Posted by Mark White on January 16, 2008 at 10:48:28:
In Reply to: Re: Smart Music in your classes - this is research for a license renewal project - please respond with details. posted by Joseph Pisano on April 03, 2007 at 01:49:06:
Hey Chris,
I am a 4th year teacher from Jersey that uses smartmusic everyday as part of my curriculum of teaching instrumental music. My experience with smartmusic has been great. With the way the world works today I am well ahead of the teachers doing it the old traditional way. I use a single laptop in the center of my room hooked up to a projector on a table. Then I run wires that are taped down to the floor to a set of speakers mounted on the wall in front of the classroom. If you are using it for band I would recommend picking out pieces of music that are already in smartmusic. Then you can have the band or chorus play or sing along with the accompaniment. It works great and my band rehearsals are great. If you have any more questions please feel free to contact me.
Thanks,
Mark White
If you are finished changing, you're finished.
-Benjamin Franklin
: Chris,
: This may not be the "best" place for your question...I've been checking it for a couple of months now and not a whole lot of people post (I'm not sure how many people "lurk" though! :) ). I could be wrong though, maybe we'll get lucky and have a run of it! :)
: Chad Criswell (also a music teacher) has alot of articles about it at his own his sites: http:www.musicedmagic.com and http://musicappreciation.suite101.com/
: I teach smartmusic in my college classes as an auxilliary, although I agree heavily with Owen and James about not letting technology be the focus only a tool... I am pretty sure that Owen Bradley (co-author of mustech.net) uses/has experience with it. You can check with him at http://digitalmusiceducator.com or http://www.mustech.net
: I also know James Frankel (also a music teacher) has written about Smart Music a few times at his site:
: http://jamesfrankel.musiced.net/
: You might scare some people off with the "be advised". Good luck with it!
: Joe Pisano -MUSicTECHnology.net
: http://www.mustech.net
: : I teach middle school band/choir and have created a professional development plan that implements Smart Music into my band/choir room beginning next year. What I am in need of is feedback regarding:
: : *how you utilize this powerful program in your classrooms;
: : *how many computers do you have that utilize the program;
: : *Do you use this program for chair placements/voice tests?
: : *Do you create your own assessments for your students?
: : *do your students have home subscriptions?
: : *how has the use of this program impacted your programs?
: : Please be advised that all responses to this post will be submitted to my review committee as an artifact for actually completing this portion of collaboration on the project. Thanks in advance for your time and responses.
: : Chris