Session III: Interacting with the New Fine Arts TEKS through Technology PRESENTERS: Mark Gurgel & Dr. Mackie Spradley

Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important. Bill Gates (CEO Microsoft) The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do. B.F. Skinner (Educator)

What is the common thread in the quotes? Technology: noun the use of science in industry, engineering, etc., to invent useful things or to solve problems What is the value of technology when considering creativity and the 2013 TEKS?

Session III Objectives In Session III we will…  Reflect on technology as pertains to creativity and originality  Look at the 2013 Technology TEKS  Making of QR Codes & other technology tools  Lesson Redesigns in light of technology

To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real advance in science. Albert Einstein (physicist) Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not. Pablo Picasso (Artist)

Students are growing up in a different environment than that of their teachers. Young children have never known a time without the existence of cell phones, computers, digital music, MIDI, video games, or instant messaging. Teachers must prepare students for their future. David Mash (Berklee College of Music)

Placing the tools of technology into students’ hands guides them to active music making. Research indicates that when students become active participants in learning they gain confidence, learn more effectively, and are motivated to study further. David Mash (Berklee College of Music)

The digital media platform is home plate for students and a comfort zone where they feel free to experiment and find solutions to creative problems. It is the new frontier where original solutions or innovation spring from creativity.

21 st Century Skills, TEKS focus Information, Media, and Technology Skills Information Literacy Information Literacy Media Literacy Media Literacy Information, Communication & Technology Literacy Information, Communication & Technology Literacy

Music Studies Music Theory I-II Music Appreciation I-II Music Business I-II Music Production I-II Music & Media Communications I-II AP Music Theory IB Music

Find the WORDS! Within your TEAMS of 4: Underline all the words pertaining to technology within the new Revised Music TEKS (2013)

What would NOT be a technology project encouraged by the 2013 TEKS? a. Students document their evidence of learning using electronic portfolio. (i.e. recordings, compositions, etc.) b. Students compose music and create an original audio file. c. Students find a piece of music from the internet and arrange it to a different genre. d. Students video themselves performing a “cover tune” and then upload it to YouTube. 1. a. 2. b. 3. c. 4. d.

What is the Focus? The focus is on the WHY students make art rather than the WHAT or HOW! Just because students are making something does not mean they are being creative!

QR Codes For capturing student interest for class presentations. (also good for students who were absent) For capturing student interest for class presentations. (also good for students who were absent) For students to present evidence of their learning. For students to present evidence of their learning. For showcasing student work during shows. For showcasing student work during shows.

Music Education App Directory “I immediately became hooked as I felt my finger vibrating from the sounds, much like how I experience vibrations from the guitar, banjo, organ, and other instruments. Students want to touch and investigate the music experience by discovery, rather than by reading a textbook or manual.” “I immediately became hooked as I felt my finger vibrating from the sounds, much like how I experience vibrations from the guitar, banjo, organ, and other instruments. Students want to touch and investigate the music experience by discovery, rather than by reading a textbook or manual.” (Richard McCready, TIME’s 2013 Teacher of the Year)

ACTIVITY: Lesson Design Within Your TEAMS of 4: Discuss how you & your students might use technology to address the new TEKS and implement in a lesson redesign. Discuss how you & your students might use technology to address the new TEKS and implement in a lesson redesign. Take this time to search the internet for apps and other technology possibilities. Take this time to search the internet for apps and other technology possibilities. Would a QR code be useful? Would YouTube? Are there other sources available. Would a QR code be useful? Would YouTube? Are there other sources available. Be prepared to present your findings in a 21 st -century technologically relevant way. Be prepared to present your findings in a 21 st -century technologically relevant way.

The Arts Together! Making CEDFA History! The arts presented around a Big Idea or Key Question

ACTIVITY: The Arts Together!! NEW Teams – the Arts are Best!: Divide according to paper color and number: 4 Art, 1 Dance, 4 Music, 2 Theatre Divide according to paper color and number: 4 Art, 1 Dance, 4 Music, 2 Theatre 6 Groups working in each room 6 Groups working in each room Use template to create a collaborative presentation based on the Big Idea IDENTITY – developing a Key Question to narrow the “Identity” idea. Uses Art, Dance, Music & Theatre Use template to create a collaborative presentation based on the Big Idea IDENTITY – developing a Key Question to narrow the “Identity” idea. Uses Art, Dance, Music & Theatre

Sample Presentation Big Idea: Identity Key Question: How do you present your identity with younger siblings or children watching? Should guarding your actions be a part of your consideration?

After Lunch Start in your Collaborative TEAM room with your TEAM – not your original room based on content area.