E85.2029: DEVELOPING RESOURCES OF THE CLASSROOM TEACHER

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Course Description

Applications of communication and digital technology to the development of classroom resources, including handouts, transparencies, slides, bulletin board materials, listening materials, videos, musical scores. Special emphasis is given to the use of the World Wide Web (WWW) as a resource for researching materials, discovering relevant texts, images, and sound, and using the medium as a means of communicating information and enhancing the learning experience. The uses of the WWW as an archive for materials and information is also explored.

In order to benefit the most from this course material, you must follow all of the hypertext links on the course website. In order to participate in this course, students must open and use their free NYU internet account.

Course Objectives

  1. Students will be able create a website and apply technology to the presentation of educational materials on the website.

  2. Students will be able to use digital technology to conduct searches to locate specific educational materials such as print materials, posters, photographs, musical scores, computer applications, films, videos, etc.

  3. Students will be able to use the printer to produce materials suitable for classroom and ensemble use.

  4. Students will be able to use digitizing technology for text, images, sound, and video to create materials to enhance the experience of teaching and learning music.

  5. Students will be able to use video technology to enhance the music learning experience and for archiving performances and classroom experiences.

  6. Students will be able to utilize digital communications applications to foster distance learning, sharing, and collaboration.

COURSE TOPICS

THE CONTEXT OF TEACHING AND LEARNING

  • Time, Place, and Space
  • Educational Materials: A Need to Deepen the Learning Experience
  • What do I need? (Assessing needs for materials, handouts, displays, visual and aural aids.)
  • Where Do I Find...? (Developing procedures for locating needed materials)

    THE WORLD AS RESOURCE

  • WWW
  • CUSeeMe
  • PictureTel
  • Libraries
  • Publishers
  • Traditional Resources
  • Conducting Searches
  • E-mail

    RESOURCES ON-LINE

  • Discovering the Web
  • E-mail as an extension of learning
  • E-mail as a dialogical process
  • Putting Yourself On-line

    CREATING A WEBSITE

    DIGITIZING MATERIALS AS A MEANS FOR ORGANIZING

  • Using Files to Save and Organize Materials
  • Creating Files, Folders/Directories
  • Image Scanning and Editing
  • Text Scanning
  • Printed Music Scanning
  • Music as Image
  • Music as Notation
  • Sound Files

    DIGITIZING MATERIALS AS A MEANS OF STORING MATERIALS

  • File Types
  • Compression and Expansion
  • Optical Drives
  • Hard Drives
  • ZIP Drives And Other Removable Hard Disks
  • CD-ROMs

    MATERIALS ON DEMAND: YOUR PRINTER

  • Laser Printer vs. InkJet Printers
  • The Case for Color Printers

    PRINTING IMAGES FOR BULLETIN BOARD

  • Color Images
  • Large Typefaces
  • Mixing Fonts
  • Enlarged Music Scores

    PRINTING BANNERS

  • Banner Software
  • Titling Displays
  • Highlighting Display Areas

    PRINTING MUSIC

  • Master Scores
  • Score Layout
  • Scanning Music to Printer
  • Copyright Considerations

    GATHERING MATERIALS FROM THE INTERNET

  • Using Page Mill or other WEB Program To Transfer Images
  • Downloading Files from FTP Sites or WWW Sites

    USING THE COMPUTER TO RETRIEVE MATERIALS

  • File Transfer Protocols (FTP)
  • Principles of Compression and Expansion
  • Fetch and W_FTP

    USING THE COMPUTER TO MAKE MATERIALS

  • Making slides
  • Making transparencies
  • Presentation Programs (Slide shows on Computer)
  • Computer to Video
  • Video to Computer>

    PHOTOGRAPHY, VIDEOTAPING and RECORDING FOR LEARNING

  • Analog Recording Cassettes
  • Digital Audio and DAT Recording
  • Teaching Students To Record
  • The Camera As A Creator Of Record
  • Using the Camera: Polaroid, 35 mm, Digital Cameras
  • Recording as a Way of Focusing Listening
  • Videotaping: 8 mm, Hi-8, VHS, Super VHS, Beta, Digital Video
  • Videotaping as a Way of Focusing and Reviewing Experience

    VIDEOTAPING and RECORDING TO DEVELOP AN ARCHIVE OF MATERIALS

    Creating Libraries:

  • Images
  • Movies
  • Text
  • Sound
  • Handouts
  • Banners
  • Special Subject Folders
  • Student Portfolios

    DEVELOPING RESOURCES: THE NEVER-ENDING ACTIVITY

  • Keeping Updated
  • Updating Software
  • Consolidating Files
  • Empowering Students to Use Computers as Resource

    TERM PROJECT

    EVALUATION

    Students will be evaluated on class participation in discussion (class, e-mail, and WWW), Website, requested written assignments (on-line) on-line examinations, and term project (on-line and on disk).

    WEBSITES TO VISIT AND EVALUATE

    REFERENCES

    Aronoff, Frances Webber. Music and Young Children. Turning Wheel Press, NY. 1979.

    Beethoven, J. The Music Connection. Morristown, NJ: Silver Burdette Ginn. 1995.

    Bergethon, B., Boardman, E. & Montgomery, J. Musical Growth in the Elementary School. New York: Harcourt Brace. 1986.

    Boardman, E., Pautz, M.P., Andress, B. & Willman, F. Holt Music. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston. 1988.

    Bond, J. Share the Music. New York: MacMillan/McGraw-Hill School Publishing. 1995

    Campbell, P.S., Brabson, E.M. & Tucker, J. Roots And Branches: A Legacy Of Multicultural Music For Children. Danbury, CT: World Music Press. 1994.

    Fowler, C. Music! Its Role and Importance in our Lives. New York: Glencoe. 1994.

    Hofstetter, Fred T. Computer Literacy for Musicians. Englewood Cliffs NJ: Prentice Hall, 1988.

    Mark, M. L. A History Of American Music Education. New York: Schirmer Books. 1992.

    Mark, M. L. Contemporary Music Education. (2nd ed.). New York: Schirmer Books. 1986.

    Mark, M. L. Source Readings In Music Education History. New York: Schirmer Books. 1982.

    Marmour, E. & Solie, R.A. (Eds.). Explorations In Music, The Arts, And Ideas: Essays In Honor Of Leonard B. Meyer. Stuyvesant, NY: Pendragon Press. 1988.

    Serafine, M. L. Music As Cognition: The Development Of Thought In Sound. New York: Columbia University Press. 1987.

    Zimmerman, M. Musical Characteristics Of Children: From Research To The Music Classroom. Reston, Virginia: Music Educators National Conference. 1971.