Teaching Music With Technology A Concept Whose Time Has Come

Thomas Rudolph, Ed. D.Director of Music

School District of Haverford Township Email: TERudolph@aol.com

presentation slides available at:www.ti-me.org/mokeynote

Results of using technology

Training 3000+ music educators 1. Productive tools for teachers2. Creative and performance tools for

students 3. Not a panacea

The music curriculum of the future: Performance ensembles (performers):

About the same (chorus, band, orch.) Students/teachers using technology to enhance

learning, creativity, performance. General music classes (consumers)

Incorporate technology as tools or crayons for music education: electronic instrument labs, computers, internet, and multimedia.

In Fine Arts, students in Missouri public schools will….

acquire a solid foundation which includes knowledge of…

1. process and techniques for the production, exhibition or performance of one or more of the visual or performed arts.

2. the principles and elements of different art forms3. the vocabulary to explain perceptions about and evaluations of

works in dance, music, theater and visual arts4. interrelationships of visual and performing arts and the

relationships of the arts to other disciplines5. visual and performing arts in historical and cultural contexts

Technology and the Missouri Fine Arts Standards…. Ask: how can technology be used to enhance the

Missouri Fine Arts Content standards?

Evaluate: is it worth the investment in time, training, and money?

The 7 areas of technology asdefined by TI:ME: 1. Electronic Instruments 2. Music Notation Software 3. MIDI Sequencing 4. Computer-Assisted Instruction 5. Telecommunications and the Internet 6. Multimedia and Digital Media 7. Information Processing and Lab Mgt.

The Technology Institute for Music Educatorswww.ti-me.org

1. Electronic Musical Instruments May Not:

Replace acoustic instruments Replace existing ensembles (band, orchestra)

1. Electronic Musical Instruments May be used…

Fine Arts Standard #1 (process and techniques) As a versatile classroom performance instrument for

the consumers As crayons for music education Replace missing instruments in ensembles Used in labs for performing, creating and improvising

music Performance Ensembles - electronic and electo-

acoustic ensemble

2. Music Notation Software Missouri Fine Arts Standards 1 (process and techniques) and 2 (principles and elements)

Applications: A teacher’s tool - arranging, composing and writing

warm-ups and methods A student’s virtual staff Used in the computer lab

or MIDI lab to enhance creativity

2. Music Notation Software Tools:

Free music software NotePad – www.codamusic.com

Sibelius teaching tools – www.sibelius.com/products/teaching_tools/

2. Music Notation Software Web Applications

Downloading MIDI files– www.classicalarchives.com

Posting files in Web Pages– Scortch www.sibelius.com– SmartMusic Showcase– www.codamusic.com/coda/fs_home.asp

Vermont MIDI Site – www.vtmidi.org

Composers in Electronic Residence– www.edu.yorku.ca/CIERmain.html/

3. MIDI Sequencing (recording)Fine Arts Standards #1 (process and techniques) and #2 (principles and elements)

Applications: To create accompaniments for ensembles Create practice recordings for students A student’s tool to compose and arrange

music

3. MIDI Sequencing Support from publishers

Silver Burdett - MIDI Connection and Making Music with Technology

MacGraw Hill - Music with MIDI SoundTree General Music Curriculum

How-To books on Sequencing ArtistPro.com Hal Leonard Berklee Press Warner Bros. Publications

4. Instructional Software: practice and accompaniment

Fine Arts Standards #1 (process and techniques) and #2 (principles and elements)

Practice and Accompaniment Band-in-Box www.pgmusic.com SmartMusic www.smartmusic.com

Web Delivery Band methods online Practice online www.haverford.k12.pa.us/jazz/index.html

4. Instructional Software:Computer-Assisted Instruction

Applications Enhance independent learning Provide a motivational drill and practice medium:

music games Individualized instruction.

4. Instructional Software:(Computer-Assisted Instruction) New Trends:

Interactive software www.harmonicvision.com

Use of CD-ROM to enhance sound output www.alfred.com

Web delivery www.creatingmusic.com Floyd Richmond’s list of educational sites: http://courses.wcupa.edu/frichmon/omea/

5. Multimedia & Digitized Media Applications:

Fine Arts Standard #4: interrelationships of visual and performing arts and the relationships of the arts to other disciplines Provide a medium for curriculum integration Produce digital media projects

5. Multimedia & Digitized Media Digitized Media

Digital recording software Self-contained recording devices FREE Protools software

www.digidesign.com/ptfree/ Burning CDs Working with Digital audio

www.haverford.k12.pa.us/jazz/index.html Web Delivery:

Download files from the net Share files with others via the net

6. Internet & TelecommunicationsStandard #4: interrelationships of visual and performing arts and #5: visual and performing arts in historical and cultural contexts

Applications Link students and teachers to information throughout the world -

The ultimate communication tool Provide a communication medium: web pages, e-mail, MIDI

files, distance learning WebQuest

6. Internet & Telecommunications

WebQuest Use the internet to explore historical

background of composerswww.educationworld.com

Mozart WebQuesthttp://www.spa3.k12.sc.us/WebQuests/mozart/Mozartquest.html

7. Information Processing, Computer Sys., Lab Mgt.

Manage daily work more effectively. Teachers need a basic understanding of

computer systems and concepts. Teaching in a technology facility requires

technical knowledge.

Publications… MENC Opportunity to Learn Standards for Music

Technology (www.menc.org/publication/books/techstan.htm)

– Curriculum and Scheduling – Staffing, Equipment – Materials/Software – Facilities

Technology Strategies for Music Education www.ti-me.org

Strategies for Teaching: Technology www.menc.org

Training and Support Seek out training in the use of computers and

technology Technology Institute for Music Educators (

www.ti-me.org/ti-me/summer.html) Attend state & national music education Conferences.

Join Music Education Technology Organizations: TI:ME (www.ti-me.org) ATMI (www.music.org/atmi/default.htm) TDML (http://music.utsa.edu/tdml/)

Action steps...

Learn about technology - focus on how to use it in innovative and productive ways.

Investigate how to integrate technology into the music curriculum.

Seek out funding through technology budgets and grants.