ToThoseWhoWanttoRock

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__**Description**____:__ Carol Broos and Carol Vrotny, two music teachers discuss the creative process of composing music in the digital age. All links can be found at [|http://musictechie.pbworks.com] **__Presenters:__** Carol Broos and Carol Vrotny, Northbrook, IL, USA **__Length of Presentation:__** 21:01 **2** CATNIP HOURS __**URL:**__ http://a43.video2.blip.tv/5760002750427/K12online-ForThoseWhoWantToRockDontSupposeCompose971.m4v?bri=29.0&brs=1880 This URL is different from the others. The video that plays in the K12 Online framework does not work properly.

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 * 2) **Write down the Essential Questions located below. You will want to refer to these as you are watching the video.**
 * 3) **Watch video presentation at URL listed above.**
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 * 10) **Write a brief summary as to how you might use this new information in your classroom**
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 * Essential Questions:**

Your Name: 1. What has been your experiences in composing music? Do you have specific guidelines or have students create music, then give direction.

2. How are you reaching gifted and talented musicians within your class?

3. Should music be a “stand-alone” art or should we always have music and art tied together to create multi-media projects? Summary:

Your Name: Danielle Robb

1. What has been your experiences in composing music? Do you have specific guidelines or have students create music, then give direction. I have no experience in composing music. I think the closest thing that my kids get to singing in my classroom is when we say the pledge in the morning.

2. How are you reaching gifted and talented musicians within your class? I am not reaching these students. My entire class goes to music class twice in every six day rotation.

3. Should music be a “stand-alone” art or should we always have music and art tied together to create multi-media projects? I think that music should be incoorporated into the classroom. When I think about it, when I was in middle school, my social studies teacher taught us to remember important facts through a series of songs and raps. It was very engaging, fun, and I was able to remember the material much easier.

Summary: I think that this presentation really opened up my eyes. Why am I not incoorporating music into my room? It obviously helped me recall facts when I was a kid. I have heard about songs that help kids to remember the names and values of coins, songs for the fifty states, etc... The problem that I have is, how do I gain access to this material? The presenters suggested searching online for resources, which I have not previously done. I have absolutely zero musical talent, so I do not feel comfortable singing in front of my class in order to teach them a song. If I could find pre-recorded songs I would definately use them. I see all of the benefits to incoorporating music into my classroom, I just need to dive in and start incoorporating!

I really like the idea of allowing gifted students to compose their own music and create their own websites (Clay Magic). I don't believe that this is really reasonable in my classroom. I think that this would be something for the music teacher to try, since she has knowlegde of music notes and how to actually compose a song!

Your Name: Jamie Kozimor 1. What has been your experiences in composing music? Do you have specific guidelines or have students create music, then give direction. I have had some experience composing music, at a personal level. I have not tried having students compose music, but I can see many tie-ins with beginning reading and writing.

2. How are you reaching gifted and talented musicians within your class? Within our reading class, we sing in the context of shared reading.

3. Should music be a “stand-alone” art or should we always have music and art tied together to create multi-media projects? Multiple Intelligence research would argue that music should be offered throughout the curriculum. Summary: While I don't have some of the technology listed, I love the idea of recording student's stories with sound effects. I think the flip camera mentioned would also be very handy to have in the classroom.

Your Name: 1. What has been your experiences in composing music? Do you have specific guidelines or have students create music, then give direction. I don't recall ever composing music. I do, however, have professional musicians on both sides of my family.

2. How are you reaching gifted and talented musicians within your class? I expose all of my students to what I consider to be a huge variety of music on a fairly consistent basis, but it's pretty much background music for when they are doing various activiites. Several times a year, however, my students analyze poems that also happen to be songs. We definitely take time to analyze how the composer chose to interpret the lyrics musically.

3. Should music be a “stand-alone” art or should we always have music and art tied together to create multi-media projects? There is no such thing as a "stand-alone" art. Music is art, and it could never stand alone. Indeed, my students would probably rank it as the second-most important aspect of their lives, after their friends. I believe it should be taught as a separate class AND be worked into every discipline we teach.

Summary: This presentation begins with the argument that the arts are just as important as the traditional math and language arts classes, expecially in light of Blooms. The presenters explain a project wherein their students "tell their story" using music to enhance the telling. They explain the process and highlight several online resources that allow students to record, edit, and manipulate their music, as well as receive feedback from professional composers.

Your Name: 1. What has been your experiences in composing music? Do you have specific guidelines or have students create music, then give direction.

2. How are you reaching gifted and talented musicians within your class?

3. Should music be a “stand-alone” art or should we always have music and art tied together to create multi-media projects? Summary:

Your Name: 1. What has been your experiences in composing music? Do you have specific guidelines or have students create music, then give direction.

2. How are you reaching gifted and talented musicians within your class?

3. Should music be a “stand-alone” art or should we always have music and art tied together to create multi-media projects? Summary:

Your Name: 1. What has been your experiences in composing music? Do you have specific guidelines or have students create music, then give direction.

2. How are you reaching gifted and talented musicians within your class?

3. Should music be a “stand-alone” art or should we always have music and art tied together to create multi-media projects? Summary:

Your Name: 1. What has been your experiences in composing music? Do you have specific guidelines or have students create music, then give direction.

2. How are you reaching gifted and talented musicians within your class?

3. Should music be a “stand-alone” art or should we always have music and art tied together to create multi-media projects? Summary:

Your Name: 1. What has been your experiences in composing music? Do you have specific guidelines or have students create music, then give direction.

2. How are you reaching gifted and talented musicians within your class?

3. Should music be a “stand-alone” art or should we always have music and art tied together to create multi-media projects? Summary:

Your Name: 1. What has been your experiences in composing music? Do you have specific guidelines or have students create music, then give direction.

2. How are you reaching gifted and talented musicians within your class?

3. Should music be a “stand-alone” art or should we always have music and art tied together to create multi-media projects? Summary:

Your Name: 1. What has been your experiences in composing music? Do you have specific guidelines or have students create music, then give direction.

2. How are you reaching gifted and talented musicians within your class?

3. Should music be a “stand-alone” art or should we always have music and art tied together to create multi-media projects? Summary:

Your Name: 1. What has been your experiences in composing music? Do you have specific guidelines or have students create music, then give direction.

2. How are you reaching gifted and talented musicians within your class?

3. Should music be a “stand-alone” art or should we always have music and art tied together to create multi-media projects? Summary: