1. Technology in the Music Classroom Introduction to New Technologies in Music Education A&HM 4029 Dr. James T. Frankel

2. Overview  From Phonographs to iPods: A rationale for the use of technology across the music curriculum.  Make It Transparent!

3. Why Technology?  Used as a teaching tool, technology provides opportunities for students which would be difficult using traditional teaching materials.  Used effectively, technology can make certain aspects of the music curriculum more exciting for students.  Parents & Administrators love seeing their often huge investment in technology being used as frequently as possible.

4. Technology as a Teacher?  At the moment, technology is useless without an effective and creative teacher. Other inventions promising huge improvements in education have come and gone.  Technology is a tool, not a panacea.  “Computers and synthesizers are the crayons of music education.” - Tom Rudolph

5. Technology in the Music Curriculum: Where does it belong?  General Music  Student use in Grades 3 and up.  Teacher use in all Grades.  Instrumental Music  Get your piano players in the band and orchestra!  Building Ear Training and Music Theory skills.  Monitoring Student Practice.  Archiving performances.

6.  Vocal Music  Building Ear Training and Music Theory skills.  Archiving performances.

7. Make It Transparent!  Use technology as a tool to help you deliver instruction, not just for the sake of using technology.  Videos, CD’s, and instruments are all examples of technologies that are available to teachers. Use computers and other technologies in the same way.

8. Practical Applications for the Music Classroom  Teacher Use Exclusively  The One-Computer Classroom  Individual Practice Stations  Using the School Computer Lab Effectively  Purchasing a Music Technology Lab

9. What Do You Need? What are the practicalities of technology in the music classroom?

10. The Basics  At least one Computer with at the very minimum:  500mHz, 256 MB RAM, 5 GB Hard Drive, Cable/DSL/T1 Modem, CD ROM.  Software  MIDI Synthesizer (w/General MIDI)  MIDI USB Interface

11. What Do I Have?  10 iMacs  10 Korg X5D GM synthesizers  10 Midiman MIDI interfaces  20 MIDI cables  20 pairs of headphones  Software  Internet access  File Server