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iPads,Teens , and a College Music Methods Class : What’s the App for That ?. Gena R. Greher Savannah Marshall UMass Lowell 53 rd NAfME Eastern Biennial Conference April 4-6 2013 Hartford, CT. iPad Exploration. Can you play Row Row Row , Hot Cross Buns, Or Twinkle on this app?.
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iPads,Teens,and a College Music MethodsClass: What’s theAppforThat? Gena R. Greher Savannah Marshall UMass Lowell 53rdNAfME Eastern Biennial Conference April 4-6 2013 Hartford, CT
iPad Exploration Can you play Row RowRow, Hot Cross Buns, Or Twinkle on this app?
Soundscape:ABit of Background • Learn more about music • Play with and explore sound and various musical instruments • Learn how to produce music using technology • Enhance creativity and self-reflection • Interact and work with other adolescents and young adults on the autism spectrum
Gena’s iPad “A-HA” Moment • Sixth Grade class • Activity without iPad vs. same activity with iPad • Democratic User-Friendly interface • Winning over Holly - Reflections from a skeptical Music Ed major
Winning Over Savannah: And All the SoundScape Students • iPads • Challenges • Benefits • Computers • Challenges • Benefits • AND THE WINNER IS... • Compared to working on similar projects with traditional computers, the iPad interface proved to be more user friendly. • Fewer control issues than sharing on a computer • More open to collaborative participation
Musical Beginnings • Introductory Listening Activity as catalyst for creative music making activities • Musical Sharing as Icebreaker • Paired students in Intro to Technology in Music Ed Class with students from the SoundScapeProject • “Overall I learned a lot about everyone though his or her specific music choices.”Music TA ‘08
SoundScape Project for Teens with ASD • Tech students explored iPad Apps • Came up with a list of Apps they felt would interest the students • SoundScape students explored iPad Apps • Developed projects for 6 of the 8 weeks of the project • iPad Jam – Free improvisation • iPad Jam – Guided musical improvisation • Create soundtrack to story – Where the Wild Things Are
School University Partnership -iPads in the Music Classroom • Background • Year 1 - Music Ed Student resistance • Not perceived as a“real musical Instrument” • Year 2- Learning From Experience • Method students explored iPad Apps • Class wide iBand Jams
Two Middle School General Music Classrooms – Learning with iPads Semester 1 – 8th grade Semester 2 – 5th grade
A Comparison of the Two Groups • While the two populations being investigated were varied, they shared similar experiences and had similar outcomes as a result of interacting musically with iPadsincluding... • Innovative problem solving strategies • Increased musical awareness, appreciation, and enjoyment • Better understanding of a technology which is present in daily life • Music making becomes more approachable
iPad Scavenger Hunt Handout • http://ggreher.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/ipadscavengerhunt.pdf • Presentation Handout • http://ggreher.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/ipadpresentation_grehermarshall.ppsx THANK YOU! Gena_Greher@uml.edu Savanah_Marshall@student.uml.edu