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This slideshow goes along with a full-day workshop for educators on how to use music in the classroom. This workshop demonstrates to teachers how to apply the content in the book The 'N' Roll Classroom: Using Music to Manage Mood, Energy, and Learning, by Rich Allen and W. W. Wood (Corwin 2012).
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The Rock ‘N’ Roll Classroom:Using Music to Manage Mood, Energy, and Learning
Presented by Rich Allen and W. W. Wood
Feel Good Music
Feel Good Music
• No specific bpm, but usually peppy
• Individual tastes vary
• Allow choice when possible
• Medium Volume
• Brain chemical: dopamine
“One good thing about music—when it hits you, you feel no pain.”
-Bob Marley
Arousal
Medium Arousal Level is Best
Entrainment
Pump-Up Music
Pump-Up Music
• 120 to 160 bpm• Exciting Emotional Tone• Strong Beat• Medium-loud Volume• Brain Chemical: Adrenaline
Calming Music
Calming Music
• At or below 60 bpm
• Less instrumentation and less pronounced beat
• Calm emotional tone
• Low to medium volume
• Brain Chemical: Serotonin
“Better Attention Always Equals Better Learning.” -John Medina
Stimulus Driven Attention
Controlled Attention
Background Music
Background Music: Behind Individual Work
• 60 to 80 beats per minute• Instrumental only• Repetitive• Unfamiliar• Very low volume• Genre not important
Background Music: Behind Small Group Discussions
• 80 to 100 beats per minute
• Instrumental only• Major Mode• Medium volume• Genre not important
Music for Learning
Music for Learning• Important Content Embedded in the Lyrics• “Poetic” Text• A Slower Rate of Presentation• A Familiar Tune
Music for Classroom Management
Music for Classroom Management
• “Time to Start” Signal• Signal Songs• Timer Songs• Songs with Embedded Directions• Distributing Materials• Beginning and Ending Songs
Other Management Issues
• “Quality Control”
• Radio and Internet Radio
• Equipment Security
• Overusing Music
• Start Slowly!
“If something is worth doing,
it is worth doing badly.”-G. K. Chesterton
“Anything worth doing is worth doing slowly.” -Mae West
Thank you for your kind attention!
