Transcript PerformanceGuidelines

Curriculum is the totality of a
students’ experience of school.
In response to the above definition of
curriculum, your final assignment of
the semester is to create a
performance ethnography that
communicates in audio format your
own experience of learning about
curriculum this semester.
Create an audio performance piece
that expresses your processes of
learning about curriculum this
semester.
• so..you explore your processes of learning
about curriculum
• so..the focus is not what you learned; the
focus is you learning
• yet..you distance yourself from yourself
• so..it’s as if you become an object, a thing,
to study
Create an audio performance piece
that expresses your processes of
learning about curriculum this
semester.
• so.. it’s not a Report, it’s a Performance
• so..you can’t merely answer the questions
• so..the questions should prompt
explorations rather than an answers
• so..the scope should be the whole semester
(not just the recent past)
Suggestions
• You might need a script.
• You will need audio technology. (Creating
the recording of the performance aids the
distancing process.)
• You may work in pairs (you decide). Then
your performance might be a little longer.
• Aim for 10 minits long (minimum 8 minits
if alone; more like 12 minits if in a pair).
For audio software use Audacity
or Garage Band or Myna. There
are other softwares out there, but
often they’ll let you play around
for free, but when you want to
save or export, they’ll force you
to buy their software or lose what
you’ve created.
Garageband is already on your
mac. Simply click on the guitar
icon, and then check out the
tutorials. Garageband is handy
for the ease with which you can
import sound effects.
Audacity
Simply Google audacity and the link will pop
up. From their page you can click on the
Download tab. Once you’ve downloaded the
software you can use the Help tab to navigate to
the Tutorials that are on the Audacity Wiki. Or
you can simply follow this link to the tutorials:
http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Category:Tuto
rial
Myna
The other software that one of your classmates
mentioned is Myna. I’ve looked at their site and
browsed their Demo, and this looks like a fine
audio editing software. They’ve got a super
library of music that you can work with. Here’s
the link to Myna:
http://www.aviary.com/tools/audio-editor
When creating your performance
ethnography, think about what
format or context could
communicate process. You’ve
already heard samples of radio
show and interview; those are
formats, contexts, that work well
with process.
A few weeks ago someone scribbled
“paths” on one of the crumpled
airplanes that you were passing
around as notes in school. Paths.
Paths make me think of processes.
For example, I think of the Buddhist
saying, “We lay down a path by
walking.”
Two Cautions
• Always check your sound levels before you
save your final mixdown for submission.
Do you remember how some portions of
some of the samples were difficult to hear?
You don’t want to make it hard for your old
instructors to hear the splendid performance
that you’ve created. So check the volume
regularly as you go along. This becomes
especially important when you’re trying to
overlap voice with prerecorded music.
Two Cautions
• Be sure to save your performance ethnography as a
.mP3 or a .wav or some other form of audio file. For
all of the various softwares this means not saving the
“project” but instead saving the final mixdown. One
way to know whether you’ve saved it properly is to
look at the size of the file. If you’ve ended up with a
little file, say 100kb, you’ve not saved it properly.
These files should be 10 meg or larger. Another way to
know whether you’ve saved properly is to try to play
the saved file on someone else’s computer. If it won’t
play, that’s because you’ve saved incorrectly (saving
the project rather than the final mixdown, which means
that the “stuff” that makes it play is all stored in your
computer).
Sending Your File to Your Instructor
• click on the link below, and you'll see how easy
it is to get your big file to your instructor. No
need to burn a CD or deliver a thumb/flash drive.
The link takes you to a page where you login
using your UofR account.
• http://education.uregina.ca/index.php?q=UofRFil
eUploadService.html
• Just follow the uploading instructions, and then
copy the new link that will pop up on the new
screen when you’re done uploading (it’s best to
highlight/select and copy).
Sending Your File to Your Instructor
• Before you close that page, paste the link in
an email and mail it to yourself, and then
test it to see whether you copied it properly.
Then send it to your instructor.
Assessment Criteria
• communicates the processes of their
learning about curriculum
• students become the object of their own
study (don’t be yourself; look at yourself)
• demonstrates a variety of understandings of
curriculum
• invents an entertaining performance
• demonstrates skill in audio editing