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Graduate Courses
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Graduate credits and/or professional development credits are available
to educators through our Summer Music Technology Institute. These
offerings are conducted at local school sites. Three (3) graduate credits
are offered through Salem State College in association with the Northeast
Consortium for Staff Development. Some courses are also eligible for
TI:ME national certification. NOTE: All courses are scheduled
for 7:30 am to 3:30 pm.
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NEW
Using Podcasts as Teaching
Tools
Podcasting is becoming a popular form of communication
allowing for a mobile learning experience that can occur in
a variety of settings not tied to the classroom or clock. Teachers
can use podcasting as a communication tool with parents and
community members, and students can create products that demonstrate
self-expression and learning. In this course, students examine
inexpensive and free technological tools for podcasting. Topics
examined include recording, editing and mixing, as well as distributing
podcasts through accessible avenues. 3 Graduate Credits |
NEW
Digital Media in the Music
Classroom (Windows)
New digital formats provide the music educator
with powerful tools for use in their classrooms and rehearsals.
You will learn how to tap the excitement of the Internet and
multimedia with your students and use popular media services
including YouTube, TeacherTube and SchoolTube. This course will
help teachers using Windows computers to accomplish the same
outcomes that Mac users have had using programs like Mixcraft
and Acid to turn your Windows based computer into a fully-functional
recording studio; Audacity and QuickTime Pro to create podcasts
and audio files for use in presentations; MovieMaker and Vegas
to add video as well as other user friendly programs to create
websites. Learn how your students can have fun composing original
music, making arrangements or create musical underscoring and
sound effects to a video. Learn how you can make quality recordings
of individuals or ensembles, demonstrate musical concepts such
as form, dynamics, articulation, tempo, and texture, and prepare
short sound clips for use in class presentations or on a webpage.
This course is for general, vocal/choral, and instrumental music
teachers at all levels. The course will be taught in a Windows
lab. 3 Graduate Credits
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NEW New Technology
Tools for Music Educators
New technology tools
are impacting the way music teachers can design learning experiences
for their students - podcasting, blogging, social networking,
online collaborative music-making, alternative performing ensembles,
and music-based video games are shaping new ways teachers can
potentially communicate and interact with their students. This
hands-on course will examine these tools and assist music educators
in sorting through the latest advances in music technology –
both software and hardware – to determine what is most
useful for their classroom or rehearsal room. Emphasis will
be placed on creating and developing pertinent online teaching
resources and lesson activities, and examples of tools for both
Macs and PCs will be explored. This course is designed for k-12
music educators. 3 Graduate Credits |
SmartMusic
and Music Accompaniment Software for Practice, Rehearsal, and
Performance
The focus of this course is to demonstrate
how to use SmartMusic in your music program
and how to create practice and performance accompaniments for
use in the music classroom and rehearsal settings. Use of a
variety of music software applications including SmartMusic
Studio, Band In A Box, music notation and / or MIDI sequencing
software will be explored as well as downloading MIDI files
from the Internet. The course will teach participants how to
convert a MIDI file so it can be burned onto an audio CD for
teacher and student use, and / or posted to a school or personal
website. Participants will create a variety of practice and
rehearsal pieces that will be burned to CD, and should bring
several pieces of music to use during the course. 3 Graduate
Credits |
Digital
Audio Recording for the Music Classroom
Learn how you can affordably record your students!
This is an entry level course will cover techniques for recording,
editing and storing sound. Entry level and professional recording
equipment will be used.to provide music educators with the basic
knowledge required to record and edit classroom, ensemble, and
student concerts and performances for evaluation and portfolio
assessment. Participants will learn how to use both portable
and computer-based digital audio recording systems and create
several recordings with mixing occurring in analog and digital
realms. The materials developed will be appropriate for music
instruction in the K-12 classroom. Software to be used in the
class will include programs for recording in one pass, for recording
and editing two tracks, for recording and editing multiple tracks,
and for burning to CD. The proper use of stereo recording devices
such as mini disc, DAT, hard disk recorders and microphones
will be covered. 3 Graduate Credits (This course fulfills 1/3
of TI:ME level 2 certification |
Notation Applications for Music
Educators - (either Finale or Sibelius)
Designed to help instrumental, choral, and
classroom music specialists with previous skills in using notation
software to notate and print music, this level 2 course will
expand your knowledge with advanced techniques. Participants
will explore new ways to input music using an electronic keyboard
and computer to print out scores and parts. Topics covered will
include, but not be limited to: transposing/extracting band
and orchestra parts; printing a choral score; music notation
problem solving (bring your questions); incorporation of notation
examples into word processors; advanced page layout / formatting
and using notation software with students. Participants should
bring music (piano music, choral accompaniments, orchestra and
band scores, etc.) to use for projects. Keyboard skills are
helpful but not necessary. 3 Graduate Credits (This course can
also fulfill 1/3 of TI:ME level 2 certification) |
iLife in the Classroom
This is an introductory course designed for
all classroom teachers featuring the richness of digital media
using iLife, an integrated suite of powerful, yet user friendly
applications to harness the creative visual, musical and writing
skills of todays students. The course will focus on: working
with digital photographs and graphics using iPhoto and OS X’s
Preview; the podcasting phenomenon and how GarageBand and iTunes
can be used to create effective educational podcasts; the use
of digital video in the classroom using iMovie; and creating
educational websites and blogs using iWeb. Throughout the course
a variety of educational strategies using digital media will
be examined for K-12 integration. Participants will create a
final project that incorporates the iLife applications discussed
and is relevance to each participant’s professional and
curricular needs. 3 Graduate Credits |
Making Music with
GarageBand
GarageBand helps you turn your Mac into a fully-functional
recording studio. This member of the iLife suite comes with
pre-recorded loops utilizing hundreds of musical instruments
to enable you to sound like a symphony orchestra or a one-man
band. Learn how your students can have fun composing original
music, making arrangements or create musical underscoring and
sound effects to a video. Learn how you can make quality recordings
of individuals or ensembles, demonstrate musical concepts such
as form, dynamics, articulation, tempo, and texture, and prepare
short sound clips for use in class presentations or on a webpage.
This course is for general, vocal/choral, and instrumental music
teachers at all levels, even if you have used the program for
a while, this course will help you look at the program in new
ways. The course will be taught in a Mac lab but all activities
and concepts presented can also be accomplished with Windows-equivalent
software such as MixCraft, Sonar and Acid. 3 Graduate Credits |
Music,
Computers & MIDI (TI:ME 1A)
Discover how you can use technology to enhance
your teaching and explore ways to incorporate these tools into
your curriculum whether you have a one-computer classroom, a
multi-station lab or use a computer at home. This course will
cover skills in music notation, using Finale and/or Sibelius,
MIDI sequencing, and electronic hardware in K-12 education that
address both National Music Standards and State Curriculum Frameworks.
Participants should bring music (piano music, choral accompaniments,
orchestra and band scores, etc.) to use for notation and sequencing
projects. Keyboard skills are helpful but not necessary. The
software used is compatible with both Macintosh and Windows
platforms and course content is applicable to ALL grade levels.
3 Graduate Credits (This course fulfills 1/2 of TI:ME level
1 certification) |
Technology Assisted
Learning and Digital Media (TI:ME 1B)
Transform your teaching by learning how the
use of instructional software, the Internet and digital media
in K-12 education can excite and empower your students. You
will: explore a variety of instructional programs featuring
,educational websites for students to learn more about music
in school or at home, learn to record and edit sound, create
MP3’s, burn CD’s and create a multimedia project
for use with your students by utilizing the skills learned in
this course. Learn how to incorporate these tools into your
curriculum that will help to address both the National Music
Standards and State Curriculum Frameworks. This is a hands-on
course with software compatible with both Macintosh and Windows
platforms. Course content is applicable to ALL grade levels.
3 Graduate Credits. PLEASE NOTE: you do not need to take 1A
before taking 1B. (This course fulfills 1/2 of TI:ME level 1
certification) |
Creating Composition
Projects using Notation and Music Production Software
Collaborative and creative music composition
can be facilitated in the classroom using music production and
notation software. Ideas and concepts for individual and group
composition projects will be explored, with an emphasis placed
on utilizing the creative musical abilities of students to acquire
core musical concepts. Software programs such as GarageBand,
Logic, Sibelius, Band-in-a-Box, Groovy Music, and other freeware/shareware
programs, as well as online resources will be used to create
age-appropriate composition activities. Emphasis will be placed
on the creation of materials rather than being geared toward
a specific software program or platform. However, the features
and primary uses of sequencing and notation programs for composition
will be discussed and the ability to migrate between software
types explored. In addition, special emphasis will be placed
on how multimedia elements such as text, graphics, audio, and
video, as well as web-based tools, can enhance the music composition
process. This course is designed for k-12 music educators. 3
Graduate Credits |
Integrating
the Internet into the Music Classroom (TI:ME
2B)
Transform your classroom by exploring the educational
advantages of using the Web. This course will cover the creation
of interactive Internet sites for the music classroom. All participants
will learn to create a web-based music project that they can
use in their teaching. Teachers will create web sites that include
interactive lessons that are appropriate for the K-12 music
classroom. Teachers will incorporate digital multimedia files
including text, graphics, video, sound, and music into their
web projects. Software to be used in the class will include
a web-authoring program which allows the incorporation of interactive
elements. 3 Graduate Credits (This course fulfills 1/3 of TI:ME
level 2 certification) |
Integrating Technology into the Music Curriculum
(TI:ME 2C)
This course will help teachers integrate technology
into the K-12 music curriculum and is designed for the teacher
who has experience using technology. The goal is to apply the
use of technology in the instructional setting. Participants
should be familiar with most of the common applications of music
technology including music notation software, MIDI sequencing,
the Internet, and electronic keyboards. Participants are encouraged
to bring copies of their music curriculum and any other materials
that may be helpful in creating lessons and activities using
technology. The course will be taught in a hands-on environment.
This course will not teach how to use software. Maximum of 1
person per computer station, maximum 16 students. This course
fulfills 1/3 of the requirements for TI:ME Level Two certification.
PREREQUISITE: TI:ME Level One certification or equivalent experience. |
Assessment, Technology
and Music Education
This course will examine a variety of technology
based assessment tools for use in both classroom music and performance
group settings. Technology can play an important role in assessment
because much of what musicians do is multimedia in nature and
therefore cannot be adequately represented on paper. Digital
portfolio assessment can be flexibly applied to a variety of
music programs and ensemble situations, and can be adapted to
meet the various needs of music teachers. A thorough program
of assessment can facilitate learning by aiding in planning,
indicating when to re-teach and when to move ahead, developing
a base of evidence documenting student achievement, providing
tools for student self-assessment and tools for evaluating overall
teaching performance. 3 Graduate Credits |
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