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Chorus Summative Assessments in Soundtrap
Chorus Summative Assessments in Soundtrap
All students in GMS Chorus use Soundtrap to record summative performance assessments. The collaborative features of Soundtrap allow me to create a template and share it with each student. I can customize the template for each voice: Soprano, Alto & Baritone. Students get the template from Google Classroom and record their own voice while following the directions I've recorded ahead of time. I can see when they have completed their work. I can communicate with them individually in the built in text chat box to give them advice if they run into trouble and to give them feedback.
Digital Badging and App Smashing to Celebrate Music Reading
Digital Badging and App Smashing to Celebrate Music Reading
In order to use our limited time most efficiently while also trying to hit on all of the required standards for Chorus, I started a digital badging program to help students learn to read music. Students use recorders to practice music reading concepts through simple examples found on the Chorus Music Reading Padlet. When they are ready, they complete a series of three examples which they record in Flipgrid. I review the examples, give feedback and a score using the built in Flipgrid rubrics. If a student has achieved the Music Reading Level, I award their badge to their digital backpack using Badgr.
Chorus Practice Website
Chorus Practice Website
All Chorus students can use their laptops to access accompaniment and practice tracks for warm ups, music reading and all the pieces we are currently working as well as linked youtube videos to high quality performances via the Chorus Practice Site. This is also an invaluable resource for substitute teachers, most of whom have no music experience at all.
Click on the image below to access the website.
Replacing Practice Logs with
Replacing Practice Logs with
Google Docs & EdPuzzle
Google Docs & EdPuzzle
Most Band & Choir Directors require students to fill out weekly practice logs to help them work on their learning between classes which often meet very infrequently. In lieu of the traditional practice log, I am utilizing the Google tools to stay informed about student practicing. Rather than accessing music practice tracks directly, recordings are linked in a Google Doc with the lyrics for each song. I can use the Activity Dashboard to keep track of which students have accessed a practice doc and when they last opened it.
I also took all my Google practice docs and turned them into EdPuzzles. I took a screen shot of the lyrics Google Doc and added it to iMovie with the singing track playing along. Students watch the video and I can track their progress in EdPuzzle. At the end of each video students answer a question about the music to help further their learning before turning in the EdPuzzle assignment.
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