On 11/08/2010,
in digital audio, emerging technologies, learning spaces, mobile learning, multimedia, music,
by Daniel Christian
On 11/08/2010,
in Apple, learning spaces, multi-touch, multimedia, music, smart classrooms, vendors,
by Daniel Christian
— originally found at Bob Sutor’s blog
On 10/27/2010,
in Apple, budgets, business side of he, collaboration, computer science, creativity, curriculum, Daniel S. Christian, digital audio, digital learning, digital video, education technology, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, ideas, K-12 related, mobile learning, mobile technologies, multimedia, music, programming, project-based learning,
by Daniel Christian
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Concept, graphics, idea from Daniel S. Christian:
But free for your taking and implementing!
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What:
- Choir Practice: A mobile-based method of practicing one’s part
Features
- The ability for the choir member to go directly to measure ____
- The ability for the choir member to highlight measures ____ through ____ (like highlighting text in Microsoft Word), then click on the play button to loop through those measures
- One could speed up a song up or slow it down (without affecting pitch)
- The application would allow for all of the vocal parts to begin playing upon downloading a pre-packaged song or the application could always start playing with a certain part (i.e. 1st or 2nd soprano, alto, tenor, or bass)
- The musical notes could be the same color or one could choose to display the notes in different colors
- Bonus features might include a video of a director directing this song
Why:
- This type of thing would be a great cross-disciplinary assignment for your institution’s curriculum — Music and Computer Science come to mind for this application
- Your institution could sell this application on Apple’s App Store to develop a new revenue stream
- Your choirs could produce the packaged songs / tracks
- Plus, such an app would help choir members learn their parts — 24x7x365 — in the car, on the road, in the gym, etc.
- Enhances one’s ability to listen to other parts as well
- Aids your marketing departments as you point to this as a solid deliverable from your programs
- Creates “study aids” for your own school’s choirs/students as well as for choirs at smaller churches and institutions (worldwide)
- Helps those choir members who don’t have access to a piano or don’t know how to play a piano
Have fun whomever takes this idea and runs with it! The choirs of the world will appreciate you — and so will their audiences! 🙂
Along these lines…another win-win here includes:
That students in the future (I hope) will be able to choose from a multitude of potential roles when presented with multi-disciplinary projects/assignments/courses:
- Vocalists, pianists, and other type of musicians
- Composers
- Programmers
- Graphic artists
- Videographers / video editors
- Audio specialists
- Writers
- Project Managers
- Actresses/Actors
- etc.
As such, students could:
- Learn to appreciate other disciplines
- Participate in/contribute to projects that could be published on the web
- Exercise their creativity
- Practice being innovative
Daniel Christian
On 10/22/2010,
in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, digital audio, digital learning, digital photography, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, digital video, disruption, e-books, e-readers, education technology, educational games / serious games, elearning, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, game-changing environment, higher education, interactivity, K-12 related, learning ecosystem, love of learning, media/film, mobile learning, mobile technologies, more voice more choice more control, multi-touch, multimedia, music, new business models, online learning, online media, personalized/customized learning, platforms, podcasting, presentations, publishing, social learning / networks, story, storytelling, student-related, tablets, technologies for your home, telepresence, textbooks, tools, user experience (UX), vendors, videoconferencing, virtual field trips, vision/possibilities, web-based collaboration,
by Daniel Christian
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From DSC:
This tablet is larger, which I love! It also offers:
- Interactivity
- Multimedia
- Ability to annotate/save annotations
- Collaboration and more
Nice!
On 10/20/2010,
in Apple, digital audio, digital photography, digital video, multimedia, music, tools,
by Daniel Christian
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Some of the other items Apple is working on for OS X (“Lion”) — with the idea of bringing these “back to the Mac”:
- Multi-touch gestures (Note: This is not on the display/monitor, which is not ergonomically beneficial.)
- App Store
- App Home screens
- Full screen apps
- Auto save
- Apps resume when launched
On 10/16/2010,
in digital audio, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, future, human-computer interaction (HCI), innovation, interface design, multi-touch, music,
by Daniel Christian
Musical instruments of the future – Reactable — from David Kusek, VP at Berklee College of Music
There is a lot of innovation happening with electronic music instrument and new interfaces. Reactable is one of the latest in music technology fusing DJ culture, touch screen topography and electro-pop showmanship. Coming to an iPad near you. Reactable says their company “is about the promotion of creativity and the mediation of culture through the application of the latest technologies in human computer interaction, music technology, graphics and computer vision.” Check it out.
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On 10/15/2010,
in communications, digital video, drama/theater, ideas, music, online learning, online media, student-related, teaching & learning, web-based collaboration,
by Daniel Christian
Using web video to fine-tune student performance — from The Chronicle by Travis Kaya
For three years, faculty and students at Baruch College of the City University of New York have been honing their public-speaking and presentation skills online with the college’s Video Oral Communication Assessment Tool, or VOCAT, which allows instructors to view and give feedback on uploaded student videos.
After finding success with the tool on campus, developers are now actively searching for ways to take VOCAT to the next level, both beyond Baruch and across academic disciplines. They believe video-sharing on VOCAT has potential application in everything from distance learning and foreign-language instruction to performance arts and industrial trades.
“We’re looking ahead to where it might go,” said Mikhail Gershovich, platform designer and director of the Bernard L. Schwartz Communication Institute at Baruch. “I don’t want this to be just an assessment tool.”
VOCAT allows students to view videos of themselves giving presentations or performances online—all video is taped and uploaded by a college technician—and lets them read and respond to feedback from faculty members. The software also keeps a log of student videos, allowing them to track their progress over the course of a semester…
On 10/13/2010,
in education technology, educational games / serious games, ideas, innovation, K-12 related, music, teaching & learning,
by Daniel Christian
JoyTunes: A unique approach to computer-based music teaching — from thenextweb.com by Brad McCarty
Also see:
On 10/09/2010,
in assessment, creativity, engagement / engaging students, music,
by Daniel Christian
How would you assess this? — from Education Stormfront
Excerpt:
The good news is that we are entering a golden age of learning. A time where the Yeols of the world will be able to connect with people who will appreciate, encourage and foster their gifts. It will be an explosion of personal expression, where everyone can finally reach their full potential. The resulting massive outburst of creativity will reshape the planet like nothing since the Renaissance.
On 10/01/2010,
in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, 3D, accessibility / UDL, Adobe, adult learning, animation, Apple, art, assistive technologies, Augmented Reality (AR), creativity, design, digital audio, digital learning, digital photography, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, digital video, education technology, elearning, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, Google, graphics, higher education, homeschooling/homeschoolers, hybrid learning, interactivity, interface design, learning ecosystem, mobile learning, mobile technologies, multimedia, music, new media literacies, online learning, online media, online tutoring, podcasting, productivity / tips and tricks, professional development, programming, RSS, simulations, storytelling, student-related, teaching & learning, teaching online, training / L&D, user experience (UX), user interface design, visualizing information, web design and production, web-based collaboration,
by Daniel Christian
We use Lynda.com and the feedback has been excellent. Back in 1997, I took a 1-day seminar from Lynda Weinman out at SFSU’s Multimedia Studies Program. I learned more from her in a few hours then I have in many courses. She knows how to make things very understandable…and she’s a great teacher. If she doesn’t know the topic, she selects people who know how to explain that topic in easy-to-understand terms.
So when I saw this item — Connect@NMC: Panel Discussion Led By Laurie Burruss of Lynda.com – Implementing Lynda.com Campus-Wide — I felt that I should pass it along.
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Free Music & Sound Effects — from JewelBeat.com
Use these free music tracks & free sound effects for any production – advertising, education, videos, photos, YouTube…etc.
These music tracks can be looped seamlessly & repeated to create a longer music track for your projects.
You only need to link to our website from yours:
“Music by JewelBeat. Download your free music and free sound effects at www.jewelbeat.com.”
Original posting from:
Background music and sound effects – Free is good — from the Screening Room
Report: Google Music to combine cloud storage with downloads — from CNN.com by By Duncan Geere, Wired
Music and learning: do they mix? — Clive Sheperd (UK)
From DSC:
Check out the comments as well…
For me, digital storytelling carries with it some potent power to educate, influence, and persuade. At minimum, music seems like it has a solid place in the digital storytelling world. However, I also realize that extraneous audio can be distracting, especially for those of us who need it quiet when we are trying to concentrate. Giving the user the choice of whether to listen/hear the audio — or see a transcript — are useful features that help provide a more customized learning experience.
