I enjoyed delving into a number of great resources for current and future music teachers. There is some great stuff out there if you know where to look!
http://wrightstuffmusic.com/in-the-classroom/music-teaching-resources-for-2012
This site’s info blog provides a number of helpful links to resources in which a teacher can use to wrap their heads around the implementation of ICTs in their classroom. The website links to some information books on how to utilize YouTube to a further extent, integrating it with websites and student blogs. The site also links to a book in which gives music educators a step by step guide to using free recording software programs such as Garage Band (Mac) and Mixcraft (Windows), also explaining how to get the best set up when using school computers. The site then provides links to the more professional programs like Protools and Sibelius, both being industry standard programs. This in particular I see as a very important thing for students, familiarising them with these sorts of programs early in their education as they will most likely be using these out in the music workforce.
http://www.musictheory.net/exercises
Music Theory is a fantastic resource for today’s music teachers. The site provides access to a number of different exercises for students to undertake including: scale and note identification, fret board chord and interval identification and note/scale ear training. Teachers can create their own exercises they have customized to fit the kind of learning students have been doing and then provide direct links for their students to these exercises on the site. Music Theory also comes in APP form so teachers can easily set homework tasks and have students complete them on the ease of their tablets or even phones. This is a fantastic resource for teachers to integrate the use of ICTs with the musicology side of music in the classroom. And it’s free!
http://musicteachtech.wikispaces.com/Resources+for+Music+Teachers
Music Teach Tech is a great resource for beginning music teachers who are looking for new and create ways to implement ICTs and Literacies in the classroom. The site gives mountains of useful tools to teachers including lesson plans for classroom and instrumental practices for primary and secondary. There is a resources for teachers page which is a list compiled of general tools, classroom tools, online choral resources, online handout templates, online sheet music (free as well as priced), and blog sites for music educators. There is an activities page for both primary and secondary which gives teachers access to a number of useful classroom activities to try with their students including implementing programs like audacity and muscore (which are both free programs) into the lesson.
I actually only discovered this resource as I was researching for this assignment and stumbled across it and I’m glad I did as I know I will be utilizing this site as a beginning music teacher.
http://www.sharemylesson.com/high-school-music-teaching-resources/
Share my Lesson is a lesson plan and activity ideas sharing page where teachers can go to find inspiration for creative andengaging classroom activities. This site provides a vast number of different lesson ideas for grades 9 through 12. The lessons to each grade are broken into six categories: Composing and Performing; Instruments; Music Elements and Theory; Music from around the World; Music History and Composers; Musical Styles and Forms. Within each of these components is a list of resources for teachers based on that grade and specific component, whether that be lesson plans or ideas, information articles and research papers for teachers to gather interesting information on the subjects. The literacy side of this resource is of great use as there are a number of papers and information articles for the musicology side of the classroom which could be used for students in their research and analytical essays. Another great resource for the beginning music teacher and even those who are just looking to shake up their teaching approach.
https://www.teachervision.com/math/resource/10340.html
Creating the connection between numeracy and music cannot always be so simple as many people don’t even realize through basic notation devices that you are in fact utilizing numeracy skills. So how do teachers work to create a clearer connection between the two and allow for students to make this connection in conjunction with music activities?
This page on Teacher Vision is a fantastic resource for music teachers who are looking for ways to implement a numeracy focus into their lessons. The site provides a number of full lesson plans such as: Math and Music: Fibonacci Sequence; Patterns in Music and Math; Graphing Pitch. There are also a number of lesson plans and ideas which are circulated around creating a clear and succinct connection between Jazz and Mathematics in terms of improvisation permutations and rhythmic innovations. This would be quite a useful resource for music teachers even as just a starting point for gaining insight into the implementation of numeracy into music lessons as this cannot always be the easiest connection to make for teachers.
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Hi Jesse,
You have selected five fantastic digital resources for Music that present several ways in which literacy, numeracy and ICTs can be embedded into Music lessons. Your critical evaluations are well-written, informative, descriptive and explain the value theses resources hold for teaching and learning. You have effectively explained what the resources are and why and how they will be useful for you as a secondary Music teacher.
Resource 1: As you have mentioned, this first resource provides some good references to further resources that might be useful for you. It is great that this resource provides links to both free recording software programs as well as more professional programs. I like how you noted that Garage Band is for Mac and Mixcraft is for Windows as this demonstrates your understanding of ICTs in Music. In your evaluation you have demonstrated how ICTs can be embedded into Music. You might like to mention if you have ever used Pro tools or Sibelius with students in years 8-10 and whether or not these programs would be suited to students within these year levels. Also don’t forget to mention that this website is licensed under a Creative Commons license as this adds further value to this resource.
Resource 2: I particularly love your choice of this resource. I studied Music up to year 12 and I really wish I had had this resource available to me as a student as it definitely has an educational worth. This resource also demonstrates how ICTs can be embedded in a Music classroom. Your critical evaluation is really great and perfectly summarises this resource. You have clearly stated the value it has for both teaching and learning. I love how you mentioned that it has an App and how it is free. Those are the exact words that teachers love to hear. Similarly to resource 1, don’t forget to mention the value this resource has for students in years 8-10. I can definitely see how students within these age groups would enjoy using this resource both at school and at home. You might also mention how it has the potential to amplify and transform student learning (think back to the RAT framework if you have completed the course EDC3100).
Resource 3: This is another useful resource for embedding ICTs and literacy into Music. Your evaluation of this resource clearly explains how useful this resource is for beginning teachers. Some of the resources provided (e.g. Bubbl.us and Text2Mindmap) have a value for teachers across all of the arts so you might like to mention that in your evaluation. I have used both of these resources before as a pre-service Visual Arts teacher and they have proven to be really great. It is good that you mentioned how there is an activities page for both primary and secondary music teachers and that you have given two examples of these secondary resources. Just remember to mention the licensing (Creative Commons) and the value this resource has for you as a years 8-10 Music teacher.
Resource 4: This is such a great resource for teachers across all of the arts and all secondary subjects so you might also like to mention this in your evaluation of this resource. I noticed that you have to create a log in to use this resource so you could also add that to your evaluation. It is great that you mentioned how this resource is valuable for teachers of students in years 9-12 and that there are six categories that these lessons are grouped under. You also made it clear as to how literacy can be embedded in Music through the use of analytical essays. Overall a great evaluation of an awesome resource for all arts teachers.
Resource 5: I really like the first section of your evaluation of this resource as it really draws readers in and gains their interest into the resource you have selected. This resource perfectly demonstrates how numeracy can be embedded in Music and your evaluation summarises this perfectly. Similarly to some of your other resources, just remember to include a point on how this resource would benefit students in years 8-10. You could maybe do this by selecting one or two particularly lesson plans or printable activities and briefly describe how they could be used with students in years 8-10.
I hope my feedback helps you Jesse. Let me know if you have any questions regarding any of my comments.
Thanks,
Sara