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nafmeadminThis year, my school got rid of my 3 desktop computers and gave me 7 iPads. I have used Morton Subotnick’s software programs “Making Music” and “Making More Music” and my students loved them. I’m looking for useful apps in general music with young K-2 students. I’m looking more for comparing and describing musical sounds or experimenting with composition, not theory/note reading. Even the awesome symphony websites I have used with my students, like http://www.philtulga.com, nyphilkids.org, dsokids.com, etc…. are flash-based, and do not work on iPads. I’m trying to find a way to make this expensive investment work, but so far, I’m striking out.
Also, has anyone figured out a way to manage iPad sharing with MANY students. I have 300 students and 7 iPads. I don’t know how to “reset” some apps/games so that the next student doesn’t have to start where the last student left off.
nafmeadminWow, this is a tricky question! I polled the Council for General Music membership and none of us have run into this issue before. A mutual colleague did offer some ideas here:
From David T.:
My favorite program is GarageBand for the iPad. For digital instruments and loops as well as composition. I’d have any saved work pushed to a cloud or shared drive, and you’d probably just have to teach the kids to reset the apps, but they learn fast! With only seven, they would obviously be for small group work and can be used as part of student compositions with multiple elements…percussion, movement, speech, etc… Or taking turns on TuneOut, Marimba or iTablas as virtual instruments. Other uses of the iPad could be outside strictly music and for a broader scope – Using visual programs like Delerium to respond to music or to inspire or guide movement or musical improvisation. Sock Puppets for creating digital puppet show performances. Singing Fingers for vocal exploration and playback manipulation. Poetry magnets for building speech pieces or poems for insertion into creative music and or music forms. Lots of options… Most if which haven’t been invented yet. 🙂
I have successfully used GarageBand for composition with loops myself and it is easy enough for the littles. I will post more if I get any more leads! Hope this helps a bit or maybe leads you down a new path of experimentation!
~Sarah B., Council for General Music Chair
Christopher M. Johnson, Professor of Music Education and Music Therapy, is currently the Chair of the Music Education and Music Therapy Department and Director of the Music Research Institute at the University of Kansas. Johnson earned his Ph.D. from the Florida State University.
Since his arrival at The University of Kansas, Johnson has taught courses in Instrumental Conducting, Teaching Instrumental Music, Managing Behaviors in the Music Environment, Psychology and Acoustics of Music, and Research Methods in Music Education and Music Therapy. Johnson served two terms as the editor of the International Journal of Music Education: Research, the research publication of the International Society for Music Education. He is currently serving his second term on the National Association for Music Educations Executive Committee of the Society for Research in Music Education. He also served on the editorial board of the Journal of Research in Music Education, and one earlier term as the Chair for the MENC Executive Committee of the Society for Research in Music Education. Johnson also served as the Chair for the Research Commission of the International Society for Music Education.
Johnson’s research interests include applied research in music education, and basic research in all aspects of the psychology of music. He has published articles in many journals including the Journal of Research in Music Education, the International Journal of Music Education, the Journal of Music Therapy, Journal of Band Research, Contributions to Music Education, and the Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, among others. Johnson has also been an active member and contributor to the Research Seminar of the International Society for Music Education and World Alliance for Arts Education.
Johnson received a university teaching award – the Ned N. Fleming Award for Excellence in Teaching and received the recognition for Graduate Teaching Achievement from the Center for Teaching Excellence. Johnson was also awarded a lecturing & research award as a J. William Fulbright Scholar and recently received the Ella Scoble Opperman Citation for Distinguished Achievement from the Florida State University College of Music.
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