Embed Size (px)
Citation preview
7/25/2019 18 Ways to Use a Single iPad in the Music Classroom
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/18-ways-to-use-a-single-ipad-in-the-music-classroom 1/2
18 Ways to use a single iPad in the music classroom
Katie Wardrobe <[email protected]> Sun, May 10, 2015 at 10:05 AMTo: Godon Gunn Gunn <[email protected]>
!e""o# $%en i& you ha%e on"y one i'ad (you o)n#* thee ae sti"" "ots o& )ays you can use it )ith you students, es+ecia""yi& you can +"ug it into a data +oecto and s+eakes.
!ee ae 1- ideas: 1. Practice note namesse an a++ "ike Sta&& /as, "ashnote ey o 3ote)oks to di"" students on notes o& the sta&&. To ensue you)ho"e c"ass is in%o"%ed, you can make note identi&ication into a game:4onnect you i'ad to the data +oecto and o+en the a++ you )i"" e the one to o+eate the a++. Stat the noteidenti&ication game. As notes a++ea on the sceen, students can )ite do)n the note names on a +iece o& +a+e. 6ou can secet"y identi&y the note coect"y y ta++ing on the ans)e on the i'ad ("ea%e it as "ate as +ossi"e sostudents ha%e the ma7imum time to come u+ )ith an ans)e*. 6ou8"" a"so need to make a note o& the coectans)es as you go# At the end, students can coect thei ans)es y com+aing them to the "ist you made )hi"eyou )ee +"aying the game. This )oks )e"" as a team game too# 2. Practice sight-reading rhythms
/ith you i'ad connected to the data +oecto, stat u+ one o& the "e%e"s in the 9hythm 4at a++ (o somethingsimi"a*. The hythm that a++eas on the sceen can e +"ayed y the c"ass as a gou+ using ody +ecussion oc"assoom instuments. Students (o you the teache* can ta+ the hythm on the sceen o& the i'ad. 3. The funky metronomeSet u+ a dum +atten in Gaageand (use the Smatdums to geneate a ;uick hythm*, umam o M1 in asty"e o& you choosing. se the dum +atten to accom+any c"ass ensem"e aangements, o sca"es inandochestachoi eheasa". Much moe inteesting than a +"ain o"d metonome# 4. Teach arts of the drum kit=+en Gaageand and dis+"ay the ums instument on the data +oecto (not the Smat ums the othedums#*. The dum kits a""o) you to c"ea"y sho) a"" the +ats o& the kit and you can +"ay them to hea )hat theysound "ike. t makes a geat sustitute i& the schoo" dum kit is eing used e"se)hee at the time you )ant to sho)
it to you c"ass# !. "ho# an on-screen keyboardSho) the ?ituoso 'iano a++ )hich has "ette names on each note o one o& the Gaageand keyoads onyou sceen so you can demonstate inte%a"s o chods o use the keyoad to +"ay sim+"e me"odies &o the c"ass.'"ease note that ?ituoso 'iano inc"udes ad%ets )hich may not e suita"e &o young chi"den. 4heck it e&oeusing it )ith you students $. %uild an ostinato backing on the fly #ith li&e looingse oo+y ! to ui"d an accom+animent "i%e in the &ont o& you students "ike i""y Boe" and Bimmy a""on did )iththe ion S"ee+s Tonight on The Tonight Sho). Students can he"+ ui"d u+ the "ayes ando sing and +"ay theme"ody o%e the to+.
'. (mro&isation As an e7tension o& nume C, you cou"d use oo+y ! as an im+o%isation too". 6ou o the students can ecod a&e) "ayes as a acking. Students can then take tuns to come u+ and ta+ a "oo+ and ecod thei o)n im+o%ised+ecussi%e o me"odic +at o%e the acking.
8. Pitch matchingo a ;uick %isua" and aua" +itchmatching acti%ity )ith the a++ Singing inges. Sing a sing"e note )hi"e you da)on the sceen. Ask the students to sing the same note )hi"e you da) a second "ine on the sceen. o the co"ousmatchD And )hen you un you &inge o%e the "ines to hea them +"ayack, do they sound the sameD ). Teach drum atternsse the M1 ste+ se;uence dum machine to sho) students the )ay in )hich dum +attens ae +ut togethe. is+"ay the a++ on the sceen and ui"d +ats one at a time the kick dum, snae, hihats and othe +ats o& the
kit. emonstate di&&eent sty"es o& dum +attens and dum kit sounds.
1*. Teach form4eate a +iece in tenay &om: use one o& the Smat instuments in Gaageand and a sim+"e chod se;uence toceate a shot song section (section A*. Then use the Song Sections menu to du+"icate that section t)ice. ?ay
7/25/2019 18 Ways to Use a Single iPad in the Music Classroom
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/18-ways-to-use-a-single-ipad-in-the-music-classroom 2/2
the midd"e section to ceate a section and "ea%e the &ina" section as it is. Go ack into the Song Sections menuand tun on EA"" SectionsE so that you can +"ay the entie +iece though &om stat to &inish. /hi"e they8e "istening,students can identi&y the thee sections you ha%e ceated. 11. +emonstrate tone colour and timbre=+en the Feyoad and then se"ect one o& the synth instuments in Gaageand to demonstate sound synthesis. 6ou can use the knos on the sceen to adust the attack, cuto&&, de"ay, e"ease and so on and then discuss theesu"ting sound )ith you students: is the sound hash, me""o), smooth, ight o so&tD
12. "core reading like a nin,ase oscoe to dis+"ay scoes on the sceen &o students and take ad%antage o& the su+e&ast +age tuns. $%enette, set u+ "inks in you scoe so that you can manoeu%e e+eats "ike a nina. oscoe )i"" high"ight thedestination a )hen you go ack &o a e+eat so students )i"" easi"y &ind thei +"ace in the scoe.
13. (nteracti&e listening and fascinating sound factsisco%e inteesting in&omation aout sound )ith the &ee inteacti%e a++ $7+"oium Sound nco%eed. The a++inc"udes &acts, images, audio demonstations and acti%ities. My -yeao"d son "o%es this one# 14. se your iPad as a listening ostSet u+ you i'ad as a E"istening +ostE: indi%idua" students o sma"" gou+s can "isten to a +iece o& music +"aying onthe i'ad and ans)e ;uestions on a +o%ided )oksheet. & you ha%e a e"kin 9ocksta head+hone s+"itte you canha%e u+ to 5 students "istening at once.
1!. reate a class backing track and lay along #ith classroom instrumentsse one o t)o o& the Smat instuments in Gaageand to ceate a ;uick acking &o a song you8e +"aying inc"ass. se the chod sti+s in the Smat Guita, Stings o Feyoad and one o& the Auto+"ay +attens to +uttogethe a 12 a "ues o a o H chod +o+ song in ust a &e) minutes. The students can then +"ay a"ong onc"assoom instuments. 1$. reate a "/0 board for a storytelling ro,ectse the Mad'ad a++ to ecod 12 se+aate sound e&&ects one &o each s;uae. Students can )ok in gou+s to)ite a stoy that inco+oates as many o& the sound e&&ects as +ossi"e. =ne y one, each gou+ can ead theistoy and E+e&omE the sound e&&ects in Mad'ad. 1'. +isco&er the orchestra
Thee ae a nume o& geat a++s that can teach students aout the instuments o& the ochesta. y dis+"ayingthe i'ad on the data +oecto you can sho) students instument images, %ideos, sound, anges, e7am+"e +iecesand the o"e o& the conducto. Ty The =chesta, MS= ean o &o younge students, the 3a7os My ist4"assica" Music A++. The &ee 6oung 'eson8s Guide To The =chesta is a"so )e"" )oth a "ook. 18. ature student erformances=ne o& the easiest )ays you can use you i'ad in music education is to o+en the inui"t camea a++ and %ideoecod students +"aying o singing. They get instant &eedack aout thei +e&omance and you can use the %ideos&o assessment +u+oses o to as achi%a" ecodings. ho+e you &ind those ideas use&u"# A"" the estFatie))).midnightmusic.com.au +.s. n the ne7t emai" 8"" e sending you anothe com+"ete i'ad 'oect, so "ook out &o it in a &e) days8 time#
