Hank Wajda - Robert. K. Shafer Middle School - Bensalem Township School District, Bensalem, PA
Jason Heiser
Cole - 120
Tuesday July 27th, 2010, 1:10 PM - 2:40 PM
VIRTUAL SESSION: uStream
PREZI : https://prezi.com/secure/ecd0ba18664c44ecfddbcec1b67a8017909e15ee/
This session will look at two collaboration efforts that are currently underway in the field of music. The Vermont MIDI Project is a longstanding collaboration forum for elementary and secondary level music, and Rock Our World is a more recent collaborative effort for educators from around the world. The presenter will also discuss his experience this year of a collaboration between his middle school classroom and a college classroom. We will also discuss and share what collaborations look like for educators today, and brainstorm ways to create collaborations for the classroom setting.
INTRODUCTION
------------------ History of the Project - http://www.vtmidi.org/history.htm
------------------ What is MIDI - how it pre-dates digital audio and the .mp3 revolution
------------------ Works in Sound and Pictures - Opus (Latin word for "WORK")
------------------ Looking and Listening to Student produced scores. (For Safari and Snow Leopard users, you must go to SAFARI---> GET INFO, and switch to 32Bit Mode, other wise the SCORCH plug-in will not work.)
------------------- Rock Our World! Song sung by students in 40 schools in all 7 continents! ROW is an international collaboration where students from around the globe compose music, make movies and meet each other in live chats! www.rockourworld.org Songwriter: Stephen Petree Sung by: Stephen Petree and the Students of ROW 11 Also available on iTunes! http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/rock-our-world-single/id344030427
------------------ Home Page - At the bottom, click MEDIA
------------------ Collaborative work - YouTube
------------------ ROW Fights World Hunger
---SHAFER MS with VALLEY FORGE CHRISTIAN COLLEGE (Pictures from our experience)
------------------ Dr. Floyd Richmond is a Music Professor at Valley Forge Christian College, and a former professor at West Chester University. He is a leader in the field of technology integration in the music education arena.
High School Music Director at Burlington City High School, Burlington, New Jersey
and organist for the Philadelphia Flyers.
- Music Festival Auditions (in large counties) to save time and fuel.
- To encourage practice by students – could use SKYPE to practice together
- VIRTUAL College visitations to ELEMENTARY and SECONDARY Classrooms
----- This allows college sophomores and juniors the opportunity to see more elementary and secondary than would be physically possible.
- OTHER IDEAS? _
ePals is the leading provider of safe collaborative technology for schools to connect and learn in a protected, project-based learning network. With classrooms in 200 countries and territories, ePals makes it easy to connect learners locally, nationally or internationally. (from the ePals website)
-OTHERS? __