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Perspectives on garageband and musical engagement?

The article Democracy of Sound: Is Gargageband Good for Music by Art Tavana is an interesting read. It’s also the type of article that could surely include the perspective of music educators, but does not. Coincidentally I had a very productive conversation with students in my Art of Teaching Contemporary Musicians course the other day about how music educators should consider the affordances and constraints of technology when situating them in teaching and learning contexts, another conversation with a music… Read More »Perspectives on garageband and musical engagement?

ASU Summer Music Institute Technology Courses Begin June 8!

Summer Music Technology Workshops start June 8th! See the entire set of offerings on this flyer and a list of technology workshops below. Register for CEUs or Graduate credit! 2015 ASU Summer Music Institute Addressing Standards with Technology: Connecting and Responding Evan Tobias, Instructor Music W225                             June 8-12        M-F                 12:45-3:45 pm Graduate credit line # 46259 or CEU registration Description: Looking for strategies to integrate connecting and responding in your music program? Learn how to use technology… Read More »ASU Summer Music Institute Technology Courses Begin June 8!

Technology & Classical Music: Consider commenting on the article “Music Education Needs to Be a Click Away” by David Gelernter

The Wall Street Journal recently published the article Music Education Needs to Be a Click Away by Yale computer scientist and former NEA board member, David Galernter. Dr. Galernter opens the article with the statement that “Most children learn nothing about serious music in school and don’t expect to learn anything.” (I realize this is problematic but don’t wish to focus on unpacking the specific content here.) He makes some interesting points regarding how people might leverage the possibilities of… Read More »Technology & Classical Music: Consider commenting on the article “Music Education Needs to Be a Click Away” by David Gelernter

Consider responding to the article “Standardized tests suck. But the fix is more data, not less”

I am continually fascinated by the amount of journalism about education issues that excludes citations to research on whatever topic is being addressed or educators’ perspectives. Here’s a recent article by Jason Tanz on Wired.com entitled “Standardized tests suck. But the fix is more data, not less.” Unfortunately, it is lacking in terms of citing research on assessment or including quotes from or perspectives of educators. Interesting timing for music educators given that the 5th International Symposium on Assessment in… Read More »Consider responding to the article “Standardized tests suck. But the fix is more data, not less”

Should knowing how to read music be an essential requirement for children learning music? A response. . .

The National Association for Music Education recently shared the following twitter message (tweet) via its twitter account: Should knowing how to read music be an essential requirement for children learning music? http://t.co/mGB7ptrotE #musiced via @SinfiniMusic — NAfME (@NAfME) February 18, 2015 I offer an extended excerpt from my chapter Learning with digital media and technology in hybrid music classrooms in the forthcoming book Approaches to Teaching General Music: Methods, Issues, and Viewpoints, edited by Carlos Abril & Brent Gault,  as one… Read More »Should knowing how to read music be an essential requirement for children learning music? A response. . .