Teach music; the technology will follow
Thanks to Barbara Freedman I have a new mantra: “Teach music; the technology will follow”. The first words of her book (2013) speak...
Thanks to Barbara Freedman I have a new mantra: “Teach music; the technology will follow”. The first words of her book (2013) speak...
As part of the technology component for our Stage 6 music curriculum classes, I had my first brief introduction to the Flip Sampler app,...
Listening to and learning to play Papa Was a Rolling Stone (The Temptations) as a class was not as easy as it might seem. We had a live...
It’s not every day that we go to a lecture and play computer games, but that’s exactly how we started out on this occasion. I played...
There is a part of me that struggles with the way that these children are making music by playing Pachelbel’s canon as an iPad ensemble....
As preservice teachers, we have been working on developing our own improvisational and compositional skills throughout the semester. This...
As a classically trained pianist, I was never given the opportunity to learn improvisation skills growing up. I became highly proficient...
This is our class at work recording a music video with the full set up: lighting, video cameras, mics and audio recorders: Behind the...
Scratch is a free online coding tool which uses block-based programming to enable students to create animations, games, and interactive...
MPC Beats is the free version of Akai's professional MPC workflow. It can be downloaded here. This is a fully-featured Digital Audio...
Step sequencers are ideal for amateur musicians as little musical knowledge is required. With a basic visual interface using a form of...
This semester has been a huge learning curve in terms of developing an understanding of music technologies, and I have really only just...
This is me performing a piano cover of Fallin' by Jessica Mauboy. I especially wanted to represent the music of a successful Australian...
“We must listen. . . to the stories of others before we speak, understanding that we may not understand their situation fully and may...
Benefits of this approach for music education · Builds connections and trust between teachers and students · Students feel a sense of...
Benefits of this approach for music education · Students love and identify with the music that they choose themselves · Students work...
I took up the challenge and had a go at writing my own mensural canon. Not an easy task, and I wouldn't say I am happy with the result...
Benefits of this approach for music education · Integration of learning experiences and thus integration of knowledge · Music history and...
Benefits of this approach for music education · Does not require skills in reading Western notation · Little prior musical knowledge...
Reflections on "Everyone Here is Going to Have Bright Futures", Chapter 3 in Class, Control & Classical Music (Anna Bull, 2019) For me,...