http://ktbelle78.edublogs.org/2008/06/26/47/ Technology, Music, and Education Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:28:10 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 http://ktbelle78.edublogs.org/2008/06/26/47/comment-page-1/#comment-11 Barbara Freedman Fri, 27 Jun 2008 16:20:08 +0000 http://ktbelle78.edublogs.org/?p=47#comment-11 Thanks for the comment and the shout out! You are right. Sharing music is the main focus. I do Podcasting with kids in my two most advanced classes. They can’t even begin to put together a podcast unless they have two complete compositions in hand they created that year and those compositions were presented to the class and commented on by everyone. The podcast let’s them share outside the classroom, too. I also use the Podcast as a way to introduce Audio Engineering. They need to manage the two voices, audio track(music) and any effects track (sound effects, etc.) they want to add. Aside from levels, compression and eq play a big role. It’s really about knowing what they want to hear and listening to what is actually coming out of the speakers/headphones as opposed to what they THINK they hear. in a lot of ways, it’s training their ear much like and ensemble player or conductor. Thanks for the comment and the shout out! You are right. Sharing music is the main focus. I do Podcasting with kids in my two most advanced classes. They can’t even begin to put together a podcast unless they have two complete compositions in hand they created that year and those compositions were presented to the class and commented on by everyone. The podcast let’s them share outside the classroom, too. I also use the Podcast as a way to introduce Audio Engineering. They need to manage the two voices, audio track(music) and any effects track (sound effects, etc.) they want to add. Aside from levels, compression and eq play a big role. It’s really about knowing what they want to hear and listening to what is actually coming out of the speakers/headphones as opposed to what they THINK they hear. in a lot of ways, it’s training their ear much like and ensemble player or conductor.

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