How Music Powers STEAM Education and the Brain #musicpower @gmmusicmama @yogome @vh1savethemusic
Panelists Alesha Bishop Yogome Head of Innovation @yogome Chiho Okuizumi Feindler VH1 Save The Music Foundation Grantee & Compliance Director @vh1savethemusic Alex Khalil University of California, San Diego Project Scientist Gabriella Musacchia University of the Pacific / Stanford Medical School Professor & Research Scholar @gmmusicmama
Alesha Bishop Head of Innovation at edtech company, Yogome Maker/Project Based Learning Supporter Contributing writer at Getting Smart edtech blog #musicpower @yogome
Chiho Okuizumi Feindler Grantee & Compliance Director Not-for-profit organization Work to restore and sustain instrumental music programs in our nation s public schools #musicpower @vh1savethemusic Grants of new musical instruments
Statistics Nationwide 1,968 Schools $51 Million Worth of New Musical Instruments 233 School Districts 2,600,000+ Students #musicpower @vh1savethemusic
Alex Khalil University of California, San Diego Project Scientist Research Scientist, Institute for Neural Computation, University of California, San Diego: studies: music cognition, rhythm and perception of time. Founder of "the Gamelan Project Ethnomusicologist: studies, transmission and pedagogy. Teacher: music, musicology, Listening to Waves (www.listeningtowaves.com) #musicpower @gmmusicmama @yogome @vh1savethemusic
Gabriella Musacchia, P.h.D. Assistant Professor and Research Scholar Teach Hearing Science at University of the Pacific Research in auditory development towards language acquisition (UoP) Behavior and brain responses to tones and speech sounds from infancy to early toddlerhood Research in music cognition (UoP) Neuroplasticity before, during and after music training Research to cure hearing loss and rehabilitate hearing pathology (Stanford University) Developed music program for infants and toddlers BabyRhythms LLC Professional musician trumpet, saxophone, clarinet, bongos, tanpura #musicpower @gmmusicmama
How does music power the BRAIN? #musicpower @gmmusicmama @aleshabishop @vh1savethemusic
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How does music benefit STEM education? #musicpower @gmmusicmama @aleshabishop @vh1savethemusic
L.A.W.S. of Music-Making benefit in general education Language: auditory tuning promotes receptive language skill, reading, hearing, listening in noise Attention: more efficient memory function, complex cognitive skills in prefrontal cortex benefits attention, comprehension, impulse control Writing: enhanced touch discrimination and motor control may offset screen-related deficits seen as early as pre-school Sensory-integration: stronger brain network coherence increases proper sensory integration #musicpower @gmmusicmama
Demonstration/ Hands-on: Music Tech for Education #musicpower @yogome
Free Online Music Tools Scratch MakeyMakey #musicpower @yogome
Free Music Apps DJ Yogome Sounddrop #musicpower @yogome
Music Hardware MakeyMakey LittleBits Synth #musicpower @yogome
Music Advocacy: How can we advocate for music? #musicpower @gmmusicmama @yogome @vh1savethemusic
New Elementary and Secondary Education Act/ Every Student Succeeds Act December 10, 2015, the US Congress authorized a new version of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The new version, entitled Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) replaced No Child Left Behind as the main federal education law at the start of the 2016-2017 school year. (52) WELL-ROUNDED EDUCATION. The term well-rounded education means courses, activities, and programming in subjects such as English, reading or language arts, writing, science, technology, engineering, mathematics, foreign languages, civics and government, economics, arts, history, geography, computer science, MUSIC, career and technical education, health, physical education, and any other subject, as determined by the State or local educational agency, with the purpose of providing all students access to an enriched curriculum and educational experience.. #musicpower @gmmusicmama @yogome @vh1savethemusic
Q+A Alesha Bishop Chiho Okuizumi Feindler Alex Khalil alesha@yogome.com @yogome / @aleshabishop Chiho.Feindler@vh1savethemusic.com @vh1savethemusic Akhalil@ucsd.edu Gabriella Musacchia gmusacchia@pacific.edu @gmmusicmama More information: www.vh1savethemusic.org/steam-toolkit #musicpower