Teaching with Technology

For class session 04.14.2010

This editorial speaks for the thousands of music technology lovers, educators and students out there that are seeking a format from which they can be inspired to create and publish their work. Even though many music educators attend conferences all over the world, it seems that there is very little communication between the various genres of working areas among these musicians. Their work capacities involve music pedagogy, audio engineering, arts education, computer science and other areas. According to Andrew King (2009), music educators and researchers using technology tend to have to work across discipline to draw inspiration and to publish their work: therein lies the domain’s greatest strength and also its biggest weakness.

Next, the editorial goes on to discuss the investigation of age, task and formal instruction using a case study in the area of computer-based composition. As I read this section, I thought what a wonder approach to the practical side of learning music. Students can surely build on current knowledge as they experience learning new software environments. This study revealed that age and formal musical instruction were important factors in how the learners used exploratory composing behavior. As stated by the author, age was also a consideration for how quickly the students gained an aptitude for using the software; however, this was not dependent upon any formal musical tuition the students may have encountered.

Finally, there are a number of new articles featuring music technology in podcasting, studio engineering, gaming and soud reinforcement. Presently, this journal serves as a platform for music educators to submit articles concerning topics of their interests. Each of the documents herewith provides perculiar insights into the relationship between the aesthetics, analysis, organiztionand reception of new music creation using technology. Many perspectives from academic experts in the digital domain are eagerly awaiting the opportunity to demonstrate the effective relationship between teacher and student using new media and music technologies.

http://web.ebscohost.com.mutex.gmu.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?vid=3&hid=15&sid=9578973f-a469-4e85-865c-9254c2f48e25%40sessionmgr13