Chapter 15

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Chapter 15: Technology in Music and Art Instruction

Music Instruction

Why using technology in music is becoming a common theme among modern schools

The Five Areas of Support:

-Music composition and production

-Music performance

-Self-paced learning and practice

-Teaching music history

-Interdisciplinary strategies

Issues in Music Instruction

Some issues that arise include the new definition of music literacy in different types of schools, teachers meeting standards, the encorporation of popular music and technology, and the role of music directors.

Why Teach Music and Art?

Why the arts are important in schools

Arts as aesthetic balance

How art, technology and design inform creative leaders

Creative approaches to modern problems

Literacies for an Information Age

Expanded modes of expression

Art Instruction

Art instructors share work and ideas globally

Integration Strategies

Strategies for Technology Integration

-Assessing examples in the classroom

-Using technological examples and materials

-Producing and manipulating digital images

-Graphic design and 3D modeling

-Desktop publishing with graphics

-Virtual field trips

-Movies as an art form

-Computerized kilns

-Sharing work virtually

-Web-enrichment activities

Issues in Art Instruction

Some of the issues that arise in art education are lack of funding, the ethics of certain artists and images, what images are used, and teachers meeting standards set for art education.

Tech-PACK

Improve in weaker domains

Evalutate Instruction Areas

Content

Pedagogical

Technological