Cleverboard Activities for the Music Teacher

By Eileen Cating-Moran and

Laura Pihowich

The software

Use SMART Notebook on the Cleverboard

Why?

Because it has a notation gallery for us music teachers! Lynx does not.

What kind of activities can I do?

• Your own• The ones on the SMART Notebook Gallery• The ones available online to download at: http://exchange.smarttech.com/search

Where to start?

1. Have the Software installed on your computer even if you don’t have a Cleverboard/Smartboard!

Where to start-cont.

2. Look at the music gallery

Where to start-final.

3. Select and create your own activities/presentations

Tip:

“Oh, you mean my Cleverboard isn’t a fancy projector?”

“Learning happens when kids come up to the board.”

So…..

Let’s see some musical applications!

Hands on!!!

To teach score reading

Marking breath marks, repeat signs, D.C. al fine, Coda, etc.

Reading rhythm and pitch patternsEx.3

Labeling parts in the scoreMarking

where the beats go

Circling time and key signaturesEx1

To do rhythm activities

Rhythm editing

Adding bar lines or time signatures to rhythm patterns

Marking the counts according to a given time signature

Rhythm pre-reading activities ExRH1

Games

Musical games to reinforce different conceptsExG1

Reinforcing lyrics by memorySight-

reading

Ear Training

Questions?

Thank you!

Links to our activities and PDF’S/Notebook documents:

http://laurapihowich.escuelacampoalegre.wikispaces.net/VANAS