For New Zealand High School teachers here are the details of some Professional Development workshops I’m running. Please register your interest by emailing sales@learningideas.co.nz
Tuesday 12 April – Incorporating Music Technology into your Music Department
Cost: free (this day is funded by the Heads of Independent Secondary Schools Trust so is only available to teachers from Independent Schools)
Time: 10-4pm
Venue: St Andrew’s College, Christchurch
Topics covered:
Course structure for Achievement and Unit Standards
Project Based Learning
Equipment and skills required to teaching Performing Arts Technology and Music Technology Unit Standards
Collaborative Composition using technology
Open forum time for teachers to discuss challenges and successes of teaching in an Independent School environment
Apple Distinguished Educator Programme
Wednesday 13 April – A beginners guide day for teachers new to teaching Music Technology.
Cost: $150.00 + GST
Time: 10-3pm
Venue: St Andrew’s College, Christchurch
Topics covered:
Overview of gear required for teaching music technology – basic studio setup
Overview of 27656 (MUSTEC 1)
Assessment tips and techniques for 26687 (SOND 1)
Producing Notation from Audio & MIDI including a demo of the new features of Melodyne 4 (if time)
Please bring your laptop and a MIDI keyboard (although I have plenty if you to use if it’s inconvenient for you to bring your own).
To prepare for this day please download and install the free software Pro Tools First from: http://apps.avid.com/ProToolsFirst/
Please note, this may take some time so please aim to install it a few days in advance of the workshop, not the night before ;-). Please also watch the getting started videos further down on that page (this will take no more than an hour). You also need to download the free Xpand 2 plugin/software instrument through the Avid Marketplace (from within Pro Tools First) but we are able to do this at the workshop.
Thursday 14 April – An advanced day focusing on best practice for teaching and assessment of level 3 Performing Arts Technology Unit Standards.
Cost: $195.00 + GST
Time: 10-3pm (with time for questions and discussion until 5pm).
Venue: St Andrew’s College, Christchurch
Topics covered:
Assessment tips and techniques for 27703 (SOND 2)
Assessment tips and techniques for 28007 (SOND 3) – as part of this we will record and mix a live student band and walking through the assessment process.
Assessment tips and techniques for 27658 (MUSTEC 3)
Assessment tips and techniques for 23730 (new v4 for 2016)
Course Design for year 13 – Project Based Learning (if time)
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