More Music… Thanks to Jen
I was reading through my peers’ blogs and realised that Jen is also focusing on ICT in music education. I read a particular of her’s that she published on February 17, here she shares websites and links she found regarding this topic. I hadn’t thought of looking at the current NSW DET site to see what they offer teachers and students in the music classroom, Jen had. I followed her link to the site and found some very interesting ideas from the links that were in the page. There were three main headings: teaching ideas, interactive sites and music technology. The site displays music resource links which are separated into the various stages. This site is fantastic, and could be very helpful for teachers in NSW. Jen also linked another site, The Viva Zone. When I was in priamary school, I remember this group coming a few times to showcase their music program. I remember it being a lot of fun, and interactive. The students actually got to join in, touch and feel the equipment–the instruments, etc. It was great. I think there was a fee, I’m sure there was.
There is truly, really, so, so many sites and resources available for schools, teachers and students/kids to explore music, and learn it in a fun and positive way.
on March 4, 2008 at 11:20 pm
It’s so true isn’t it! As I’ve been researching this topic I’ve seen so many resources pop up! They aren’t all great, but could have some real benefit in the classroom.
I found one that you might also be interested in thanks to a you-tube video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YG1yFDVyS8). If you go to http://www.starplay.com you can find out more about it. Perhaps not so useful in the classroom but could have huge implications for kids in bands!
It only works on windows machines though.
on March 6, 2008 at 3:34 am
Hi again!
Yes, it is my experience that many music teachers do not make use of the technology. Perhaps it is that they themselves are uncomfortable with using it, perhaps they dont’ know it exists as much of it is fairly new… but what a useful resource they are missing out on!!!