Win-E-Mac 6th graders use new iPad technology in music
Tue, 05/05/2015 - 11:52am
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This year, as part of the required MN Graduation Standards, all of the 6th graders at Win-E-Mac School completed two music projects, which were presented to parents and family at an open house at Win-E-Mac School on Wednesday, April 29, 2015. Both of these projects have been done in past years, but this year with the assistance of Troy Reynolds, Technology Specialist, new iPad technology was incorporated into the projects to add another exciting dimension to the finished product!
The first project was a research project on a composer. The students selected a composer and researched information about his/her life and career. Using this information, they created a KEYNOTE presentation on their iPad. They took screen shots of their KEYNOTE slides, and using ADOBE VOICE, they recorded themselves giving an oral presentation on their composer. When this was completed, they uploaded the ADOBE VOICE presentation into Google Drive. From there, the ADOBE VOICE video was anchored to an image within the AURASMA app to create an interactive poster. The students created five-question quizzes on their composer, which were typed in GOOGLE FORMS and added to the poster by a QR code. The student projects were hung in the hallway for staff, students, and visitors to experience through the AURASMA app and QR code reader.
The second project was a musical composition. Students created a twelve measure original song and played that song on an instrument of their choice. The songs were recorded on an iPad app called VOICE RECORD PRO and uploaded to SOUNDCLOUD. A QR code was generated from the SoundCloud share link and was added to the bottom of the student’s composition. Staff, students, and visitors could listen to the song by scanning the QR code with a QR code reader. In addition, students wrote a summary of the inspiration behind their composition, which hung next to the composition, and under their interactive composer poster.
Family was invited to experience the interactive music gallery over lunch, and it was well attended and enjoyed.