Teaching Music and Multiliteracies

  Week 5 Reflection Image taken from: http://imgur.com/gallery/bZJjJ4Z     5.1 Presentations   Usually, I would be the first off the block to try something new. This time however, I have chosen to elaborate on my current knowledge and expand on that instead of using only half of the applications capabilities. A kind of "renewed love". So, as I rekindle the spark in my long-term currently "stable" relationship with PowerPoint I have discovered a number of things that I hadn't used before now. Before we begin, lets take a wee peep at some of the interesting things people are doing with their presentations...   Mathew Weathers is a very hip Maths teacher over in the US and has some great and very entertaining videos on YouTube including some "How to" tips. Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/user/MDWeathers     Although the gentleman in the above ...

Image from: http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/31762-mac-vs-pc   Reflection 1.4 Video Video for Learning - ICTs in Classrooms Although "a picture says a thousand words" (or in this case 12),  for this weeks reflection I chose to investigate the format of Video within the classroom and where it fits into the overall scheme and processes of the contemporary student and teacher. The reason I chose this format is because it is such a widely used and harnessed resource from people around the world in various facets of its existence. I myself have learnt updated production techniques for the music studio setting as well as found tutorials on YouTube for changing car breaks, washing machine belts and so on. It is such a widely used resource for any age. Images give us many layers of interwoven material that can be subject to discussion and dissection in the classroom, including a multiliteracy element of understanding some of ...

Minecraft School Built by xing0 & lregie On the Fan Server https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21sXTSh64i8   Reflection 1.2 Blogs for Learning Digital School: To Website, Blog or Wiki... that is the question...     Technically Useful For the purpose of this task and to challenge myself technologically, I have chosen to create a blog. Originating from the combination of the words Web and Log, 'Blogs' are generally pretty user friendly and contain four main sections; the Header, Footer, Sidebar and the Body. All of these elements contribute to your readers’ usability and experience of your chronological “Web Log”. This form of technology used in a classroom scenario can not only allow publication of student works and research but they can also use this as a platform to embed other forms of technology that they either source or create themselves. For instance, as part of their research journal they may want to imbed video footage, photos and audio w...

Assessment 1.1 So.... (the conjunction to nothing at all at this point of distilled thoughts, feelings, anxieties that conjure themselves up and present as a need to do!!!!). Here we go... Feel a bit overloaded with information, concepts and resources at this point but I am supremely confident in my brains' ability to survive the first Term will eventually prevail! :D It is interesting to really see how many people are coming from so many different veins of thought and pedagogical approaches and it makes me suddenly self aware and full of wonderment at where I, myself am at at this moment in time. Time... in another 9 months I'm sure will bring with it a whole new connotation. I am really enjoying the digital nature/ nurture that ICTs are bringing to the 'Mad Hatters' giant table of Education. Down the rabbit hole we go! I found it fascinating to see Gen Z summed up in a video by Paulo Ratinecas  "Meet Generation Z" (please follow link be...