Music Presentations - Friday 17 October, 2008
Here are some Powerpoint slides from today's Yellow Paper Music presentations. We have seen many of these presentations and the standard of today's presentations was extremely good with all groups fully engaging with the idea of providing a creative response to the Yellow Paper stimulus.
Presentation 1
Presentation 2
Presentation 3
There were four other presentations so if you would like your group's presentation to appear here, please e-mail it to me.
Friday, 17 October 2008
Wednesday, 27 August 2008
Thursday, 12 June 2008
Friday, 30 May 2008
MIND Research Institute
This originally started life as a music related website but has evolved to become mainly maths related problem solving.
MIND Research Institute
Demo of some of the games.
Wednesday, 2 April 2008
John @ Sandaig Primary - mostly what we are doing with ict in class and some links
http://www.sandaigprimary.co.uk/pivot/johnjohnston.php
This is the source of information about the Sandaig Project.
Sandaig Primary Wiki | Primary6Project / Primary6Project
Sandaig Primary Wiki Primary6Project / Primary6Project
This is an example of a Primary teacher managing and writing a blog about learning experiences for children. This project for primary 6 pupils aimed to develop self esteem and emotional intelligence. The class used Garage Band to create music.
Monday, 17 March 2008
Music Option 1 and 2
Many students in year 2 have been enquiring about the Music Option 1 Year 3 class. Here is some information which should be of some use.
Music Option 1 and 2
Students in Year 3 of the B Ed course have the option to take a class which offers the opportunity to explore music and learning in a variety of contexts. The class builds on the work covered in years 1 and 2, giving students the opportunity to play and sing in a range of different styles and genres. While prior musical experience is useful, it is not essential. Many students take the class because they feel that they would like to develop more awareness of approaches to learning in music and help and support will be provided for those students who may not have had much formal musical tuition in the past. As time is fairly limited, no specific musical skills tuition is given although opportunities to learn to play new instruments and to learn from more experienced peers are encouraged.
Outline
A wide variety of music resources are studied with the emphasis on thematic materials, involving the students in group work. Students will also have regular opportunities to participate in music making themselves through playing and singing published as well as original materials devised by students as part of the class. The emphasis is on the experience of sharing in an ensemble and the principles of arranging materials for group music making.
Over the course of the term, and in preparation for Music 2, students will: examine and explore a wide range of resources including web based materials and published sources, devise and implement a programme of music making with their peers, explore the range of possible music making activities within the ‘Music Express’, ‘Voiceworks’, ‘5-14 On-line’, Singbook’ and other materials, while examining the possibilities for working in the area of Additional Support Needs.
The final part of the module (Music 2) will require students to work individually and in groups to prepare and produce arrangements and other materials. These will be used in the assignment, which is a submission of a short package of materials for use in the classroom. This is achieved through a blend of tutorials, practical activities and guided study.
Assessment
Assessment in Year Three is by successful completion of course work tasks in the form of a short presentation and by the assessment of a completed diary.
At the end of the term students will give a short presentation to the rest of the class which gives a summary of what has been learned, describes the proposed teaching materials package and which fully describes potential links with other curricular areas. The presentation should be no longer than 10 minutes and may be followed by questions and discussion.
Year 4
A school related assignment, including a written report and examples on tape, CD or other media equivalent to 3,000 words.
Bibliography
Hanke, M. (2002) Music Express Year 4, London: A & C Black.
Hanke, M. (2002) Music Express Year 5, London: A & C Black.
Hanke, M. (2002) Music Express Year 6, London: A & C Black.
Stannard, K. (2003) Junior Voiceworks, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Hunt, P. (2001)Voiceworks, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/5to14/development/teachers/musiconline/musiconline/index.html
Youth Music (2005) Singbook. London: Youth Music and Faber Music.
Monday, 10 March 2008
Music Independent Study Modules
The following Blogs are now ready for you to access.
I have collected some of my own writing and modified some Powerpoint presentations to create materials that you can use to explore one or more of the issues and themes of each Music Independent Study Module (MISM).
If you would like to complete a task associated with each MISM, then follow the suggestions given. Alternatively, you might simply like to read the material and follow the links. Following links on the internet can lead you to many interesting sites and I would like to receive feedback on any good, or not so good sites that you might find.
Music Independent Study Module 1 Music and Learning
Music Independent Study Module 2 Music and a Curriculum for Excellence
Music Independent Study Module 3 Music and Topics
Music Independent Study Module 4 Music and Wellbeing
Musicals and books available in the library
The Magic Hummingbird Book, CD
All Kinds of Animals Book, CD and notes
All Kinds of People Book, CD and notes
Omutwaga Booklets and Cassette
The Tempest Booklets, CD and notes
Midsummer Night’s Dream Book, CD and notes
Macbeth Book, CD and notes
Themes from History
Themes from Geography
Junior Voiceworks
Music Express Foundation Stage
Music Express Year 1
Music Express Year 2
Music Express Year 3
Music Express Year 4
Music Express Year 5
Music Express Year 6
The library also has full text access to several journals that may be of interest so. Follow this link to access journals in music education,
For example, an article ‘Thinking Music Matters’ written by me with some colleagues here at Strathclyde is available online. Users simply need an Athens account to access this and other articles in the field of Music Education. More general articles from journals such as The Curriculum Journal are also available. If you are interested in teachers’ views of the expressive arts in Scottish schools, you might like to read our latest article which draws upon research carried out in 2005.
Dread and passion: primary and secondary teachers' views on teaching the arts
Authors: Graeme B. Wilson a; Raymond A. R. MacDonald b; Charles Byrne c; Sandra Ewing c; Marion Sheridan c
Curriculum Journal, Volume 19, Issue 1 March 2008 , pages 37 - 53
a Newcastle University, UK
b Glasgow Caledonian University, UK
c University of Strathclyde, UK
Sunday, 24 February 2008
Learn the secrets that motivate students to read from the Educational CyberPlayGround.
Learn the secrets that motivate students to read from the Educational CyberPlayGround.
This is an interesting website that was sent to me by a PGDE(Primary) student. There are some useful references to articles that readers might be interested in following up.
I have put together a paper on Music and Learning in early years, some of which I referred to after introducing students to 'One Finger, One Thumb' during Music sessions. I'll be posting this here soon.
Wednesday, 20 February 2008
Delivering the Arts
Read the full report of the research project Delivering the Arts in Scottish Schools which was conducted in collaboration with colleagues at Glasgow Caledonian University, the University of Newcastle and from the Department of Creative and Aesthetic Studies here at the University of Strathclyde.
Wednesday, 13 February 2008
Mysterious Ticking Noise
This is an excellent video from Youtube and is a wonderful example of the use of words to create interesting rhythms.
Thursday, 24 January 2008
Powerpoint files
Here a couple of files that I use during Music workshops.
Music in the Classroom
Beat and Rhythm
Naxos Music Library
Students can access this library online but may not make any recording of any of the material.
See Charlie Byrne, Senior Lecturer, Department of Creative and Aesthetic Studies for information about how to access the web site. Alternatively, e-mail Charlie for the username and password.
This facility is only available to students studying at the University of Strathclyde so please use your strath.ac.uk account when e-mailing.
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