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Current Events & Copyright

Today in my secondary general music methods class we discussed how one can use current events as a springboard for classroom discussion and lessons. In the spirit of that discussion I figured  I’d write about a recent set of issues relating to the discourse of copyright and the presidential election. I’ve written here about copyright several times before and I always look forward to updates on James Frankel’s “Copyright or Copywrong” series because it’s an issue that I think plays… Read More »Current Events & Copyright

Flash-based Notation

The company Noteflight is currently offering beta accounts for its flash-based notation application. According to a wired.com article if you sign up for the beta you become grandfathered into their system and can keep the account for free when they eventually start charging. Here’s  a video overview of the application. I’m sure you can start thinking of some fabulous pedagogical applications for this in terms of both your own and your students’ use of it. Enjoy!

Off to ATMI /CMS **Updated 9/24/08**

This week I’m off to the ATMI (Association for Technology in Music Instruction) & CMS (College Music Society) Conference. I’ll be presenting on using blog systems in music courses at the ATMI Pre-Conference Technology Workshop and then presenting later on in the week on popular music pedagogy through web-based technologies. I’ll try to get the material posted here once the conference is over. I’m excited about the ATMI Pre-conference theme “Delivering music instruction with Web 2.0 Social computing tools and… Read More »Off to ATMI /CMS **Updated 9/24/08**

Liveblogging a concert experience….

I ended up spending most of my attention listening to the performance and engaging with the live chat but here is a collection of the few posts I wrote while live blogging the concert. I’ll write a post in the next day or two to reflect on the experience. Overall I found the live chat with other audience members and moderator wonderfully engaging and thought it added an entirely new layer to the concert experience. I’m here in Gammage Hall… Read More »Liveblogging a concert experience….

Audience Participation: A Digital Multimedia Concert Experience

Tonight I will be participating as a live blogging audience member at the “An E-volution of Experience, From Andriessen 2 Zappa: Ecstasy of Influence” concert at Arizona State University.   The concert will include multiple options for audience members ranging from the traditional sitting and listening to receiving play by play text messages during the performance. This format has some fascinating implications for school music programs and collaborative possibilities between students in ensembles and those in general music classes. If you… Read More »Audience Participation: A Digital Multimedia Concert Experience