This week’s reading caused me to reflect on what I have learned in taking this course, Technology for Music Learning. Here are some of my reflections.
- I am now empowered to use a music program like Noteflight or MuseScore, and can actually use these programs to electronically write a vocal warm-up, a simple song, or rearranging voice parts. Finale was overwhelming to me and it’s great to have some new user friendly tools.
- Setting up a Feedly account has been very beneficial. It is great being able to go to one site and access many blogs and free music and education resources online.
- I now have a Smartphone and instead of feeling like “Technology Should Not Rule the World” I am embracing some tools that will make life more simple and organized. The biggest tool I will be regularly using is Google Calendar. Before having a Smartphone, I kept a paper calendar in order to keep track of upcoming school projects, concerts, and my personal life. Over the next few weeks I will full transfer to using Google.
- I would like to purchase SmartMusic and use it as tool for teaching sightsinging in my choir classroom.
Things I already do and plan on continuing in my classroom:
- Using Google Calendar to set up projects.
- Using Facebook groups as a way to communicate with my students.
- Email groups-I specifically use this as a way to communicate information with parents and students.
- Email voice parts by recording them on an app on my iPad.
- Using google forms for students to submit surveys.
- Using google docs as a way for students to submit work.
I have thoroughly enjoyed this class. It has allowed me to explore technologies that I wasn’t familiar with and get comfortable with them. Each project has given me more knowledge that I have or will be applying in my own classroom. What a practical course!
Grace,
ReplyDeleteGreat wrap-up of what we've learned in the course. I completely agree with you - "What a practical course!"
I have started using Noteflight as well to create warm-ups for my choral students. It has been a quick and easy tool. I love that it is an online platform so I can access it from anywhere.
I also have appreciated Feedly with so many resources at my fingertips. I like the ability to scan through thumbnails of articles and choose those that spark my interest. I could even say that academic reading has been...fun!?!
I'm with you on calendars as well. Between Outlook and my paper calendar, I didn't always have everything in one place. Perhaps Google calendar can help me load everything into one place that I can access from any of my devices.