All Entries Tagged With: "Classroom"
Whole class composing with GarageBand – option 1
I recently ran a course (just a small part of a day for local music educators) for which the suggested title was Whole class composing with garageBand. In fact the first draft of the schedule read “Whole class composing with GarageBand (Phil Kirkman) is this possible?”. I’m not’t sure whether this was asking if I [...]
Easy sharing for Music Technology Educators
Have you come across Zotero? If you haven’t it is a plugin for Firefox that I could not do without. It allows you to collect your web resources together in one place, synchronize them between computers, add notes, even store related PDFs, files, images, and links in your library. You can then use the Zotero [...]
Recordings in the classroom without the hassle
In case you haven’t come across Spotify, I thought I would pass on the word. For some time now I have been using Spotify, which is in internet based service that provides instant access to a library of music. For example, say you want a recording of a Beethoven quartet…search for “Beethoven Quartet” and 2217 [...]
AFL Resources (Course downloads)
Afl Modules 1 & 2 View more presentations from prk24. After running a course last week on AFL I though I would post some resources which I found helpful here. The course was designed not to give answers but to encourage reflection so that you can find your own. I think that if you understand [...]
Misa guitar – the future just round the corner?
Some months ago I had a conversation with a friend that went something like this: “Wouldn’t it be great if someone would design an instrument that used a touch screen interface to extend the resources that trained musicians already find in traditional instruments”. In other words, using technology to extend and transform our opportunities rather [...]
Garageband for windows?
I am often asked if I know of any programs for windows that are similar to Garageband. Well, if you have the luxury of a small budget then I would recommend mixcraft at the moment. The screen feels just as streamlined as Garageband. They have taken out a lot of the ‘clutter’ of other sequencers [...]
Open education
I recently came across a great resource (thanks Stephen) from Yale University; the ‘Open Yale course‘ series. Of particular interest is the course by Professor Craig Wright from the department of music. You may be familiar with Professor Wright’s coursebook ‘Listening to Music (5th edition, 2007)’ which I believe is widely used in the US. [...]
How do you…? (W3# 9-52 )
One of the questions teachers frequently ask me when I run courses is “How do you….?” usually followed by some variation of video, audio, downloading editing and making useful in the classroom. Thinking about this allowed me to realize that I have come across lots of discussions online which celebrate the many resources available online [...]
How good are your sounds?
A while ago I came across this video and stored it away as I thought it would come in useful at some point. At the time I thought it was pretty neat but not much more… I revisited this by chance the other day after running a seminar on using new technologies for music teaching [...]
W3 for music eduicators #9- Ardour
If you haven’t seen this yet – then I would really recommend taking a look. Go to http://ardour.org/ It is the most impressive open source music project I have yet to come across (and audacity takes some beating).
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