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iPads - The New Revolution in Education:
The iPad was introduced by Apple April 3, 2010. The iPad has a multi-touch screen, including a virtual keyboard. The iPad has built-in Wi-Fi and can take photos, play music, shoot video, do web-browsing and emailing.
Other features such as research, note taking, performing and creating music can be done through the use of downloaded Apps. As of 2012, the App Store offered more than 700,000 apps.
According to the Apple Education Store: "iPad inspires creativity and hands-on learning with features you won’t find in any other educational tool — on a device that students really want to use. Powerful apps like iTunes U and iBooks let students engage with content in interactive ways, find information in an instant, and access an entire library wherever they go. "
School systems are moving towards purchasing iPads to avoid the cost of text books, and educators are discovering that the iPads offer a way to engage students, as well as provide a more individualized educational experience.
But how does this impact music education?
If you consider the National Educational Technology Standards and the National Standards for Music Education, the iPad offers a way to address multiple sets of standards. According music specialist Amy Burns, the iPad provides a pathway to allow students to creatively engage the National Music Standards, either through individual or group work.
In addition, the iPad provides a way to equalize the music experience for students with disabilities.
Other features such as research, note taking, performing and creating music can be done through the use of downloaded Apps. As of 2012, the App Store offered more than 700,000 apps.
According to the Apple Education Store: "iPad inspires creativity and hands-on learning with features you won’t find in any other educational tool — on a device that students really want to use. Powerful apps like iTunes U and iBooks let students engage with content in interactive ways, find information in an instant, and access an entire library wherever they go. "
School systems are moving towards purchasing iPads to avoid the cost of text books, and educators are discovering that the iPads offer a way to engage students, as well as provide a more individualized educational experience.
But how does this impact music education?
If you consider the National Educational Technology Standards and the National Standards for Music Education, the iPad offers a way to address multiple sets of standards. According music specialist Amy Burns, the iPad provides a pathway to allow students to creatively engage the National Music Standards, either through individual or group work.
In addition, the iPad provides a way to equalize the music experience for students with disabilities.
image of ipad app for keyboard and guitar composition
Standards:
1. Singing, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music.
7. Evaluating music and music performances. 2. Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music. 3. Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments. 4. Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines. 5. Reading and notating music. 6. Listening to, analyzing, and describing music. 8. Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts. 9. Understanding music in relation to history and culture. |
Lesson Plan Ideas:
Lesson: Using Garage Band or other audio recording app, have students sing a performance piece. Have students evaluate their performance using a rubric you created together.
Lesson: Create a acoustic and virtual ensemble and perform together. Lesson: Have the students use an app like 6-Generator or LoopsequeKids or a website like incredibox to create a background accompaniment so that they can improvise simple rhythm patterns on percussion instruments, or simple melodies on orff instruments of recorders. Lesson: Create a one note composition in noteflight and have your students use guided notes to compose a new melody. Lesson: Use any of the popular note reading apps to perform a recorder or orff piece. Play beat the clock, and practice reading notes with a timer using the musictheory app. Lesson: Take the virtual/acoustic ensemble and record them and have the students analyze the difference between an acoustic and a virtual ensemble. Or, have students evaluate related songs via iTunes. Lesson: Have the students write a poem about a specific topic. use the Songify app to record them reciting their poem and turn them into a song. Or, have students create a music video using photo booth. Lesson: Use an orchestral app, have the students extend their study of a composer and their music. r |
Download a copy of the full article by Amy Burns:
ipads_in_elementary_music_education.pdf | |
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Special Needs Students Use iPads: Recorded by Fox News
A high school music specialist uses iPads in a special needs school. Click on the link below to see their amazing performance. Although this is not our grade level, use this video as an inspiration for your own work.
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