The ichoir Are you ready for it?
Anachromism 1. The representation of someone as existing or something as happening in other than chronological, proper, or historical order. 2. One that is out of its proper or chronological order, especially a person or practice that belongs to an earlier time.
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Technology alone is not enough. [It is] technology married with liberal arts, married with the humanities, that yields us the result that makes our hearts sing. --Steve Jobs, ipad 2 Introduction, March 2, 2011
Paradigm Shift Occurred in 2010 with the ipad There were previous tablets (Windows) The ipad began development before the iphone Nobody knew the impact the ipad would have New tablets on the way from competitors
Paradigm Shift
Paradigm Shift
The Future is Now All textbooks to be digital by 2017 (2015 in Florida). Big question: which device? STEM initiatives are the trend, using valuable elective choice. What happens when you send a message that music is not a technology course? Every 1:1 notebook initiative sends a message that technology is only for the "core." Tablet/iPad initiatives send a message that technology is for all subjects. Meet "digital natives" at the intersection of technology and the arts. Empower students to do more with technology and to be more accountable than they ever imagined in music, exceeding National and State standards
Which Tablet?
Why the ipad?
Ease of Use
Form Factor
Prototype ipad c. 2002 vs. ipad 2
App Store
Sales (>75 Million) More ipads were sold in Q4 2011 than any single brand of PC.
Wireless Mirroring Streams Audio & Video
Which Apps?
Apps DO make a difference in music Affordable Useable in 1:1 and 1:Choir environments
How Much?
ipads in Choral Music Seventeen ways to integrate an ipad in choral music And the apps that make it possible
#1 Music Reader Using the ipad as a music reader does require practice I'm convinced every time I end up using a voice book (particularly new) or have a score with tricky repeats, D.S., D.C., or Coda Markings Schools are going to have these devices; will your classroom be the one classroom students cannot use them?
Music Reader PDF Music Readers Notation Specific forscore unrealbook Finale Songbook Avid Scorch Deep Dish Designs GigBook The Gig Easy MuseScore Reader
Music Reader Substitute for Choral Octavos -- fast (and remote) page turns Annotation, Playlists, & Hotspots Potential for Ease of Distribution Score Prep Added features Pitch Pipe Piano Metronome And more...
Director's PDF Edited in forscore
36 Pieces of Music 3.46 lbs. How organized can this be?
How to Get Sheet Music Choral Domain Public Library (CPDL.ORG), International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP.ORG), or italianmadrigal.com Google Search Scan your library (Come to tonight's session) Purchase digital copies (e.g. Graphite Publishing, Steven Paulus)
Digital Music Soapbox Paper music is frail, ultimately consumable, and permanent Publishers should make it easy and cheap to legally convert your existing music to digital formats including PDF and MusicXML We don't want every publisher to have their own format, and DRM causes hassles when it comes to future proofing Publishers could retail printing staff & shipping staff to scanning/editing duties; local music companies could switch to compliance agents. Digital copies should cost significantly less than printed copies
#2 Sight Reading forscore (or any music reader) Keynote And we keep hoping/wishing/waiting for SmartMusic for the ipad.
#3 Twitter, Blogging, Social Media HootSuite (Can post to Twitter, Facebook, and Google+) Blogsy
#4 ipad as a Interactive Whiteboard (SMART, Promethean) SMART Notebook for ipad (Coming Soon) (Or any notation app)
#5 Discover New Music Choral Library (CPDL) Newsstand Choral Director Magazine
#6 Composition/ Dictation/Notation Handwritten Computer Generated Noteshelf Symphony Pro Notion
Composition/Dictation/ Notation Imagine the power of a situation where you can distribute a notation file to students, so they can practice on their own Imagine the power of a situation where students convert sheet music to notation files
#7 Announcements Keynote
#8 Assessment And we keep hoping/wishing/waiting for SmartMusic for the ipad.
Assessment with SmartMusic (in a nutshell) You have to make your own resources Sight Reading or Choral Literature With Choral Literature, choose a small section to put into Finale, perhaps the most challenging part of a song
#9 Creating Videos imovie Avid Studio
#10 Flipped Classrooms or Instructional Videos ShowMe Explain Everything
#11 Library Management Numbers Bento 4
#12 Robe/Apparel Management Numbers
#13 Access to Files Dropbox Evernote Dropbox Referral Address: http://db.tt/78eqmug
#14 Classroom Management Safari Teacher Pal
#15 Audio Music TwistedWave Hokusai Audio Editor GarageBand
#16 Document Camera Camera (in video mode: ipad 2 and later)
#17 Fundraising Square Card Reader
Tablet Accessories Bluetooth Keyboards Stylus Camera Connection Kit Bluetooth Foot Pedals Microfiber Cloth Apple TV/VGA Adapter/HDMI Adapter
Christopher J. Russell techinmusiced.com Practical Technology for Music Education (in the ibookstore)