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The iPad Teaching Tool or Trendy Toy?
Robert W. SmithAmerican Band College
July 3, 2011
iPad Sales History
• Apple began taking pre-orders for the iPad from U.S. customers on March 12, 2010
– Around 300,000 iPads being sold on their first day of availability.
• By May 3, 2010, Apple had sold a million iPads
– this was in half the time it took Apple to sell the same number of original iPhones
• By May 31, 2010, Apple had sold two million iPads
iPad Sales History
• By June 22, 2010, they had sold 3 million.
• Between July 1 and September 30, 2010, Apple sold a further 4.2 million iPads.
• During the October 18, 2010, Financial Conference Call, Steve Jobs announced that Apple had sold more iPads than Macs for the Fiscal Quarter
iPad Sales History
• iPad sales statistics have exceeded projections and are increasing at a startling rate:
• April 5, 2010 300,000• April 8, 2010 450,000• May 3, 2010 1 million• May 31, 2010 2 million• July 21, 2010 3.27 million• Sept. 2010 7.5 million• Jan. 18, 2011 14.8 million• March 2011 19 million• June 2011 25 million
Revised iPad Sales Forecast
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2011 sales forecasts have been increased from 36 million to over 43 million
2012 will see an increase of approximately 50% over 2011 sales
iPad “Givens”
• The iPad and related tablet technologies are hear to stay– “The Train Has Left The Station!”
• The laptop is in its final stage of viability• Media is now redefined, repackaged and reproduced• As a “disruptive innovation”, tablet computers will
drastically change education over the next 5 years
iPad in the Band Room
• iPad usage in the band room– Teaching
• Presentation technologies• Student “consumption” device
– News– Media
• Student creative tool facilitating/reinforcing concepts, knowledge and skills
iPad in the Band Room
• iPad usage in the band room– Administrative Tool– Conductor’s Assistant
• iPad/Apple TV vs. SmartBoard– Consider LCD TVs with Apple TV interface
• Multiple TVs allow students to share their creative work from their iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch through AirPlay
– Also have a wired HDMI cable to “mirror” your screen for the classroom
Recommended Apps and Educational Activities
Harmonizer
FREE • Explore Pitch & Basic Harmony
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Pitch Trainer
•The Harmonizer was designed to make it easy to give young children exposure to pitch identities
•The colors serve to identify pitches before the acquisition of language.
•The touch interface is large enough that it can be controlled by children with rudimentary motor skills.
Chord Relationship Tutor
•Due to the orthogonal arrangement of pitches on the Harmonizer, chord progressions all have the same "shape" regardless of transposition.
GarageBand• $4.99 - Creative Environment for Music
– Touch Instruments– Smart Instruments
• Piano (scales/modes)• Drums (create your own loops)• Guitar (harmonic exploration using Guitar Hero chops!)
– Recording Studio• Touch & Smart Instruments• Live Electronic Instruments (Guitar/Bass/Keys) • Microphone (Voice & Live Instruments)• Loops• Sampler
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iPad Media Projects
• Creative Educational Projects– Transcribe/Learn Classic Guitar Solos– Film/Produce an Elementary School Musical– GarageBand
• Mix Project• Songwriting Project
Pianist Pro
• $4.99 Piano App– MIDI Recorder– External MIDI Controller– Sound Module
• Virtuoso - Free Piano App– Duet Feature!
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AC-7• $7.99 iPad-Based
Control Surface• Remote control for
iPad/iPhone/iPod– Pro Tools– Logic– GarageBand– Cubase– Final Cut Pro– Others
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Symphony Pro
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• $14.99 Notation App– Editing– Playback– Viewing in editing and
playing mode– Import/Export as MIDI &
MusicXML– Export print/audio as PDF,
AAC, mp3
• Notation is still not viable at a professional level on the iPad
A.P.S. MusicMaster Pro
• $14.99 Suite of Apps for Conductors/Teachers/Musicians– Tuner (with Pitch Pipe)– Metronome– Stopwatch– Score PDF (with Annotation)– Glossaries– Recorder– Internet Browser– Calendar (integrated)
Guitar Toolkit
• $9.99 Guitar Suite of Apps– Tuner– Chord Book– Voicing Reference Tool– All Fretted Strings
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Score Viewing Options
• Black on White– Normal view option
• White on Black – for low-light performance environments– Access through Settings on the iPad– Under the Accessibility menu– Turn “white on black” on
Classical Guitar
• Guitar App– Realistic strumming action– Chord sets– Left hand capable– Three playing modes– Capo– FREE!
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Songwriter Pad
• $5.99 Lyric writing resource– Rhyming Dictionary– Thesaurus– Audio Recorder
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Recommended Tools
• iStroboSoft - $19.99• Bias iProRecorder -
$2.99– Fast Forward/Rewind– Markers– Etc.
• Audio Tools - $1.99– SPL/Decibel Meter– Tone Generator
• Bento– Gradebook– Inventory– Library Records– Etc.
Must-Have Apps!
• GoodReader• Pages• Numbers• Keynote
• DropBox• Penultimate• Skype
Most Popular Apps
• Music
• Education
• Productivity
• Visual Media
iPad Recommended Accessories
• Case– OtterBox
• highly recommended for band director class usage
• HIGHLY RECOMMENDED for use in outdoor environments including marching band
– ZaggMate (includes keyboard)– Portfolio (personal use)
• Stylus– Acase– Kensington (with ball point pen)
iPad Recommended Accessories• Bluetooth Keyboard
– Rubber flexible keyboard by Brookstone
• My “on the plane” keyboard• My “spur of the moment” keyboard
– Apple Bluetooth Keyboard– ZaggMate
• Comes with the case• Highly recommended!
• Bluetooth Speaker– Foxl v2 by SoundMatters
• Apple TV with LCD TV
Recommended Links
• APS Development LLC – Developer of Apps for Music Educators including APS
MusicMaster Pro
• Music Education Professional Learning Network– Mission Statement - “to generate better, more
accessible, information about music, education, and technology as well as encourage dialogs from Music Educators through freely-accessible social media outlets.”
• MusTech.net – Music Tech for Educators
iPadA Viable New Tool for Enhanced Productivity in
the Band Room and Beyond
Robert W. [email protected]
www.robertwsmith.com
@rwsmithcomposer
facebook.com/robertwsmith
Contact me for more information including Teacher In-Service Training Presentations
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