Hi there,
I’m a teacher of high school music in New Zealand who really loves music technology and the opportunities it is opening up for students.
I’m constantly experimenting with new technologies and teaching methods. Some of these I get to share on teacher professional development sessions I run. Feedback I get from teachers is that they find the information and teaching and assessment concepts really great, just a little overwhelming.
So this blog will be the way I share the new things I’m doing, the new technologies I come across that can assist teaching and hopefully provide a forum for other teachers to share their ideas.
A recent blog that was published about me and all the ways I used technology in the composition and production of an original school music (“Suspect”) can be found here:
(btw, if you want to hear the music of “Suspect” you can purchase it on iTunes).
Over the next few weeks (well, once Christmas is out of the way…) I’ll be documenting my journey in creating a project based learning course for my year 13 students that I’ll be running in 2015.
In the standards based assessment system that we use in New Zealand (NCEA) I find my students are at times more concerned with ticking the boxes of assessment requirements rather than being concerned about the information and skills they are learning. Running a music course in which students choose their focus and work on major projects through the year is my attempt to get students passionate about learning, developing their craft and producing great art!
If you’re a music teacher make sure you check out my website http://www.learningideas.co.nz where you can purchase Ear Training and Music Technology resources. These are specifically written for the New Zealand curriculum and assessment system but teachers in other countries do find them very useful.
Duncan 🙂
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