Interactivity #3

-How might this technology inventory serve your purposes (if at all) in CURR 314 and READ 411 this semester?

Because I haven't been able to take my Music Technology class yet, doing the research for this assignment really helped me learn about the tons and tons of new music technologies to help with composition, arranging, editing, performing, recording, listening, conducting, and so much more.  One of my favorite discoveries was SmartMusic, which is a computer program that offers a student version where you can practice with background accompaniment, and a teacher version where you can have students record themselves playing and send the file to you for evaluation, rather than having to schedule playing times.  This particular program made me think about how it connects to CURR 314.  That class is all about the different ways to assess your students and SmartMusic is an interesting, new, and easy way to assess.  Another way that you could possibly connect these technologies to the other classes would be that, although we are not teaching students how to read English, we are teaching them to read a different language: music.  The strategies that we are learning in READ 411 about how to teach struggling readers can also apply to musicians who are struggling with aspects of reading music.  Also, the characteristic list of dependent readers can be used to identify students that are just "faking" their way through a piece of music in an ensemble.