Field+Based+Activities+Reflection+III.C

Standard III.C is to apply technology to demonstrate students' higher-order thinking skills and creativity (Williamson & Redish, 2009). I go back to my music classroom for this. In the interactive white board assignment, I included a variety of other resources and teaching tools that could be shared using the projector. Notation software was used to create chord progressions. Not only can students see it,they can hear it, and make changes and corrections based not only on what they see, but what they hear. They can also manipulate rhythms in the same way. The lesson I designed and demonstrated was intended to show the teacher how she could improve students' comprenhesion of the material by allowing them to manipulate it. The same thing could be accomplished with a marker, a whiteboard and a piano, but not with the same seamless manner. Nor can students demonstrate their creativity by trying various orchestrations. How does that chord progression sound on a tuba quartet? How about on a mandolin? Just try that on a piano!

References

Williamson, J. & Redish, T. (2009). I // STE's technology facilitation and leadership standards: What every K-12 leader should know and be able to do //. Eugene, Or: International Society for Technology in Education.