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<h2 class='date-header'><span>Monday, January 14, 2013</span></h2>
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<p>Educational Leadership (ASCD) publiched an article called '<a href="http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational_leadership/sept10/vol68/num01/Seven_Essentials_for_Project-Based_Learning.aspx">7 Essentials for Project-Based Learning</a>'. The 7 Essentials, abbreviated, are:<br />
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1-A Need to Know<br />
2-A Driving Question<br />
3-Student Voice and Student Choice<br />
4-21st Century Skills<br />
5-Inquiry and Innovation<br />
6-Feedback and Revision<br />
7-A Publicly Presented Product<br />
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I am lucky to teach in a music technology lab at our middle school complete with 22 MIDI stations with HP Computers, 17" Flat Screen Monitors and Yamaha PSR keyboards. I teach 3 middle school grade levels-6th,7th and 8th grade. 6th graders learn music fundamentals using Music Ace software with reinforcement via games, quizzes and direct application of musical skills learned. The 7th and 8th grade classes are entirely project-based classes.<br />
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I will focus on the 8th grade curriculum by connecting what students do there to the 7 Essentials above, hopefully providing a useful example of how music classes can become Project-oriented.<br />
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I am completely convinced that project-based learning (and service-learning) are 'the way to go' to ensure student connection, motivation and engagement with learning. I believe when students are 'content creators' and they are given the responsibility (the respect!) to solve problems and questions creatively, they jump at the chance. Conversely, even the most motivated of students will shut down given a lack of something productive to DO. Doing is the key. Humans are born wanting to 'do'. <br />
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I decided a few years ago to jettison the 8th grade curriculum entirely and to start from scratch. I wanted something relevant and engaging for students to experience in class. We also had the technology on our side. I started investigating loop-based music composition and realized this is a perfect fit for the 'i-pod' generation. Since we're PC-based and were limited financially, I chose <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008MIMI4I/ref=as_li_ss_til?tag=pd01-20&camp=0&creative=0&linkCode=as4&creativeASIN=B008MIMI4I&adid=0S60BRWWSD3SHB626Z48">Sony Acid Music Studio</a> as the software that would drive the 8th grade curriculum. All students take music every year for 10 weeks. So, even at a few thousand dollars for a lab-pack the cost per student (cps) was actually quite low the first year (something like $10 per student). Now that we're in year 3 the actually cps is less than $3 per student. (These are numbers that speak to administrators and school boards. Whenever possible, present your <span style="font-style: italic;">new</span> programs in terms of cost per student.)<br />
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On day one, students are introduced to different loops (.wav recordings of actual instruments). This piques their curiosity (especially the dance beats and electric guitar loops that sound familiar to them). From there students ultimately begin by 'playing' with loops- finding them, listening to them and creating tracks for them. In due time, I teach them about balance, blend, panning, form, verse, chorus, effective endings......<br />
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<p>Why use loop-based composition software in a music class? <br />
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<li>Students don't need prior knowledge of music fundamentals (though this knowledge certainly helps)</li>
<li>It is empowering when students are working on "real" music in their own way.</li>
<li>It is empowering because students can work on projects for "real world" purposes. (ie..creating music for school functions, websites; podcasting)</li>
<li>It is empowering because students can export their work as Mp3 files and share them on the web or put them on their i-pods where their name comes up as "the artist"</li>
<li>Music class becomes inextricably linked with technology which means two budgets feed the program.</li>
<li>All <a href="http://musiced.nafme.org/resources/national-standards-for-music-education/">Music Standards</a> can be taught in some way using loop-based composition</li>
<li>Students love it.</li>
<li>The software is fairly inexpensive given the possibilities</li>
<li>Independent work allows for one-on-one interaction between teacher and student. Perfect for differentiating learning.</li>
<li>Public Relations: When students talk up their experiences with loop-based composition, they spread the word that something exciting is happening in music at school (beyond the band and choral programs.)</li>
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More about <a href="http://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband/">Garageband</a><br />
More about <a href="http://mymusictech.blogspot.com/2008/02/what-is-sony-acid.html">Sony Acid</a>. Using Sony Acid to teach <a href="http://mymusictech.blogspot.com/2008/05/using-twinkle-to-introduce-song-form.html">Song Form</a><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Have you seen or tried AudioCubes? If not, you are in for a treat. I was recently contacted by </span><span style="color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Bert Schiettecatte, founder of Percussa BVBA who asked me to take a look. Though my schedule was busy, I was intrigued by what I saw and heard. As a Music Educator who teaches in a middle school music technology lab, I saw potential for these sound/music making devices immediately. Here are Bert's responses to questions I asked about AudioCubes. I encourage anyone working in music, music education and/or electronic music to check these out.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><b><span style="color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Do you see Audiocubes being used in schools as part of music education programs?</span><span style="color: #500050; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> How so?</span></b>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">BS: <i>Yes, sure. In fact, there are already several schools who are using</i></span><i><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">the </span><span class="il" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">AudioCubes</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">,</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> at several levels. In higher education, Full Sail</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">University, the University of New Mexico and Berklee college of music</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">are just some examples of schools who have been using </span><span class="il" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">AudioCubes</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> since</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">the beginning. Student artists use </span><span class="il" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">AudioCubes</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> for sound design,</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">composition, live performance .... but also for research and teaching</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">/ education.</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><b><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">In lower education, and specifically in STEM education, kids as young</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">as 10 years old are using the </span><span class="il" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">AudioCubes</span></b><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">, to experiment with sound and</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">music and learn about technology and science at the same time. Check</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">out </span><a href="http://land.percussa.com/audiocubes-music-education/" style="color: #1155cc; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" target="_blank">http://land.percussa.com/<wbr></wbr><span class="il" style="color: #222222;">audiocubes</span>-music-education/</a></i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><br /><b>Why use <span class="il" style="color: #222222;">Audiocubes</span> over another music/sound production app?<br />What is compelling about your product?</b></span></div>
<span style="background-color: white;"><span class="il" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">BS: <i>AudioCubes</i></span><i><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> are unique in that they allow you to directly interact with</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">a piece of data or behaviour directly through a physical object</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">without pointing or clicking. The data or function is already there in</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">your working or living environment, because it is represented by a</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">physical object. This is apparent in these two software applications</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">which I developed the past year, called Improvisor and Evolvor:</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><a href="http://land.percussa.com/audiocubes-evolvor" style="color: #1155cc; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" target="_blank">http://land.percussa.com/<wbr></wbr><span class="il" style="color: #222222;">audiocubes</span>-evolvor</a><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> and</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><a href="http://land.percussa.com/audiocubes-improvisor" style="color: #1155cc; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" target="_blank">http://land.percussa.com/<wbr></wbr><span class="il" style="color: #222222;">audiocubes</span>-improvisor</a><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">For live performers, </span><span class="il" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">AudioCubes</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> are great because <b>they make a</b></span><b><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /></b><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><b>performance instantly visual, and gestural</b>, and allow for audience</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">interaction. If you bring your live laptop setup and </span><span class="il" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">AudioCubes</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">, you</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">don't need to bring a VJ necessarily. If it's a small performance, the</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">audience understands what you do through </span><span class="il" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">AudioCubes</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">, and if it's a</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">large performance, you can put a camera on what you're doing with the</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span class="il" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">AudioCubes</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> and you instantly have impressive visuals.</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">For sound designers, <b>you can easily create and shape sounds simply</b></span><b><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /></b><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><b>using your hands and fingers</b> and one or two </span><span class="il" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">AudioCubes</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">. You can learn</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">more about that at</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><a href="http://land.percussa.com/create-sounds-using-your-hands-and-audiocubes/" style="color: #1155cc; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" target="_blank">http://land.percussa.com/<wbr></wbr>create-sounds-using-your-<wbr></wbr>hands-and-<span class="il" style="color: #222222;">audiocubes</span>/</a><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">for example. The </span><span class="il" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">cubes</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> can be easily connected via MIDI to your</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">favourite effects or instruments, hardware or software. Each </span><span class="il" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">cube</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">senses distances in 4 directions, so you can easily control up to 8</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">parameters simultaneously, even if you have just 2 hands, using the</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span class="il" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">cubes</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">.</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">For composers, we've created a generative music application, which I</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">already mentioned: Improvisor. The app lets you play back different</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">loops of notes and velocity patterns, and each loop is connected to a</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span class="il" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">cube</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> automatically. Putting </span><span class="il" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">cubes</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> next to each other will apply</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">transformations to the loops (such as adding loops from 2 </span><span class="il" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">cubes</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">) so</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">you get totally new music. You can then send the notes via MIDI where</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">you want.</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">This is just scratching the surface - there are so many ways to use</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span class="il" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">AudioCubes</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">, and we try to show this each week on our blog at</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><a href="http://www.percussa.com/blog" style="color: #1155cc; font-family: arial, sans-serif;" target="_blank">http://www.percussa.com/blog</a></i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">BS: <i>Because new human computer interfaces allow new ways to interact with</i></span><i><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">computers, software and data, which gives rise to new sound and new</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">kinds of music, and makes the whole process feel less like "work" and</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">more like "play".</span></i></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">BS: <i>I'm working on more software which lets you use </i></span><i><span class="il" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">AudioCubes</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> without</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">necessarily having to do MIDI or OSC mapping, and which generates</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">sound by itself. The most recent app I have been working on is a free</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">and open source FM synthesizer for </span><span class="il" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">audiocubes</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> and Max4Live (the</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">development environment in Ableton Live, using Max/MSP by Cycling74).</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">We're also starting a mailing list which will be a great way for the</span><br style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;" /><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">community to have more regular discussions about </span><span class="il" style="color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">AudioCubes</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">.</span></i></span><br />
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<p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-yRrzIgj3k4/S_Q2E-TCHTI/AAAAAAAAAjk/Wr5474s3Yn0/s1600/Presentation2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-yRrzIgj3k4/S_Q2E-TCHTI/AAAAAAAAAjk/Wr5474s3Yn0/s400/Presentation2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473058906232200498" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">I've written about it already: </span></span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><a href="http://educationalparadigms.blogspot.com/2009/03/music-education-must-shift-part-2.html">Music Education must shift</a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;"> (as most of what we do in Education must shift now). But I haven't given a prescription for the shift. I'll focus on music education first since it's where I've spent most of my career. </span> <span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br />Once upon a time, as the world was changing and going digital, music was right out front as one of the game changers. Since people love music, they wanted music. As digital formats and broadband increased so did the possibility that music could be made available for next to free. A huge demand ensued. Enterprising individuals with some coding know-how made it possible for people to find music online. That's the beginning of the story and how P2P networking changed the world. The rest is known to us. Napster and other websites that allowed free sharing of music and other copyrighted material were targeted by the RIAA and the copyright wars began.</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br />Now, new modes of distribution and consumption are in place, money is paid to the artists and the world is changed. Of course, the illegal stuff still happens and will continue to-until we radically redfine and de-criminalize file sharing. But it was larely a demand for MUSIC that inspired the whole digital-everything movement. And As Chris Anderson will tell you, once things are digitized, distribution costs are almost nill for a gizzillion copies of the same file (mp3, mp4, .mov, .avi etc..).</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br />So where does secondary Music Education fit into this? Prominently, I think. Center Stage, if you will. Teens and music go hand in hand. They "do" music all the time. In these times, students are downloading, manipulating, re-mixing and listening to music daily. What happens when they come to music "class". What is happening in "General" Music Classrooms today? Do students ever hear "their" music? In a 21st Century Music </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Program</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">, they should. Do they use technology, loop-based composition software to make their OWN music? In a 21st Century Music Program, they should. Do they get to create and remix music the way they do in the real world? Do they get to download and keep their music as Mp3 files? In a 21st Century Music </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">Program</span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:verdana;">, they should. Is You Tube ever used in music class? i-Tunes? In a 21st Century Music Program, they should be.</span> <span style="font-family:verdana;"><br /><br />It's an important shift because in a 21st century Music Program, there is potential for many more students to be part of the program--shifting it from the old Band/Chorus paradigm and justifying it solidly to School Boards. When you turn all students into Artists, it's difficult to cut a program. That's possible in a 21st Century Music Program.</span></span></p>
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<p><object height="40" width="250"> <param name="movie" value="http://listen.grooveshark.com/songWidget.swf"> <param name="wmode" value="window"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"> <param name="flashvars" value="hostname=cowbell.grooveshark.com&widgetID=21886151&style=metal&p=0"> <embed src="http://listen.grooveshark.com/songWidget.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="hostname=cowbell.grooveshark.com&widgetID=21886151&style=metal&p=0" allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="window" height="40" width="250"></embed> </object><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" ><br /><br />Watch Out, Here We Come! The Music Education Professional Learning Network <a href="http://musicpln.org/pln-posts/landing/">launches</a> today, July 19th, 2010. </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">The site is a "freely available public site specifically designed for Music Teachers, Educators interested in Music topics, and pre-service Music Teachers."<br /><br />Users must register for an account, otherwise the site is free. The MPLN contains Forums, Groups and News/Info. links about aspects of Music Education. Pre-launch, the site had 68 members who Beta-tested the network. These members are among the top music education professionals with an online presence (music ed. teachers, </span><span style="font-family:verdana;">conductors, clinicians, presenters, </span><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><span style="font-family:verdana;">bloggers, </span><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span><span style="font-family:verdana;"> etc..). One of the greatest attributes of the site is that is it is social media rich meaning that there are multiple ways to share information outside the network on different platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, Yahoo and MySpace. I believe this attribute will insure the site's success. Interestingly, it is also possible to connect IN to the network. For example, by using the hastag #mpln on Twitter, the update will post inside the MPLN network. Nifty!<br /><br />The launch comes at a time when social networks are becoming increasingly accepted as valid places, forums for learning. There have been a few attempts at creating social networks for music educators but none have achieved a wide membership/following. MENC has had a Mentoring Forum for years (of which I was once a Mentor) but it never quite evolved from the limited 'thread'.<br /><br />I am convinced that the time is ripe for the <span style="font-style: italic;">Music Education Professional Learning Network</span>. I believe that it will be widely used by Music Education Professionals to connect, discuss, debate, elucidate, elaborate, learn, grow and educate. Is the world ready for Music Education to finally, finally be transformed?<br /><iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?lt1=_blank&bc1=000000&IS2=1&bg1=FFFFFF&fc1=000000&lc1=0000FF&t=pd01-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&m=amazon&f=ifr&md=10FE9736YVPPT7A0FBG2&asins=0253215609" style="width: 120px; height: 240px;" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /></span></p>
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