Chapter 13: teaching & learning with technology in music & art instruction

1. Chapter 13: teaching & learning with technology in music & art instruction Greer Freeman

2. Issues & Problems with Music Instruction • Redefining music literacy • Training teachers to meet music standards • http://www.menc.org/resources/view/national-standards-for-music-education • Downloading of music illegally • The intersection of popular music, technology, and music instruction • The music director as small business administrator

3. Strategies for Technology Integration for Music Instruction • Support for music composition and production • musical composition software use • Support for music performance • software like Finale or Sibelius • Support for self-paced learning and practice • CD-ROM-based learning software • Support for teaching music history • web-based music history projects • Support for interdisciplinary strategies

4. Issues & Problems with Art Instruction • Funding for art instruction • Ethical issues associated with the use of images and other materials • Accessing images used in art instruction • The challenge of meeting standards in arts instruction • http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/educators/standards.aspx

5. Strategies for Technology Integration for Art Instruction • Accessing art examples for classroom use • Using teaching examples and materials • Producing and manipulating digitized images • Supporting graphic design and 3-D modeling • Supporting desktop publishing with graphics • Virtual field trips to art museums • http://louvre.fr.llv/commun/home.jsp • http://www.mnh.si.edu/exhibits/virtual.html • Creating movies as an art form • Using computerized kilns • Sharing students’ creative and research works

6. Tech-PACK Needs & Challenges in Art and Music Education • Art and music content knowledge • Art is a broad content area that encompasses many mediums, including digital ones • Music content knowledge should also include knowledge of the technology tools used in music production • Art and music pedagogical knowledge • Each of art the content areas presents particular pedagogical challenges • With music, an understanding of how technology supports a certain pedagogical strategy is imperative • Art and music technology knowledge • Teachers need to acquire technological knowledge in order to allow their students the opportunity to learn from and with technology

7. Adapting for Special Needs • Music: • Assistive technology in education/music: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/assistive_technology_in_education/music • The arts: • Art for children and adults with disabilities: http://www.kinderart.com/special • Artwork: http://www.Washington.edu/doit/faculty/strategies/academics/artwork • Suggestions for teachers on how to make art more accessible for students with disabilities • Very special arts: http://www.vsarts.org • international organization devoted to promoting participation in the arts by individuals with disabilities

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