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Education in Greece – Curriculum The New School A large – scale educational reform, since 2010 New curricula for all subjects were written The technology use was put in the center of teaching procedure Digital School Reinforced by multimedia content, original applications, video, audio files, cartoons, interactive games and media-enriched music textbooks Laptops, interactive whiteboards and internet connection in the majority of the schools Teacher’s further education how to use blogs, wikis, podcasts, social networks, interactive whiteboards etc. Digital Teaching Scenarios Since 2015 digital teaching scenarios came to enrich the teachers’ educational toolkit

Digital teaching scenarios‘ project The design of original digital teaching scenarios by educators in order for the teaching procedure of educators to be improved and enhanced. The main aim of the project was to provide a high quality teaching material using informational tools addressed to teachers and learners. “Development of Methodology and Digital Teaching Scenarios for the Subjects of Primary and Secondary General and Vocational Education” on 11/14/2014. The National Strategic Reference Framework 2007–2013 constitutes the reference document for the programming of European Union Funds at national level for the 2007–2013 period www.espa.gr.

Phases - steps Elaboration of general standards for digital development scenarios Establishment and of requirements, instructions how to develop them, their preparation of sample digital scenarios. The creation more of them from the wide education community. 6 experts 44 working groups 44 working groups

3 Heads of H. E. , E. E., and Cultural Activities Participants 195 educator scholars 33 Professors 38 School Advisors 3 Heads of H. E. , E. E., and Cultural Activities 121 Educators For music education: 4 music teachers, an school advisor and a professor.

A.E.S.O.P. http://aesop.iep.edu.gr Supported Platforms A.E.S.O.P. http://aesop.iep.edu.gr E-Class Platform http://ds2.iep.edu.gr Helpdesk http://ds2.iep.edu.gr/helpdesk The teachers utilized a set of art interactive content tools, for the use of which no-special requirements were essential, only a modern Web Browser (Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, etc.). The Platform was developed in HTML5 technologies and PHP, so any kind of additional software was not needed. Google Maps, interactive videos, interactive images, chronologies, digital interactive presentations, active areas, etc. were ready to use.

How to create a digital teaching scenario

Criteria for the Digital Teaching Scenarios (Assessment) The scenario design (well-structured and concrete) The documentation of the digital scenario (clear description, well-defined didactic objectives, appropriate to students’ age) The educational process (strong connection between theory and practice in the classroom, active student participation and learning, variety of student assessment methods). Activities (clear transition from one activity to another in relation to the use of digital media, or the implementation of a teaching method, graded difficulty, comprehensible instructions).

Copyright The submitted material (clips of movies, images, sound, music, etc.) had to be licensed. The submitted digital scenario was licensed under a "Creative Commons Attribution – NonCommercial - ShareAlike Greece 3.0. The reference of the author or licensor was also required. It cannot be used for commercial purposes. The Greek Ministry of Education and Institute of Educational Policy are entitled to freely use, retrieve and dispose of these materials in electronic and print media in Greece and abroad for an unlimited period . If the scenario and the material accompanying images include children, the necessary consent from parents was required.

12 digital teaching scenarios for music A music dialogue: antiphony The Greek traditional rhythms and instruments influence to modern Greek music Ostinato Music and Cinema Cultivating Acoustical Skills (Preparation for the examinations in order to enter into Music Studies University). Are you sure that you are not a musician? (Preparation for the examinations in order to enter into Music Schools) Recognising musical instruments (Preparation for the examinations in order to enter into Music Schools) Poetry and Music in Chanson in 16th Century Music Extracts recognition and discrimination Accompany it with a guitar Clef signatures in major keys Secondary dominant chords augmented sixth chord (Italian, German, French).

Exploring some digital scenarios Sites for digital teaching scenarios for music education: 1. A music dialogue: antiphony, http://www.aesop.iep.edu.gr/node/15490 2. The Greek traditional rhythms and instruments influence to modern Greek music, http://www.aesop.iep.edu.gr/node/15572 3. Ostinato, http://www.aesop.iep.edu.gr/node/15558 4. Music and Cinema, http://www.aesop.iep.edu.gr/node/5790 5. Cultivating Acoustical Skills (Preparation for the examinations in order to enter into Music Studies University), http://www.aesop.iep.edu.gr/node/6260 6. Are you sure that you are not a musician? (Preparation for the examinations in order to enter into Music Schools), http://www.aesop.iep.edu.gr/node/5650 Teachers from the wide educational community submitted 600 scenarios for various faculties.

Exploring some digital scenarios Sites for digital teaching scenarios for music education: 7. Recognising musical instruments (Preparation for the examinations in order to enter into Music Schools), http://www.aesop.iep.edu.gr/node/16704 8. Poetry and Music in Chanson in 16th Century, http://www.aesop.iep.edu.gr/node/7024 9. Music Extracts recognition and discrimination, http://www.aesop.iep.edu.gr/node/5603 10. Accompany it with a guitar, http://www.aesop.iep.edu.gr/node/5690 11. Clef signatures in major keys, http://www.aesop.iep.edu.gr/node/22731 12. Secondary dominant chords augmented sixth chord (Italian, German, French), http://www.aesop.iep.edu.gr/node/6114. Teachers from the wide educational community submitted 600 scenarios for various faculties.

Music Teachers Opinion (A pilot study) At the beginning of academic year 2015-2016 (two weeks). Aim: 1) to identify the opinion of music teachers about the digital teaching scenarios 2) To urge to discover these scenarios for music education 3) To explore their intention to integrate them in their music lessons.

Results There are not many ICT facilities at schools. However, all tried hard to do their best, in order to incorporate technology as much as possible in their lessons. Only one teacher sometimes had the chance to use the school Computer Laboratory. All teachers indicated that their contents were clear and concrete since they can broaden teachers’ ideas facilitating music learning. Apart from the classroom integration by teachers, these scenarios could be used by students as supplementary educational material meeting their own needs and preferences. The teaching time was very restricted and expressed their doubt if they could follow all of the steps. Their first aspect was positive and they were willing to integrate them in their classroom.

Conclusions Digital teaching scenarios are a valuable and useful tool in order to enrich the educational acts and encourage music teachers to incorporate technology into their teaching Nowadays, the teacher’s role has become even more challenging and difficult, which means that it necessitates the development of new and innovative teaching pedagogies In such contexts, music teachers ought to take into consideration the benefits of technology use, as technological tools teach organizational skills, strategies and abstract thinking (Cain, 2002).

Funding The development of digital teaching scenarios was funded by the Greek Ministry of Education and Religion, Institute of Educational Policy and European Union.

Questions: Does the Educational Policy support ICT activities in practice? Is there similar supplementary educational material for music education in your country? What is the opinion of music teachers or/and students about ICT integration in music learning and teaching? How are the ICT facilities in schools in your country?

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