Last Class |
| Website Review - Band In A Box |
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| Website Assignment - Problems, issues, etc |
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| Band In A Box - MIDI Accompaniment Software |
| How to use Band In A Box in the Classroom |
| * Create Accompaniment Files for Jazz, method books, Orff, etc * Demonstrate different styles of music |
| * Teach Blues progressions * Teach Improvisation |
| * Teach Rhythm by having students create and record drum patterns * Introduce MIDI and General MIDI concepts. |
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| Band In A Box - Using BIAB with Elementary School |
| Teaching Drum Patterns With Band In A Box |
| Creating Home Practice Files |
| Sample BIAB Assignment |
| Song Writing with BIAB |
| You can download the entire Jazz , Classical, Popular Music, Country Music Fake Books as BIAB Files |
| PG Music.com -(BIAB Website) also has many different downloads. |
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| Band
In A Box Assignment # 1 |
| Practice
recording in Band In A Box |
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Enter the following chord progression in
BIAB |
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Select a style |
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Practice C Blues Scale - C - Eb - F - Gb
- G - Bb - C |
| Listen
to the C Blues Scale |
Week 9 April 15, 2009 |
Websites in the Classroom |
| Benefits of Using a website in school |
| 1. Central location for information |
| 2. Can't lose anything on a website! |
| 3. Interactive Learning - videos, pictures, audio |
| 4. Enhance communication between parents, students and school |
| 5. Enhance student learning - Special Needs students, Advanced Students, etc |
Examples of School Websites
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Can you find your way around each website within the first 3-5 seconds? |
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| Many school districts are requiring teachers to have their own website. Your assignment is to create a class website. You select the class, level, etc. |
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Free Online Website Builders |
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| Audio Editing Unit |
Sound
Forge Audio Editing Program
 Click
on the Audacity Logo for Free Audio
Editing Software!
Listen to various song with hidden
messages
Stairway to Heaven Backwards
What is backmasking - Backmasking (also known as backward
masking)[1] is a recording technique in which a sound or
message is recorded backward
onto a track that is meant to be
played forward. Backmasking is a
deliberate process, whereas a
message found through phonetic
reversal may be
unintentional. - From Wikipedia |
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| Audio Editing Assignment # 1 - Speech Editing |
1. Go to the
Music Tech network folder and/or
Internet and listen to
the various movie or historical speeches.
2. Make a new speech by taking words
or phrases from the various speeches.
3. Use at
least three effects in the final
product. Your choice which ones and
where.
4. File length - 3:00 minutes or
longer
5. Save
final product as an MP3 into your
network folder.
Be creative and have fun!!
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| Wav
Central - Movie and TV Clips - American
Rhetoric.com - The
Movie Wavs - Movie
Sound Clips.net |
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| Audio Editing Assignment - # 2 Song Form |
Sound Forge Assignment # 2 Song
Form
1. Load into Sound Forge 2-3
songs of your choice.
2. Analyze and Label each song
for Verse, Chorus, Solo, etc
using the marker function in
Sound Forge.
3. After you label each song -
make a new arrangement of the
song by moving the sections you
labeled.
4. You can add effects and other
signal processing functions as
you see fit.
5. Save each song in your
network folder as the following:
6. SF Assignment # 1, SF
Assignment # 2, etc.
7, Complete the attached
worksheet and save to your
network folder. |
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Sound Forge Assignment # 3 - "Soundtrack of you
life"
1. Choose 4 (or more) major events
in your life, such as their first car, relationships, high
school.
2. Select songs that reflect the major events in your life
that you selected.
3. Arrange songs in Sound Forge to
create an audio timeline of your life.
4. In Microsoft Word write a paragraph (or more ) on
how each song reflects the life events selected. |
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Week 8 April 1, 2009 |
Scoring Videos in the Classroom |
| Lesson Plan: Scoring: Film Scoring in the Music Classroom |
| Film Scoring in the Music Classroom - Duck and Cover |
| Lesson Plan: Scoring Movies Using Garageband |
| Lesson Plan: The Catcher in the Rye Soundtrack - English Class |
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| Using iTunes in the Music Classroom for Film Scoring |
| Teaching Sound Effects - Read the The Art of Foley |
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| Assignment: Create a score to one of the videos provided in class. |
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Week 7 March 25, 2009 |
Building a Music Technology Lab |
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| Building A Music Technology Lab |
| Opportunity to Learn Standards for Music Technology |
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Week 6 March 18, 2009 |
Garageband in the Classroom Part 2. |
| Today I want to explore the many ways that Garageband can be used to in the classoom |
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| Podcast Assignment |
| Any problem that you had? |
| What problems do you think your students would have? |
| Ways Podcasting can be used to enhance student learning? |
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| Basic Features - 08 and 09 Garageband |
| Basic Lessons, Artist Lesson, Magic Garageband, New Guitar Features - Amp Modeling,etc |
| Garageband can be used as a Sequencer and Looped Based Creation Software. |
| Review lessons using Garageband in www.ti-me.org |
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Think about how Garageband can be used to teach the following: |
Song Form |
Demonstrate different styles of music - Jazz, Blues, etc. |
Demonstrate different instruments |
Improvisation |
History of Rock Lesson? |
Guitar Class? |
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Come up with other ways to use Garageband in the Classroom |
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| Assignment - Week of March 25, 2009 |
| In Garageband compose 2 minute (or more) file |
| FIle must include |
| Volume and Pan changes |
| At Least 10 loops |
| Be able to export song. |
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| Blog Question for March 25, 2009 |
Garageband thoughts
After your initial experience with Garageband:
1) Is there educational value in using Garageband?
2) Are there potential problems for music educators misusing Garageband?
3) What types of learning activities can and should we provide to students utilizing Garageband? |
Week 5 March 11, 2009
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GarageBand in the Classroom - Podcasting |
What is a podcast?
A podcast is like a radio program except people can download a podcast to a portable media player (such as an iPod or other mp3 player) and listen to it. Podcasts can be created by anyone with a computer, internet connection, and audio recorder. The files is the uploaded to a server on the internet where they can be found and downloaded by podcatchers (programs that can identify a podcast.) The podcatcher reads an rss feed to identify the podcast and download it to a computer.
Three Types of Podcasts
Podcasts can have only sound or sound and video. A video podcast is sometimes called a vidcast. A podcast with sound and pictures (but not moving) is called an enhanced podcast.
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| Podcast Examples |
| Jamestown Elementary School , Arlington, Virginia |
| Williowdale Elementary School, Omaha, Nebraska |
| Belmar Elementary School, Belmar, New Jersery |
| Switzerland Point Middle School - Jacksonvill, Florida |
| Stanley Middle School |
| Demarest Middle School Music Department |
| Mabry Middle School |
| Amphitheater High School Podcast - Tucson, AZ |
| Darien High School, Darien, CT |
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| Podcast Hosting Site |
| My Podcast.com - Free unlimited Podcast Hosting |
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| Podcasting with Garageband |
| Step by Step instructions on creating a Podcast with Garageband |
| Education Podcast Network |
| Podcasting in the Classroom |
| Podcasting Support - Apple.com |
| Teaching History with Technology |
| Elementary School Math Podcast Examples |
| Apple Garageband in the Classroom |
| How to create Rintgtone with Garageband and iTunes |
| Garageband in the Elementary Classroom |
| Digital Content Creation - Apple |
| iPods Fast Becoming Teacher's Pet - Washington Post |
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| Podcast Assignment Ideas |
| Interview a Jazz Great. |
| Podcast Presentation |
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| Podcasting Assignment # 1 |
| Length: 2 minutes or longer in length |
| Topic: A lesson that can be used in either an elementary, middle or high school setting. Your choice |
| Must include introduction and ending music |
| Must include sound effects |
| Due: End of Wednesday March 18, 2009 class. |
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| Blog Question: How can podcasting be used to enhance student learning? Why do you think it is so popular in teaching today? |
| View: Integrating Podcasting into the Classroom |
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Week
3 February 4, 2009
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Finale
Music Notation Software
Music
Notation can do what the paper and pencil could
never do!” |
| Basic Teacher
Uses for Notation Software |
| 1. Theory
Assignments |
| 2. Scale
Sheets |
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Vocal/Piano |
| 4. Lead Sheets |
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| Blank
Music Paper |
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| Homework
for February 18, 2009 |
1.
In Finale create the following
Theory Test
Scale Sheet
Lead Sheet
You can create your own to be used in your student
teaching or copy the file on our iTunes Page.
2. Blog
Question - How would the use of music notation
software enhance student learning. You can pick a
certain level (Elem, MS, HS) or overall.
Please give examples.
3.
Review Band-In-A-Box - MIDI Accompaniment Software |
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Week
2 January 28, 2009 - Class Cancelled.
Download
Notation Assignment # 1 from the iTunes Page -
Assignments Tag |
No Blog question for
Feb 4, 2009
If you have any questions let me know. |
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Homework
for January 28, 2009 |
| Blog
Question - Pick three software titles and
three websites discussed in class today and
describe how you would use them in your classroom
(pick one or combination of the three) elementary,
middle or high school. How would each
enhance student learning? |
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Week 2 January
21, 2009 "What to Use in the Classroom" |
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Music
Notation Software
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| Sibelius
Notation Software |
Sibelius
Education |
| Finale
Notation Family |
Compare
Notation Programs |
| Encore
Notation Software |
MusicTime
Notation |
- Number of staves
& voices - some programs are limited by the
number of instruments they allow
- Part extraction -
do you need to print a score and parts? If so, will
the program allow?
- Lyrics & Guitar
Tab - most programs will let you add your own
lyrics and guitar tab, but not all of them will
automatically re-align them if you make changes or
transpose.
- Advanced markings -
make sure the program allows you to enter any markings
you need - bowings, percussion cymbals, etc. Do
they move when you copy or transpose the music?
- Output - does the
print out look professional? Is it easy to
adjust the layout for your "style".
Does it support exporting to other programs such as
Word? Can you publish on-line? Can you
automatically create a CD from the music? Does
it have a built in sounds to use if you don't have a
professional MIDI synth or keyboard?
- 'Intelligence' -
is the program smart enough to transpose parts for
your automatically? Can it automatically
correct page layout problems or avoid collisions with
multiple voices? Can it play back all of the
markings on the page, and does it do so musically?
Taken
from Kelly's Music and Computers
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Computer Aided
Instruction |
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