All Discussions Tagged 'music' - Classroom 2.02024-03-29T08:21:00Zhttps://www.classroom20.com/forum/topic/listForTag?tag=music&feed=yes&xn_auth=noFocusing engagement in small group music technology lessons.tag:www.classroom20.com,2013-04-12:649749:Topic:9254572013-04-12T14:06:47.051ZStuart Eccles-skinnerhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/StuartEcclesskinner
<p>Hi.</p>
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<p>I am currently a trainee teacher hired as a music specialist teaching BTEC Music Technology as well as Performance and Composition.</p>
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<p>The groups are small, (approximately 8 students) working in a small studio with one workstation and two live rooms attached.</p>
<p>Depending on the sessions aims I split the groups into pairs as: techs, engineers, producers, and performers and I rotate them regularly to keep from anyone sitting idle for too long and to ensure…</p>
<p>Hi.</p>
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<p>I am currently a trainee teacher hired as a music specialist teaching BTEC Music Technology as well as Performance and Composition.</p>
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<p>The groups are small, (approximately 8 students) working in a small studio with one workstation and two live rooms attached.</p>
<p>Depending on the sessions aims I split the groups into pairs as: techs, engineers, producers, and performers and I rotate them regularly to keep from anyone sitting idle for too long and to ensure they all get to experience everything.</p>
<p>As much as the lessons are going well, with only one workstation I cannot help but feel I could possibly be doing more to keep the students engaged for more of the lesson.</p>
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<p>If anyone has any tried and tested ideas/techniques for keeping students busy in this sort of situation I would love to hear your suggestions.</p>
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<p>Thanks</p>
<p>Stu</p> What do Lady Gaga, a Medical Student and Flocabulary Have in Common?tag:www.classroom20.com,2013-03-20:649749:Topic:9202812013-03-20T13:21:21.097ZKaren Cameronhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/KarenCameron
<p><img alt="flocabulary" border="0" class="alignLeft" src="http://info.marygrove.edu/Portals/94958/images/flocabulary.png" style="float: left;"></img> Even if you didn’t <em>want</em> to like that Lady Gaga song, there’s a good chance you can faithfully parrot the sugary chorus of it. Be honest now, you know it: <b>“</b><b>Can't read my/ Can't read my/ No he can't read my poker face.”</b> Some hooks are unforgettable, even after a single listen, and though you may not be able to glean anything particularly academic from “Poker Face,” we think a case can be made for using the <b>pop-song formula as a teaching and studying…</b></p>
<p><img src="http://info.marygrove.edu/Portals/94958/images/flocabulary.png" alt="flocabulary" class="alignLeft" style="float: left;" border="0"/>Even if you didn’t <em>want</em> to like that Lady Gaga song, there’s a good chance you can faithfully parrot the sugary chorus of it. Be honest now, you know it: <b>“</b><b>Can't read my/ Can't read my/ No he can't read my poker face.”</b> Some hooks are unforgettable, even after a single listen, and though you may not be able to glean anything particularly academic from “Poker Face,” we think a case can be made for using the <b>pop-song formula as a teaching and studying tool. </b></p>
<p>It may sound ridiculous (and we suppose it is to some extent), but students have long been putting information to music and using it as learning tool. In fact, we know of <a href="http://wiltinglily.bandcamp.com/album/songs-of-anatomy-and-physiology-study-materials">one medical student</a> who starting writing <b>anatomy and physiology songs</b> so that he could pass his exams. Included in his oeuvre are crowd-pleasers like “Integumentary System, How Do You Do It?” and “If I were a Skeletal Muscle Tissue.” Let’s get to the point though:</p>
<p>We’d like to introduce <a href="https://www.flocabulary.com/">Flocabulary</a>, an online learning platform that delivers educational hip-hop songs and videos to students in grades K-12. Flocabulary has been around for a little over a decade and boasts a weekly audience of 5 million students. Their mission: “To motivate kids and help them reach their full academic potential, not only by raising test scores but by fostering a love of learning in every child.”</p>
<p>Flocabulary’s database of songs covers anything from the <b>discovery of America</b> and the <b>Bill of Rights</b> to the <b>scientific method</b>, <b>grammar</b> and <b>Mark Twain.</b></p>
<p>You’re free to try Flocabulary at no cost for 14 days. Thereafter, you can choose from three plans:</p>
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<li><b>Flocabulary:</b> ($5/month) Access to hundreds of original songs & videos in all major K-12 Subject Areas and standards-aligned lessons for each song</li>
<li><b>Week in Rap:</b> ($5/month) Every Friday you’ll receive the week’s biggest stories in a rap music video</li>
<li><b>Flocabulary + The Week in Rap:</b> ($7/month)</li>
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<p>Here’s a sample of what they have to offer:</p>
<p><iframe width="401" height="226" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/mRdMYuNeAng?wmode=opaque" frameborder="0"></iframe>
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<p>If your students are anything like ours, they love it when technology is integrated into the classroom. To help you do this, <b>we’ve put together a resource that offers</b> <a href="http://info.marygrove.edu/surfing-for-substance">50 of our favorite teacher-friendly websites and apps.</a> Our descriptions of each resource are brief and lighthearted—and hopefully, substantive enough to give you a sense for whether or not they will fit your students’ and your needs. Check it out and share it with your friends and colleagues!<br/><br/> <span class="hs-cta-wrapper" id="hs-cta-wrapper-596d8956-873a-44ea-b04e-2fe05c20262c"><span style="visibility: visible;" class="hs-cta-node hs-cta-596d8956-873a-44ea-b04e-2fe05c20262c" id="hs-cta-596d8956-873a-44ea-b04e-2fe05c20262c"><a href="http://cta-service-cms2.hubspot.com/cs/c/?&cta_guid=0959ce96-b403-4349-aaa1-ae2cf869d08f&placement_guid=596d8956-873a-44ea-b04e-2fe05c20262c&portal_id=94958&redirect_url=xj450tt4vr9rhUuTDM2OAnkzM8TNj94bpm1LagQfy3J2NClWYrMwFVQFyjiPW2Tq&iv=SsRJ9UWrAIE%3D"><img class="hs-cta-img align-center" id="hs-cta-img-596d8956-873a-44ea-b04e-2fe05c20262c" style="border-width: 0px; width: 396; height: 82;" alt="Download our FREE guide:50 Apps for Teachers!" src="https://hubspot-hubshot.s3.amazonaws.com/hubshot/prod/12/10/02/a1568fbf-d48c-4413-8ddd-213228c0bd29.png" name="hs-cta-img-596d8956-873a-44ea-b04e-2fe05c20262c"/></a></span></span></p> Podcast In Piano Lessonstag:www.classroom20.com,2012-08-23:649749:Topic:8671522012-08-23T15:35:00.600ZMaja Dakic-Brkovichttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/MajaDakicBrkovic
<p><span>This </span><i>Classroom <span>2</span>.0: The Book</i><span> chapter can be downloaded at [<a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/100899660/Maja-Dakic-Brkovic-Piano-Lessons">http://www.scribd.com/doc/100899660/Maja-Dakic-Brkovic-Piano-Lessons</a>].</span></p>
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<p><strong>Activity Summary</strong></p>
<p><br></br>Record student’s playing (in a few tries, if needed) during the regular class, or during the public<br></br>performance, analyze the recording by replaying it, to…</p>
<p><span>This </span><i>Classroom <span>2</span>.0: The Book</i><span> chapter can be downloaded at [<a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/100899660/Maja-Dakic-Brkovic-Piano-Lessons">http://www.scribd.com/doc/100899660/Maja-Dakic-Brkovic-Piano-Lessons</a>].</span></p>
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<p><strong>Activity Summary</strong></p>
<p><br/>Record student’s playing (in a few tries, if needed) during the regular class, or during the public<br/>performance, analyze the recording by replaying it, to assure if everything is fine or need more<br/>polishing, record student’s announcement, join announcement and playing tracks into one track,<br/>apply basic sound editing (noise removal, normalizing, mp3 conversion), publish recordings regularly<br/>on a podcasting blog, inform students and their parents about new recordings, by email (or Twitter,<br/>Blog ...), listen with your students to new recordings during the final part of the lessons, promote<br/>students’ recordings / playing</p>
<p><br/><strong>Specific learning objectives</strong></p>
<p>• Objective listening skills<br/>• Concentration /attention<br/>• Aspiration for perfection<br/>• Ability to overcome errors during playing<br/>• Healthy inter-personal relationships in the class<br/>• Motivational force for better engagement in practicing at home<br/>• Technology literacy<br/>• Materials for e-portfolio</p>
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<p><strong>In my lessons, I focus at developing students’:</strong></p>
<p><br/>• objective listening skills<br/>• concentration of attention<br/>• aspiration for perfection<br/>• ability to overcome errors during playing<br/>• healthy inter-personal relationships in the class<br/>• motivational force for better engagement in practicing at home<br/>• technology literacy<br/>• materials for e-portfolio</p>
<p><span> </span></p> Podcast In Piano Lessonstag:www.classroom20.com,2012-08-22:649749:Topic:8663192012-08-22T09:39:25.966ZMaja Dakic-Brkovichttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/MajaDakicBrkovic
<p><font color="#222222"><span> <font size="2">"This </font></span></font><font color="#222222"><font size="2"><i><span>Classroom 2.0: The Book</span></i></font></font><font color="#222222"><font size="2"><span> chapter can be downloaded at [<a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/100899660/Maja-Dakic-Brkovic-Piano-Lessons">http://www.scribd.com/doc/100899660/Maja-Dakic-Brkovic-Piano-Lessons</a>]."…</span></font></font></p>
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<p><font color="#222222"><span> <font size="2">"This </font></span></font><font color="#222222"><font size="2"><i><span>Classroom 2.0: The Book</span></i></font></font><font color="#222222"><font size="2"><span> chapter can be downloaded at [<a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc/100899660/Maja-Dakic-Brkovic-Piano-Lessons">http://www.scribd.com/doc/100899660/Maja-Dakic-Brkovic-Piano-Lessons</a>]."</span></font></font></p>
<p><font color="#222222"><font size="2"><span> </span></font></font></p>
<p><strong>Activity Summary</strong></p>
<p><br/>Record student’s playing (in a few tries, if needed) during the regular class, or during the public<br/>performance, analyze the recording by replaying it, to assure if everything is fine or need more<br/>polishing, record student’s announcement, join announcement and playing tracks into one track,<br/>apply basic sound editing (noise removal, normalizing, mp3 conversion), publish recordings regularly<br/>on a podcasting blog, inform students and their parents about new recordings, by email (or Twitter,<br/>Blog ...), listen with your students to new recordings during the final part of the lessons, promote<br/>students’ recordings / playing</p>
<p><br/><strong>Specific learning objectives</strong></p>
<p>• Objective listening skills<br/>• Concentration /attention<br/>• Aspiration for perfection<br/>• Ability to overcome errors during playing<br/>• Healthy inter-personal relationships in the class<br/>• Motivational force for better engagement in practicing at home<br/>• Technology literacy<br/>• Materials for e-portfolio</p>
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<p><strong>In my lessons, I focus at developing students’:</strong></p>
<p><br/>• objective listening skills<br/>• concentration of attention<br/>• aspiration for perfection<br/>• ability to overcome errors during playing<br/>• healthy inter-personal relationships in the class<br/>• motivational force for better engagement in practicing at home<br/>• technology literacy<br/>• materials for e-portfolio</p>
<p><font color="#222222"><font size="2"><span> </span></font></font></p> Using YouTube for teaching piano accompanimenttag:www.classroom20.com,2012-04-09:649749:Topic:8257522012-04-09T21:56:08.834ZGoran Brkovićhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/GoranBrkovic
<div><strong>Your Name and Title:</strong><br></br>Goran Brkovic, Piano Teacher<br></br> <br></br> <strong>School, Library, or Organization Name:</strong><br></br> Music School “Vojislav-Lale Stefanovic”, Uzice, Serbia<br></br> <br></br> <strong>Co-Presenter Name(s): /</strong><br></br> <br></br> <strong>Area of the World from Which You Will Present:</strong><br></br> Europe, Serbia, Uzice<br></br> <br></br> <strong>Language in Which You Will Present:</strong><br></br> English<br></br> <br></br> <strong>Target Audience(s):</strong><br></br> Music…</div>
<div><strong>Your Name and Title:</strong><br/>Goran Brkovic, Piano Teacher<br/> <br/> <strong>School, Library, or Organization Name:</strong><br/> Music School “Vojislav-Lale Stefanovic”, Uzice, Serbia<br/> <br/> <strong>Co-Presenter Name(s): /</strong><br/> <br/> <strong>Area of the World from Which You Will Present:</strong><br/> Europe, Serbia, Uzice<br/> <br/> <strong>Language in Which You Will Present:</strong><br/> English<br/> <br/> <strong>Target Audience(s):</strong><br/> Music Teachers, Piano Teachers, Teachers of piano accompaniment<br/> <br/> <strong>Short Session Description (one line):</strong><br/> Using YouTube for teaching students how to adapt to various performances accompaniment <br/> <br/> <strong>Full Session Description (as long as you would like):</strong><br/> <br/> The session will include the following topics:<br/> <br/> - the main problem in teaching piano accompaniment <br/> - the old way we used to teach it and the problems it involved<br/> - how technology can help teachers and students<br/> - about using YouTube<br/> - how to use Youtube in piano accompaniment class and its benefits<br/> <br/> <br/> <strong>Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session:</strong><br/> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/">http://www.youtube.com</a></div> Podcast in Piano Lessonstag:www.classroom20.com,2012-04-07:649749:Topic:8253142012-04-07T11:50:56.029ZMaja Dakic-Brkovichttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/MajaDakicBrkovic
<p align="left"><font color="#333333"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><b>Your Name and Title:</b></font></font></font></p>
<p align="left"><font color="#333333"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Mrs Maja Dakic-Brkovic, Piano Teacher</font></font></font></p>
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<p align="left"><font color="#333333"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><b>School, Library, or Organization…</b></font></font></font></p>
<p align="left"><font color="#333333"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><b>Your Name and Title:</b></font></font></font></p>
<p align="left"><font color="#333333"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Mrs Maja Dakic-Brkovic, Piano Teacher</font></font></font></p>
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<p align="left"><font color="#333333"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><b>School, Library, or Organization Name:</b></font></font></font></p>
<p align="left"><font color="#333333"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Music School “Vojislav-Lale Stefanovic”, Uzice, Serbia</font></font></font></p>
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<p align="left"><font color="#333333"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><b>Co-Presenter Name(s)</b>: /</font></font></font></p>
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<p align="left"><font color="#333333"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><b>Area of the World from Which You Will Present:</b></font></font></font></p>
<p align="left"><font color="#333333"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Europe, Serbia, Uzice</font></font></font></p>
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<p align="left"><font color="#333333"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><b>Language in Which You Will Present:</b></font></font></font></p>
<p align="left"><font color="#333333"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">English</font></font></font></p>
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<p align="left"><font color="#333333"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><b>Target Audience(s):</b></font></font></font></p>
<p align="left"><font color="#333333"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Music Teachers</font></font></font></p>
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<p align="left"><font color="#333333"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><b>Short Session Description (one line):</b></font></font></font></p>
<p align="left"><font color="#333333"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Why and how to use podcast in piano lessons</font></font></font></p>
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<p align="left"><font color="#333333"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><b>Full Session Description (as long as you would like):</b></font></font></font></p>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">The session will include the following topics:</font></font></p>
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<p><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">-what is podcast</font></font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">-why podcast in piano lessons</font></font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">-why it is so motivating for students to record their playing</font></font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">-students' benefits and challenges while recording</font></font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">-how to create digital recordings of students' playing using free tools</font></font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">-free online sites for publishing students' recordings</font></font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">-suggested equipment</font></font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">-how to use podcast for students' and school promotion<br/><br/> </font></font></p>
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<p align="left"><font color="#333333"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><b>Websites / URLs Associated with Your Session:</b></font></font></font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><a href="http://audacity.sourceforge.net/">http://audacity.sourceforge.net/</a></font></font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><a href="http://www.podbean.com/">http://www.podbean.com/</a></font></font></p>
<p><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/">http://www.blogger.com/</a></font></font></p>
<p align="left"><font color="#333333"><font face="Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font size="2"><font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">Idea</font></font> <font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3"><span>implemented</span></font></font> <font face="Times New Roman, serif"><font size="3">on my podcasting blog for my students: <a href="http://mdbstudents2011-12.podbean.com/">http://mdbstudents2011-12.podbean.com/</a></font></font></font></font></font></p>
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<p>Anyone using Microsoft's Songsmith or <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/voice-band/id347859797?mt=8" target="_blank">Apple's Voice Band</a> (app for Iphone or Ipod) successfully. Having problems with Songsmith free trial download so can't evaluate the product. Error 1001 that has been mentioned in many forums. MS probably wants folks to buy it. These apps are not new and have been out awhile.</p>
<p>Don't have apple products so can't evaluate Voice Band. The app is still cheaper than…</p>
<p>Anyone using Microsoft's Songsmith or <a target="_blank" href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/voice-band/id347859797?mt=8">Apple's Voice Band</a> (app for Iphone or Ipod) successfully. Having problems with Songsmith free trial download so can't evaluate the product. Error 1001 that has been mentioned in many forums. MS probably wants folks to buy it. These apps are not new and have been out awhile.</p>
<p>Don't have apple products so can't evaluate Voice Band. The app is still cheaper than Songsmith ($29.99) vs. $2.99 + .99 for additional instruments (Itune). Read about some problems with app on IPod but Iphone seems to be fine. What I love about both products is that you can sing and it creates music as you sing or hum beats. In Audacity I would have create my own music or edit others. We also play around with <a target="_blank" href="http://www.jamstudio.com/Studio/index.htm">Jamstudio</a>, but have not done much with it. This app creates music as one sings a song. Love it. <a target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oGFogwcx-E">Watch video</a> on Songsmith and <a target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QxN1u7KWDM">Voice Band</a>. Students in my media classes are working on beats and this could transform their beats in great songs for our library fast.</p> Music Technology workshoptag:www.classroom20.com,2010-09-15:649749:Topic:5090262010-09-15T13:51:05.689ZJillhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/JillSayers
Does anyone know of a workshop, convention, and/or seminar that would teach about the latest in technology and music education?
Does anyone know of a workshop, convention, and/or seminar that would teach about the latest in technology and music education? NEW!! On-Demand K12 Online Educational Video Site for Teachers, Homeschool & Students – comments requested please!tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-11-08:649749:Topic:4024292009-11-08T13:30:16.492ZNicholas Teehttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/NicholasTee
Zane Education ( <a href="http://www.ZaneEducation.com">www.ZaneEducation.com</a> ) has in the last 6 days launched the first on-demand online K12 educational video subscription website.<br />
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The site is currently free to use until December 1st while bug testing is completed and the subscription system is implemented.<br />
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The purpose of the website and our online videos is to provide teachers (and homeschoolers) with an alternative to having to spend hours searching YouTube for videos they can…
Zane Education ( <a href="http://www.ZaneEducation.com">www.ZaneEducation.com</a> ) has in the last 6 days launched the first on-demand online K12 educational video subscription website.<br />
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The site is currently free to use until December 1st while bug testing is completed and the subscription system is implemented.<br />
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The purpose of the website and our online videos is to provide teachers (and homeschoolers) with an alternative to having to spend hours searching YouTube for videos they can possibly use in the classroom and in the home<br />
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Zane has spent the last 4 years converting their library of 250 K12 educational CD-ROMs into approximately 1000 Flash-based online videos, all of which are now available on the <a href="http://www.ZaneEducation.com">www.ZaneEducation.com</a> website.<br />
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The online videos include 250 curriculum topics and subjects include Art, Music, Literature, History, Geography, Science, Biology, Library Skills, Health and Social Sciences. Each topic is accompanied by online testing facilities in the form of interactive quizzes. This enables the student to watch the video and then test themselves on what they have learned.<br />
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A key feature of our educational videos is that they are subtitled giving the student the option to either listen to the presentation, or watch it on-screen. This enables them to also cater for the requirements of special needs students, students suffering from reading disabilities and sight impairments, as well as students learning English as a second language.<br />
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And so why am I making this posting here?<br />
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Well I would much appreciate some comments or feedback on the following questions:<br />
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1. How useful a resource are online videos for teachers in the classroom?<br />
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2. How many people are aware of the recent research carried out by the Availll Foundation (<a href="http://www.availll.com">www.availll.com</a> ) that appears to demonstrate the potential that subtitled videos have for increasing the reading literacy age level of the student using them as a learning tool? (Their research appears to indicate that subtitled video has the potential to improve the reading literacy age of a student by as much as 12 months in 12 weeks.)<br />
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3. What percentage of teachers are having to resort to spending their own time searching YouTube for videos that may be suitable to use in class?<br />
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4. If our video content was made available for other uses in the K12, in what ways could it be deployed to help improve what is available to teachers and homeschoolers?<br />
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5. In what other ways could our K12 videos be deployed to help improve the standard of K12 education? Web 2.0 in the Creative Artstag:www.classroom20.com,2009-10-20:649749:Topic:3941842009-10-20T05:04:15.898ZChris McKenziehttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/ChrisMcKenzie
As a user of web 2.0 in my English classes, I have now have the role of assisting my school's Creative Arts department with the integration of technology in the classroom. However, since I have never taught any of the creative arts, what I know of the courses is gathered through discussions with the teachers and observations of their classes. I was wondering if anyone here teaches any creative arts courses and could offer suggestions of how to integrate IT and / or web 2.0. Because of the…
As a user of web 2.0 in my English classes, I have now have the role of assisting my school's Creative Arts department with the integration of technology in the classroom. However, since I have never taught any of the creative arts, what I know of the courses is gathered through discussions with the teachers and observations of their classes. I was wondering if anyone here teaches any creative arts courses and could offer suggestions of how to integrate IT and / or web 2.0. Because of the nature of the courses, IT seems to be used less often, so it's difficult to find any helpful materials.<br />
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The Creative Arts department consists of Foods, Textiles, Visual Arts, Drama, Orchestra, and Choir. Our school uses tablets with OneNote, and we use Moodle; however, I'd love to hear about any other ideas too. What I've come up with so far is using OneNote in Foods to create and share recipe cards, recording and / or podcasting student progress in the Orchestra and Choir, and using OneNote to analyse artwork in the Visual Arts class. The textiles teacher wants to have the students create fashion portfolios and to come up with fashion design ideas, so I've suggested using OneNote for that. The Visual Arts teacher is using Diigo as a replacement for an information gathering assignment that used to involve cue cards.