NATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON MUSIC INSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY

JULY 14, 2000

Friday Morning

8:30 Welcome

Kim Walls, Nancy Barry, and Jack Taylor

8:45 — 9:15 "From China with Love!"

CAROLYN FULTON, CARL HANCOCK, AND SARA HAGEN (Florida State University)

This presentation is an Internet collaborative event between two sets of

conference participants, on two different continents, with three music

education doctoral students. Sara Hagen and Carl Hancock will facilitate the

proceedings from FSU, while Carolyn Fulton will "hook-up" international

teacher colleagues attending the I*EARN (International Education and

Resources Network) technology conference being held in Beijing, China.

Conference participants will have the opportunity to send friendly greetings

and then discuss the new I*EARN Global Children's Music Project web site.

How do you say hello in Mongolian? Come and find out!

9:30 — 11:00 FEATURED SPEAKER: BRIAN GABER (Florida State University)

Presentation 1: "A Systematic Approach to Making MIDI More Musical"

Many involved in music technology have felt musically disappointed in the

results of arduous labor regardless of the time and money spent searching

for the best equipment. What is needed is not always a new keyboard or even

a few sequencing "tricks" but a considered approach to creating music in an

electronic medium.

Presentation 2: "Using Technology to Achieve the National Standards"

This discussion will focus on two of the National Standards that are often

difficult for teachers to implement: Improvisation and composition.

11:15 — 12:00 "If You Don’t Know Where You’re Going, How Will You Know if

You’ve Arrived?"

JOHN DEAL (Florida State University)

The presentation will address the importance of well-defined educational

goals and objectives that must be established in order for technology to be

an efficient means of providing instruction.

12:00 — 1:00 LUNCH

July 14, 2000

Friday Afternoon

1:00 — 1:45 "The Power of Technology: Uniting Technology and Curriculum in

Grades K - 5"

MARTHA STUBBS, founder, owner, and president of Stubbs’ Music Center,

Tallahassee, FL

During this session we will explore music software that is appropriate in

any music curriculum for beginners through early intermediate music

students.

2:00 — 2:45 "Music Instruction Technology: Accessibility Guidelines and

Assistive Devices"

DIANE GREGORY (Florida State University)

This presentation includes (1) a brief introduction to accessibility issues

and current guidelines,(2) reviews of resources for teachers and designers

of technology-based instruction, and (3) an overview of assistive devices

for individual and classroom technology-based music instruction.

3:00 — 3:45 "School Musicians’ Attitudes toward Hypermedia Enhanced

Rehearsals: A Pilot Study"

KIMBERLY WALLS (Auburn University)

Preservice music teachers need skills in addressing all aspects of music and

incorporating technology into rehearsals in ways that increase musical

understanding and appreciation. Thirteen undergraduates who were enrolled in

a music education practicum developed hypermedia (multimedia) materials that

were presented during school music rehearsals. This presentation will

describe the design, results, and conclusions of the research project as

well as the hypermedia products developed and in use.

4:00 — 4:45 "Using Technology With the Orff Schulwerk Approach"

MARILYN DAVIDSON (Bergenfield, New Jersey)

This presentation is a demonstration and hands-on workshop of music teaching

utilizing technology, with emphasis on using technology in the Orff

Schulwerk approach. These truly innovative lessons are part of the Music

With MIDI, Grades 1-6 series that accompanies Share the Music. The series

uses a standard music sequencing program to reinforce lessons in the texts

and emphasizes using technology and creativity on the part of the students

to this end. The lesson includes strategies for preparation and classroom

management.

5:00 — 5:45 "A Survey to Assess the Technology Literacy of Undergraduate

Music Majors at Big-10 Universities: Implications for Undergraduate Courses

in Music Education Technology"

JASON MELZER (University of Illinois)

For this project, five public Big-10 universities that offer degrees in

music were chosen at random. All available freshman music majors (N = 310)

completed a 49 question survey consisting of two parts: demographic

information and Technology Experiences Questions (TEQ). The demographic

questions gathered information about technology use at school and at home.

The TEQ included 17 knowledge, attitude, and perceived control questions in

a Likert-style format along with five open-ended music technology questions.

This presentation discusses the results and implications of the survey.

8:00 — 10:00 VISIT CMR’s MUSIC TECHNOLOGY RESOURCE CENTER!

July 15, 2000

Saturday Morning

8:30 — 9:15 "Interactive Online Music Lessons"

SARA HAGEN (Florida State University)

Discover how a midi keyboard can be used to teach piano keyboarding skills

at a distance with a new service available online. The presentation will

include a live demonstration of the capabilities of the software and

connection.

9:30 — 10:15 "The Internet as a Means of Assessing State and National

Standards"

JAMES FRANKEL (Franklin Lakes School District, New Jersey)

The purpose of this session is to provide educators with practical methods

of both traditional and performance-based assessment using the Internet.

This assessment web site, entitled www.musicassessment.com , provides music

educators with an opportunity to submit student work for each of the six

standards, including performances, compositions, essays and visual images,

and have the work assessed based on the Performance Standards published by

MENC to score the National Standards.

10:30 — 11:15 "Addressing Music Standards with Technology"

SAM REESE (University of Illinois), KIMBERLY WALLS (Auburn University),

KIMBERLY McCORD (Western Connecticut State University)

Music lesson plans addressing the National Standards for Music were

solicited from MENC members to compile a volume of selected lesson ideas for

the Strategies for Teaching Series. More than 150 lesson plans were

submitted. In this three-way computer teleconference, the local presenter

(Walls) will present an overview of the project. The distance presenters

(Reese, located in Illinois and McCord, located in Canada) will present the

Standards and types of activities were most commonly submitted. Each

presenter also will show highlights of lesson ideas for each of the nine

content standard areas.

11:15 — 12:00 "Dreamweaver Course Builder: Simplifying the Development of

Online Music Instruction and Courses"

CARL HANCOCK (Florida State University)

This session demonstrates a recently released tool which allows music

educators to harness the power of a professional web-site design program.

The application simplifies the development of interactive on-line courses,

tests, and lessons. Courses developed can supplement a school district's

curriculum offerings without taking additional class time from the

instructor(s). Course content is delivered using standard web formats

allowing students to participate by simply opening a web-browser on a

computer anywhere. Participants are encouraged to interact with sample

lessons developed using the program that demonstrates some of the

possibilities of the software.

12:00 — 1:00 LUNCH

July 15, 2000

Saturday Afternoon

1:00 — 1:45 "Using MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface)"

EITARO KAWAGUCHI (Florida State University)

Hardware aspects of the MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) are

discussed. Included in the presentation are (a) what kind of devices may be

connected, (b) what the actual connectors look like, and (c) what is

necessary to equip computers with MIDI connectivity. Also demonstrated is

the difference in the sound quality between FM synthesis and wavetable

synthesis.

2:00 — 2:45 "Melodies from Cyberspace: Practicing With MIDI Accompaniments

Downloaded From the Internet"

FRED KERSTEN (Pennsylvania State University)

This presentation will illustrate how MIDI accompaniments may be developed,

placed upon the Internet, and accessed to provide harmonic background for

practice and performance. MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) is a

code developed and agreed upon by manufacturers that provides a means for

music equipment, computers, and software to exchange information and control

signals. MIDI files can be effectively uploaded, transmitted, then

downloaded to any location in the world. Because of their small size they

provide an excellent resource for practice and performance, utilizing the

computer sound card as a practice medium.

3:00 — 3:45 "Perspectives on Distance Learning in Higher Education: A

Comparison of the Fiberoptics System and Video Conferencing"

DEBRA GORDON (University of Northern Iowa)

At the University of Northern Iowa we have offered a master’s program in

music education via the fiberoptics system for seven years. This session

would focus on the concept of distance learning in terms of philosophy,

practical materials, pedagogy, machinations, and the results gleaned from a

history of distance learning in higher education at our University.

4:00 — 4:45 "Smart Practicing: The Effects of an Artificially Intelligent

Computer Software Program on Student Achievement in Musical Performance"

SUSAN GLENN (University of Georgia)

Time, scheduling conflicts, and financial resources are often limitations to

soloists and their accompanists in rehearsing together enough to effect a

well-prepared performance. Students typically do the majority of their

performance preparation by practicing without accompaniment, which is not

within the same context in which they will perform. Therefore, these

musicians are often under-rehearsed as an ensemble at performance time. The

purpose of this presentation is to demonstrate the SmartMusic computer

program and to discuss the effects of practicing with SmartMusic on the

quality of performances of college-level, oboe, bassoon, and clarinet

students.

5:00 — 5:30 "A Quick Look at Sibelius Notation Softward"

LARRY MARCHESE (General Manager for Sibelius software, Nashville, TN)

We’ll explore Sibelius and learn how it can save you time when creating

music, worksheets, tests, etc. We will also examine how anything created in

Sibelius can be instantly placed on a web site. Lastly, we’ll discuss some

ways Sibelius is used in the K-12 classroom.