Post on 26-Mar-2015
Technology inArt and Music Instruction
Session SevenEDT 612
Educators’ Views
Using computers and other instructional technologies creates a contradiction in blending impersonal machines with traditionally humanistic endeavors in the classroom
In reality, technology has always played a role in the arts.
Why teach music and the arts?
Technological advances compel schools to place more weight than ever on teaching the arts
Help students develop the values and sensibilities that will enable them to function as healthy citizens in an artificial, high tech environment
Issues and Problems
Separate versus interdisciplinary arts instruction: use collaboration
Arts and communications program: critics worry about depth of knowledge when cross-disciplinary
“Kids ‘n Blues” CD: songs from over 650 students in Memphis, TN; teachers worked across grade levels
Standards inArts Education
Goals 2000 initiative was expanded to include the arts
Start preparing kids in the lower grades for deeper and more rigorous work each year
The joy of experiencing the arts is enriched and matured by the pride of accomplishment
Standards
Be able to communicate at a basic level in the four arts disciplines:
Dance Music Theatre Visual Arts
Standards
Be able to communicate proficiently in at least one art form, with the ability to define and solve artistic problems with insight, reason, and technical proficiency
Standards
Have an informed acquaintance with exemplary works of art from a variety of cultures and historical periods
plus a basic understanding of historical development in the arts disciplines, across the arts as a whole, and within cultures
Issues and Problems
Academic versus Studio Students receive one hour a week
of instruction At the end of elementary or middle
school, students with art talent are redirected towards elective courses
Smaller number of kids learn art
How Technology is Integrated into the Arts
Hardware: scanners, digital camera: both foster creativity
Paint and Draw Software: spans all ages of students
Animation, Graphics, and 3-D Design Software: simple cell to PhotoShop to morphing images
How Technology is Integrated into the Arts
Desktop Publishing with graphics Video: increases student motivation
to learn The Internet (again): offers a large
number of resources such as museums, multi-cultural field trips to gather examples of art and music around the world
Useful Web Sites
AMICO: Art Museum Image Collection with 65,000 thumbnail images of works of art to review online http://www.amico.net/home.html
ArtsEdge: http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/artsedge.html
Useful Web Sites
ArtsEdNet: http://www.artsednet.getty.edu/
Web Museum: http://sunsite.unc.edu/wm/
The Art Teacher Connection: http://primenet.com/~arted
Issues and Problems in Music Education
Theory or Performance? Basic competence in understanding
and appreciating music versus learn by doing and should spend
most of their instructional time performing music
Standards are a balance of both
How Technology is Integrated into Music Ed
MIDI: musical instrument digital interface
It assigns a number to every aspect of musical sound including pitch, length and instrument
When the MIDI device receives these numbers, it plays the sounds
How Technology is Integrated into Music Ed
MIDI Synthesizers and Networks: electronic musical instruments are the
cornerstone of music technology Piano-like keyboards replicate the
sounds of both acoustic instruments like guitar and original sound effects like TV sound effects
Sequencers
Software in this category enables users to record, edit, and play back music.
A composer can save short sequences and then easily manipulate them and paste them together to form larger works.
Other Music Tools
Musical Notation Software Multimedia Software Instructional Software Video with teacher guides The Internet (again)
Useful Websites
American Canvas: http://arts.endow.gov/NEAText/
Community/ Music Educators National Conference
http://www.menc.org/ Worldwide Music Resources:
http://www.music.indiana.edu/music_resources/
Useful Websites
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame http://www.rockhall.com/educate/
lssnplan/index.html Immersion in Music:
http://ready.cpb.org/edtech/k12testbed/kunm.html