Week 11 - Response to EdTech - Tech in the Music Classroom
This week I found an article on the EdTech website titled Tech in the Music Classroom Creates Efficiencies, Improves Accessibility by Meghan Bogardus Cortez. The article is based on the Special Music School at Kaufman Music Center in New York City was established with this research in mind. The school, which teaches music as its core subject, frequently ranks among the highest in standardized test scores, reports Education Dive. This caught my attention immediately, a school that teach music as its core subject? It was amazing to discover how technology is being used in various ways in the performing arts schools. Some performing arts schools are using 3D printers to create custom musical instruments that better fit students’ bodies and teach them about design, physics and resonance of instruments.
For seasoned music teachers, technology is also quite useful. Just as any other teacher might use data to track student progress, music teachers can work with their students to set trackable goals and use data to identify patterns, writes string teaching specialist Richard Niezen on Smartmusic’s blog. “Data can also be used to determine if problems follow any overall patterns, including common issues with pitch, rhythm, specific technical skills, or interpretation,” writes Niezen. “The director can then consider if these are the same issues that are being dealt with in rehearsal, and how that might affect their instructional goals moving forward through the rest of the school year.”
I found this article very encouraging as a mid-career music teacher and was reminded that technology can be used not only to help students learn, but to motivate them to continue growing as musicians and as people.
Original Article:https://edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2017/08/tech-music-classroom-creates-efficiencies-improves-accessibility
For seasoned music teachers, technology is also quite useful. Just as any other teacher might use data to track student progress, music teachers can work with their students to set trackable goals and use data to identify patterns, writes string teaching specialist Richard Niezen on Smartmusic’s blog. “Data can also be used to determine if problems follow any overall patterns, including common issues with pitch, rhythm, specific technical skills, or interpretation,” writes Niezen. “The director can then consider if these are the same issues that are being dealt with in rehearsal, and how that might affect their instructional goals moving forward through the rest of the school year.”
I found this article very encouraging as a mid-career music teacher and was reminded that technology can be used not only to help students learn, but to motivate them to continue growing as musicians and as people.
Original Article:https://edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2017/08/tech-music-classroom-creates-efficiencies-improves-accessibility
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