to be in control of their own individual learning goals. The wiki is great for this. Students can visit and make suggestions about each other's learning plan. I can also make suggestions and help organized each student's plan. Works like a charm.

Is this the kind of thing you are looking for?

Andrew

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Permalink Reply by Roger Whaley on February 8, 2008 at 3:08pm

Not meaning to shamelessly promote my blog here, but I'm blogging about SmartMusic and how it is changing my teaching in band. We are making a big effort to make SmartMusic available to every student who has home computer access this year. This takes SmartMusic from something I have on my desk to something every kid needs to use and has easy access to.

This program has given me an avenue of communication about preparing music for rehearsal that I haven't had before. It has changed the way I teach.

The sister website, SmartMusic Impact is really an excellent piece of course management software. It still needs work (especially for reports), but Impact manages both outgoing and incoming assignments and makes things easier for the student and teacher.

more on their website here.

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Permalink Reply by Andrew on February 9, 2008 at 11:16am

Hi Roger-
I am in agreement with you about Smartmusic. Smartmusic is transforming what we do as Music Educators. I have Smartmusic assessment data on my school computers dating back to 2003. I still maintain the database of student assessments myself (Impact isn't practical for many of my students because they live in rural areas with little or no internet access). I am considering doing Smartmusic presentations for MakeMusic at our State Conference.

I find that mandating the use of Smartmusic (as part of the required curriculum) and having Smartmusic access available at school, is the best way to ensure all students make steady progress as budding performers. FYI: I teach Middle School.

I've got much more at my music technology blog.

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Permalink Reply by Roger Whaley on February 9, 2008 at 2:05pm

You are right about the internet access being the big stumbling block. Also, we ran into some students that had pre-XP computers. Kids that can swing it at home at times need help to solve their problems as well.

Easy access at school is the work around for us. We have stations in the practice rooms that are open all day.

I am working in a middle school as well. Love the kids and no two days are exactly alike.

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Permalink Reply by Scott Bley on July 7, 2009 at 7:28am

Hi Roger,

The orchestra teacher and I will be implementing smartmusic this coming school year at the middle school where we teach. We have three practice rooms with a computer in each one. I have about 120 band students in grades 6-8. What size is your program and has that played a role in your use of smartmusic?

I am anxious to get this off the ground. You already mentioned how you deal with students without internet access at home. Any other tips you can give us? How often do you test students?

Thanks for your insight.

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Permalink Reply by Martha on May 16, 2008 at 9:02am

Good for you Roger! I dabbled with SmartMusic before i left my beginning band job last year. A limited version came with our beginning band method books and I had the full version on my laptop, which we frequently used with a projector in the band room. It really is a powerful piece of software!!

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Permalink Reply by Andrew Pass on February 8, 2008 at 3:22pm

I'm not sure if anybody knows about WeAreTeachers. (http://www.weareteachers.com) This site is a social market place for educators who want to either sell or buy products that they've produced. There are also music companies that sell their products on the site. I'm not sure how much of the stuff there is useful. But, you might want to take a look at it. (Music is one of four content areas that the site is initially commenting on.

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Permalink Reply by Nancy Bosch on February 8, 2008 at 5:42pm

I know nothing about music. Knowing nothing has never stopped me from commenting. Hyperscore, used to be free but now it's $50.00. I had it d/l when it was free and my kids loved it. I just got two 30 day trials installed at school, so we'll be composing for a few weeks and trying it out again.

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Permalink Reply by Larry Ferlazzo on February 9, 2008 at 10:17am

You might, or not, find this list useful:

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2008/01/30/the-best-music-website...

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Permalink Reply by Brenda Muench on February 12, 2008 at 3:50pm

I'm a music teacher for grades k-8. At school we are all over the net. I teach music IN our computer lab so we have daily access to a Smartboard and 30 computers. It's great.

My school site: www.mrsmuench.com
Our k-3 Blog/podcast site: www.mrsmuench.edublogs.org

My personal blog: DiscomBLOGulated

Also Carol Broos has started a Music techie ning for all who are interested come and join us!
Music Techie Teachers

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