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