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Technology in Art and Music Instruction Session Seven EDT 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 in Arts 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.kennedycenter.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/Comm unity/ 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/lssnp lan/index.html Immersion in Music: http://ready.cpb.org/edtech/k12testbed /kunm.html