Technology Integration Plan

In Row 1 The Standards & Assessment is to access the students knowledge of the first five notes concert Bb,C,D,Eb, and F. The strategy is to remind them of the music staff/alphabet then focus on how their instruments play the first five notes. The purpose is to have them think critically, observe, absorb, comprehend, work alone and together to try to recall and make sense of what’s on the board. The Technology is used as references and guides to where the notes are on their instruments. In Row 2 The Standards & Assessment is identifying further, within some music, musical rhythm. The strategy is for the students to figure out what rhythmic value is being used throughout the exercises. The purpose is deciphering deciphering music concepts. The Technology is used as a reference; the essential elements book has all these pitches and rhythms defined either on the page the music they are learning or the page before. In Row 3 The Standards & Assessment refers to students creating an acronym so they will remember notes Bb,C,D,Eb, and F. The strategy is for creativity and innovation. This should help synthesis and collaboration skills. The Technology is used as a tool to demonstrate their acronym. In Row 4 The Standards & Assessment is for having students come up and decode where these notes are on the music staff. The strategy is students to come up and fill in the blank(with the acronym words) on the smart board and I check accordingly. The purpose is for synthesis of information. The Technology is used as tool to demonstrate. In Row 5 The Standards & Assessment is to identify and define this acronym of our new pitch and find them on the staff in out music as well begin looking at fingerings. The strategy is identifying and defining pitches and to look at our finger charts in essential elements 2000. The purpose is for students to begin transferring information onto their instruments. In Row 6 The Standards & Assessment is in regards to either a brave student or myself performing the music. The strategy is to have students try to perform. The purpose is analyzing their synthesis. The Technology is used as a medium for music In Row 7 The Standards & Assessment is to evaluate their fingering and note recognition. The strategy is to have students finger and say each pitch while I conduct. The purpose is class performance, note/fingering recognition. The Technology is used as visual aid. In Row 8 The Standards & Assessment is for students to perform now by blowing/actually playing their instruments. The strategy is performing. The purpose is to play the notes we have been working on. The Technology is used as a medium to perform and as a visual aid. In Row 9 The Standards & Assessment is to focus on the musicality of the students in terms of dynamics and articulation. The strategy is to demonstrate and have them demonstrate different dynamics and articulations. The purpose is musicality. The Technology is used to create music. In Row 10 The Standards & Assessment is after the students perform enough as a group I want students to perform alone. The strategy is to have students play by themselves or in a group of 2. The purpose is to create a safe environment and build confidence in students’ performance. The Technology is used for creating music and a visual aid. In Row 11 The Standards & Assessment is to identify and communicate to the students what is good and bad musically. The strategy is to observe, have them pick out what they did well and what needs improvement, they discuss it, I oversee. The purpose is to have them self evaluate, think critically about music, and communicate. In Row 12 The Standards & Assessment is have them categorize what needs improvement in musical terms. The strategy is to take what they described as needed improvement, put it into musical terms and have them think of how. The purpose is to have them self evaluate, think critically about music, and communicate. The Technology is used to play music and as a visual aid. In Row 13 The Standards & Assessment is to play again as a group and check if they indeed improved. The strategy is performance followed by guided analysis. The purpose is critical thinking, performance, and assessment. The Technology is used for creating music In Row 14 The Standards & Assessment is students perform independently. The strategy is performance. The purpose is to build confidence in performing and create music. The Technology is used for creating music and as a visual aid.

Technology Integration Plan (Google Spreadsheet)

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AkPFAWUgnkXOdDVjbDdLNmpwSFJOVUpCR29Tb0Jubnc#gid=0

GarageBand for Composition.

Garageband is a recording program. For many reason that you can read about in my post about video recording, using a recording to be a reflective as an almost unmatched educational tool. It is incredibly  useful. This program specifically  comes with a my mac product and is used many time for small scale recordings. If I ever get the privilege to teach in a public school I would really love to get my students to a place where they could compose their own compositions. I believe this and performing is the final frontier musicians get to, I mean the scale gets bigger as a musician does but this is the main idea. Garageband gives a chance to expose musicians to a variety of instruments, pre set recordings, and insight into the sight of a producer (a job created by music technology).  things like meter, tempo, key, volume levels, copy and paste, having sounds fit together, articulations and more all have a factor in this kind of music. Garageband can really meet a variety of NJCCS and is just a great way to get students to a place of independence with composing. Teaching towards composition in garageband gives students a final product they can take home and show their families, it can inspire music composition, appreciation, and listening. This program with its accompaniments or ability to record a students and their instrument has them able to create their own music. Their ideas wonderfully manipulated to create art. Garageband is a good medium for missions of composition.