Announcing

The Third National Symposium on Music Instruction Technology

Theme: Practice and Research


A project of The Music Education Program, Auburn University, Kim Walls, Coordinator

The Center for Music Research, Florida State University, Jack Taylor, Director

The School of Music, University of Oklahoma, Nancy Barry, Director of Graduate Studies in Music Education

Co-Sponsored by MENC: The National Association for Music Education

July 13-14, 2001
Auburn University Hotel and Conference Center

Auburn, Alabama

List of Sessions

Call for Presentations

Registration Form

Conference Center Hotel

Graduate Credit

Attendance Scholarship Information for Alabama Teachers

Photos

NSMIT 2000 Photos

NSMIT 1999 Photos

Presentations

Friday, July 13

8:30 AM K-12 Music Educator Computer Technology Use in Alabama, Florida, and Georgia
John Jinright, Department of Music, Troy State University

9:30 AM Technology for Real Middle School and High School Bands
Shannon Chandler, Valley High School (AL); Myra Rhoden, Booker T. Washington High School (AL); Joy Thomas, W.F. Burns Middle School (AL);
Kimberly Walls, College of Education, Auburn University

10:30 AM The Internet as a Means of Assessing the New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards in Music: A Research Report
James Frankel, Franklin Avenue Middle School (NJ)

12:30 PM Beginning to Teach with Technology in a Music Classroom
Jane M. Kuehne, Center for Music Research, Florida State University

1:30 PM Service Learning & Music Technology: Connecting College Classrooms with the Community
Melissa Berke & W. Kenton Bales, University of Nebraska at Omaha; Therese Laux & Peggy Pavlik, North High School (NE)

2:30 PM Using the Web to Learn about Multicultural Music in Elementary and Middle School
Cecilia Wang, School of Music, University of Kentucky

3:30 PM The Art of Inaccuracy
Greg Woodward, Center for Music Research, Florida State University

Saturday, July 14

8:00 AM Teaching Student Composers to Use a Desktop Audio Workstation and Digidesign Pro-tools
John Jinright, Department of Music, Troy State University

9:00 AM A Survey of Music Education Technology at Colleges in the Southeastern USA
Harry E. Price and Kok Chang Pan, School of Music, University of Alabama

10:00 AM Insights and Strategies for Developing a Music Technology Class
Therese Laux & Peggy Pavlik, North High School (NE)

11:00 AM Integrating Web-based Learning and Instruction into a Graduate Music Education Research Course
Nancy Barry, School of Music, University of Oklahoma

1:00 PM The Creative Music Project: A Pilot Study in Teaching Musical Understanding and Composition in Public Schools
David Sebald, Institute for Music Research, University of Texas at San Antonio

2:00 PM Using Sibelius Notation Software to Teach Music in Schools
Larry Marchese, Sibelius Software

3:00 PM "Yes, But Does It Help?": A Preliminary Report on a Web-Enhanced Large Lecture Music Appreciation Course
Dorothy Keyser & Katherine Norman, University of North Dakota

4:00 PM Digital Video EditingóItís So Easy!
Eitaro Kawaguchi, Center for Music Research, Florida State University

Call for Presentations

The National Symposium on Music Instruction Technology will provide opportunities for music educators and music education researchers to share knowledge and experiences concerning technology enhanced music instruction. Its purposes are to accelerate the exchange of ideas among practitioners and researchers; to encourage appropriate uses of music technology in PreK-12 learning environments; and to disseminate findings of investigations into learning with music technology. To facilitate the exchange, the following types of presentation proposals are solicited:
  Proposals are welcomed from both PreK-12 teachers and college faculty experienced in music technology.

Lengths of presentations will range from 30-minute lectures to 45-minute performancesto 90-minute hands-on workshops. Presentation abstracts will be published in the Journal of Technology in Music Education.Researchers may choose to submit complete articles for a peer-reviewed section.One- to two-page presentation proposals should be sent to the Conference Chair, postmarked no later than April 1, 2001. Proposals for performances should include a cassette tape or compact disc. Proposals must include a list of equipment to be provided by the presenter, a list of equipment the conference would supply, and an indication of the type and desired length of presentation. Presenters are encouraged to bring their own laptop computers, where possible. A Mac and Wintel compatible projector will be available. Email submissions are encouraged.

Attendees may pre-register for the conference by completing the registration form at www.auburn.edu/musiceducation/NSMIT Send it with a check or money order in U S funds to the Conference Chair no later than July 1, 2001. The pre-registration fee is $60, $10 for students. Checks should be issued to Auburn University.

Auburn University Hotel Conference Center lodging may be reserved at a reduced conference rate until July 1, 2001 by telephoning the hotel at 1-800-2AUBURN.

Auburn University is located approximately two hours drive from either Atlanta or Birmingham.

For additional information about graduate credit, continuing education credit, and professional development credit, contact the Conference Chair, Kimberly Walls. Send proposals, registration forms, and fees to:

Kimberly C. Walls, Conference Chair
National Symposium on Music Instruction Technology,
Dept. of Curriculum and Teaching
5040 Haley Center
Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849
kim.walls@auburn.edu
334-844-6892