All Entries Tagged With: "teaching"
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 [...]
The importance of being empirical
After blogging last time about the importance of avoiding stress and maintaining some sort of balance, this time I find myself thinking about just how important it is for me to keep playing. I have recently rediscovered my passion for several musical traditions that I hadn’t been engaged with for several years. The reason for [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
Need a Theramin – no problem! It's as easy as 1, 2, 3
Here is a really nifty idea for bringing the Theremin to life (unless of course you have a real one stashed away in your department store). All you need is three radios – Nice! There is no substitute for feeling the relationship between the sound of the instrument and your movements. I would recommend a [...]
Culture of technology and technology of culture lectures
Thanks to Amber for sending me this link to to 50 free lectures on technology from universities across the world. Categorised into Culture, Information, The internet, Machines Invention and Creation, Computers, Open source and Future. There is something for everyone (well almost!) Visit the site here.
What is going on?
Hi! My name is Phil. It’s been over a month since my last blog. Lots has been going on since I reviewed Jamstudio in December and I have been itching to share some of the things I have been working on and reading. So ‘watch this space!’; as they say (No sure who ‘they’ refers [...]
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