Music apps – a music teacher’s perspective « Brave new world As I’ve already mentioned before, I’m in the process of investigating iPad apps for learning enhancement in the classroom. A few weeks ago a colleague and brilliant music educator, Stuart Collidge, joined me in a meeting with our Deputy Principal (Curriculum) and a few other leaders in the school, to put forward a case for the use of iPads in the school, specifically for learning enhancement. I asked Stuart to write up how he sees the use of the iPad in the music classroom. Recently, Tania asked me to speak with some of the decision-making powers that be at school to pitch the use of iPads as learning tools. This was something that Tania and I had reflected on a little and saw some potential in so I was more than happy to make the pitch. After borrowing Tania’s iPad to have a play on (I am not yet one of the iPad collective L), I worked my way through a few possible applications and uses. As a performer, the iPad is now a very comprehensive musical instrument. Stuart Collidge Like this:
An Incredible Way To Teach Music Using iPads In The Classroom [Video] What happens when you take a classroom of students, add 24 iPads as well as sound recording gear and then throw in a live band? A pretty catchy song that gives you hope for the future of music in the digital age. Sounding like a professionally recorded and mixed track, Neil Johnston of Store Van Music (UK), created the song in a british classroom as you can see in the video below. [FYI: Neil contacted Edudemic to let everyone know about the new experiment and how it's helping students with their music, rhythm, and learning. Store Van Music is actually starting a tour where they’ll go to schools in the UK and help the students create outstanding music using iPads and their minds. Their stated goal is to put a stop to the 80% dropout rate of students in the musical arts. Get It In Your School Store Van Music is planning a US tour of the northeast in November and a southwest tour in January. If you’re in the UK, you may still be able to get Store Van Music to your school as well. About Neil
The 4 Best iPad Apps That Can Make You A Better Musician We’ve posted the best iPad apps for musicians before but now, lets take a closer look at the best apps to help musicians learn a musican skill or develop their pre-existing skills. Here are the 4 best apps to make you a better musician: Karajan was featured on our list of the 5 best iPhone apps for musicicans a few months ago and now that there’s an iPad version of the app it may be the best mobile learning tool for music. The app provides lessons for learning to recognize intervals, chords, scales, pitch and tempo where you can either click the right answer or play it on a simulated piano or guitar thanks to the Multi-Touch screen. Now musicians can train their ear and work on their piano/guitar skills virtually anywhere. Price: $9.99 Guitar Lab is a great app for anyone learning to play guitar that doesn’t have the time or money to take guitar lessons. Price: Free Piano Man is Guitar Hero for pianists without the fickle virtual crowd. Price: Free
Apps in Education Technology in Music Education Teaching Music « iPad and Technology in Music Education The app that will help teachers love creating Unit Plans and creating reports for their Administration! It is that time of the year that teachers everywhere (In the US at least) are heavy into the planning of this school years curriculum that will excite, motivate and push students to achieve new heights! Of course one goal of using technology as a teacher should be to make our life simpler and more effective. So I of course use my iPad and Laptop to try to make Lesson Planning as effective as possible. Enter two apps…. DayBook Pro is an app that is not the easiest to figure out the full potential of though, in fact I have complemented the developers several times on having an app that had great potential but was seriously lacking! THE SHORT VERSION IS THIS – We are going to create one template with all the necessary information inside of it to make units and activity planning a cinch for the rest of the year! Classes Screen The Units Timeline screen Units Screen Like this: Like Loading...
Top 7 iPad Apps for Music Teachers Posted on November 17th, 2011 in iPads, Music Tech Tips. I’ve been using my iPad a lot recently, in preparation for my new, hands-on iPads: Perform, Create, Learn professional development course and have been running a number of apps through their paces. The amount of apps available really is overwhelming and the challenge is to separate the ones with substance and educational value from the novelty apps. Personally, I think the best apps have one or more of the following qualities: they’re more than a “one hit wonder”you can use them in multiple waysyou can import content you’ve created elsewhereyou can export your creation in order to edit it further on your desktop computer Once you find a few good apps, the possibilities for classroom integration are almost endless. Prices in Australian dollars; correct at time of printing. 1. Cost: $5.49 The GarageBand app is the best all-round creativity and performance app and if I had to choose just one music app, this would probably be the one. 2.
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