We welcome all educators to join #AppleEDUchat every Tuesday. Our ADEs host chats from both Europe and the Americas with an incredible lineup of topics to spark conversation. Share your ideas & stories and connect with this global community. Join at 6pm PST or 9pm EST.
Introduction: I'm Bianca Woodard- AP Human Geography Teacher @MidlandValleyHS in SC. I'm your hostess for the evening!! I'm excited to hear all of the ideas!
#ADE Class of 2017 #bestclassever
My favorite genres of music are gospel, vocal jazz, and jazz.
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Davey (5th grade) tuning in from Shanghai. All set to lurk as my math class is about to start but still pumped. Looking forward to the sharing.#AppleEDUChat
Nancy from Ottawa 🇨🇦 I’m an assistive tech special education teacher. I’m SO excited about the power of GarageBand in special education. #EveryoneCanCreate#a11y#AppleEDUchat
I like to start each day by playing a bit of classical music in the background while I am doing attendance and the S’s are working on do nows. Gives them an experience that many don’t get at home. #EveryoneCanCreate#AppleEDUchat
Davey (5th grade) tuning in from Shanghai. All set to lurk as my math class is about to start but still pumped. Looking forward to the sharing. #AppleEDUChat
A1 I like to start each day by playing a bit of classical music in the background while I am doing attendance and the S’s are working on do nows. Gives them an experience that many don’t get at home. #EveryoneCanCreate#AppleEDUchat
A1: I think music can add to so much in the classroom. Even having music playing when students enter or are working can get them in a place where they are ready to learn & motivated. #AppleEDUchat
Q2: How has access to technology changed the way that we access and/or teach music in our classrooms? Please share or post an example. #AppleEDUchat#EveryoneCanCreate@AppleEDU
A1: music is the most beautiful oppprtunity to teach other areas of need- single digit isolation, cause& effect, joint attention. Endless possibilities #AppleEDUchat
Technology has allowed students to create or use music in any subject and in any classroom outside of just “music class”. Right now I’m having students create their own “theme song” when they attend my classes! #AppleEDUchat
A1: Garage Band is amazing! Never has music creation been simpler and student friendly. Utilizing Music measures for fractions, creating lyrics for any subject, infusing music to enhance theme. Reviewing lyrics for historical content. #AppleEDUchat
A1: music in the background is great at setting a mood. If I want to calm the students, I play some jazz, if I want there blood and creative juices flowing, I’ll play something more upbeat. Different music has different effects. #AppleEduChat
A2 stream Apple Music everyday from my MacBook Air or iPad to the appleTV to play our class soundtrack. The S’s like to listen to music through YouTube. I find it a very interesting choice.
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Music is much more accessible today then years ago. Students can access from personal devices, or on line radio stations, or subscription services. #AppleEDUchat
Hi Brian! Yes mood setting and enhancement to helping Ss express what they feel what they know what they can’t always write first round #AppleEDUchat#EveryoneCanCreate
A2) Every teacher can support skills learned in music class. A great deal of reflection & work goes into projects they create for a specific mood/message. #AppleEDUchat
A1: GarageBand for example, with LiveLoops allows for errorless learning and is a joyful way to learn single digit isolation - touching the square with one finger - important skill; beautiful creations and skill acquisition ☺️ #AppleEDUChat
A1: Garage Band is amazing! Never has music creation been simpler and student friendly. Utilizing Music measures for fractions, creating lyrics for any subject, infusing music to enhance theme. Reviewing lyrics for historical content. #AppleEDUchat
A2: prior to technology the only way to to use music was to play a musical instrument. Now you can play any instrument on an iPad: it makes music user friendly and fun. #AppleEduChat
A2: Assess to technology has changed the way we teach music because never has the ability to access music been so accessible. In addition, one does not need thousands of dollars of equipment to make music. With garage band students have a professional sound studio #AppleEDUchat
A1: I use music to listen to, have student create to go along with writing, and to get them motivated and moving. I also use music to teach vocabulary #AppleEDUchat@Flocabulary
The fact that we can turn on youtube and find kids from another town, state, country singing or performing--being able to bring cultural events from other places is so incredible! @EmpaticoOrg is another way to celebrate those differences! #AppleEDUchat
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@sstudieschic, @AppleEDU, @EmpaticoOrg
A2a) One young adult creating a video project asked a peer to score the music. They have been collaborating & making many changes. Can’t wait see the finished project. #AppleEDUchat
Access to technology has changed the way we approach music. Never has so many music influences been available to students. In addition one does not need thousand of dollars of sound equipment when they have garage band and iPad #AppleEDUchat
A1: Music can help with retention. I love @Flocabulary and the research on hip hop. It’s amazing. They have a lyric lab feature for kids to make their own rhymes. Add GarageBand and let the kids make their own beats too. #EDUgold#appleeduchat
Q2: How has access to technology changed the way that we access and/or teach music in our classrooms? Please share or post an example. #AppleEDUchat#EveryoneCanCreate@AppleEDU
Q3: What's your favorite tool or app for students (teachers too) to create original music for videos, projects, performance, and more?
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A3: prior to garage band, I used to use a program called soundtrack that came with final cut pro. I had a student who used that soundtrack and that was his introduction a Music and he is now a producer at Sony music. At least I think it was called soundtrack. #AppleEduChat
Using GarageBand right now with junior English classes. We aren’t making music but podcasts. Kids are adding background music and sound effects. It’s so cool. @cschillig@jesspike24#appleeduchat
Podcasting is really helping students for speaking and presenting. Some schools have brought back radio stations because of the value the speaking has. #AppleEDUchat
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@theipodteacher, @cschillig, @jesspike24
#AppleEDUchat Download MusicNotes especially aspiring musicians... If you need to know the chords that the musicians are playing.. Turn the app on and hold your phone up. It gives you what you need right then. It's amazing.. It could be ground breaking for budding musicians.
Q4: How have you used music apps, programs or simply music in general to teach concepts or enhance your content in your classroom? #AppleEDUchat#EveryoneCanCreate@AppleEDU
A4: @Flocabulary has a video for almost anything. If it doesn’t, I encourage kids to use GarageBand and lyric lab to create their own. See, same answer for everything. Lol #appleeduchat
A1: I love to play music while students are working or when doing PD. It can really help to calm or get energy moving. It can also be a great hook to spark curiosity or become part of a room transformation. #AppleEDUChat
A2: music is so much more easily accessible now. Any song nearly at your fingertips. So many apps available to create, but to also assist in learning instruments. So important to still have conversations on what we can and can’t use in projects. #AppleEDUChat
Q2: How has access to technology changed the way that we access and/or teach music in our classrooms? Please share or post an example. #AppleEDUchat#EveryoneCanCreate@AppleEDU
We definitely do it with our #This5thGradeLife podcast series. My students tell their important family stories using GarageBand. They conduct interviews, narrate, compose music. It’s the highlight of our year! #AppleEDUChat
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@theipodteacher, @cschillig, @thebighop, @jesspike24, @StirpeCon, @kellycroy, @mrkalb, @BeckyEPeters, @WiredEducator, @VrainWaves
A3: my main app to go to is GarageBand of course. The students love mixing tracks or having a “jam” session. How do you encourage adults to be open minded to the potential of GarageBand? It’s often overlooked because of not being familiar. #AppleEDUChat
Q3: What's your favorite tool or app for students (teachers too) to create original music for videos, projects, performance, and more?
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Q4: I use @Flocabulary for vocabulary, hip hop and popular musician to teach poetry, teaching personal favorite songs to teach social skills/mindfulness #AppleEDUchat
A4: Music is an excellent tool to reinforce the concept of tone. One of the hardest concepts to grasp, music an the creation help to reinforce tone in literature, life, and creation. #AppleEDUchat
A4: There is a great app for your MacBook Pro called Virtual DJ that allows you to mix and scratch!!! Download it and try it tonight. You'll be thinking you are DJ Khaalid.. #ijs#AppleEDUchat
A2: with iOS , switch and accessibility access to technology, to music, art is so powerful... I’ll never forget this gentleman in the audience at Cloding the Gap during @mcopp@eyeonaxs and my presentation on accessible STEAM #AppleEDUchat
A4: I’ve had students make their own songs to remember important facts. I used to use GarageBand for a collaborative project on sequencing events. Music can really help a challenging topic come to life. #AppleEDUChat
Q4: How have you used music apps, programs or simply music in general to teach concepts or enhance your content in your classroom? #AppleEDUchat#EveryoneCanCreate@AppleEDU
A5: sometimes songs help make connections to concepts.. Call and response songs from African American history spark the conversations that we have in history class. Student can even record their own obscure ones in a Voice note and transfer them to GarageBand #AppleEDUchat
A5: have music playing when kids enter the room. @Flocabulary has great music. After kids enter have them reflect on what they’ve heard. Then, drop the learning on them. Have them create original content in GarageBand to demonstrate learning! #appleeduchat Did it again! Lol
A5: to this day, I still remember songs I made in school to remember content. One of our teachers from #osd135 tweeted today that she had her students dance to remember content. A great choice for students to create when having them demonstrate what they learned. #AppleEDUChat
A5: Songs can be taught as poems to reinforce or teach literary terminology. Songs can also be parallel texts to novels and works of fiction. #AppleEduChat#EveryoneCanCreate
In my #JonSmithClass I’m always playing music.
Music to enter.
Music to leave.
Music to relax.
Music to make you breathe.
Music is amazing.
Music sets the mood.
Music is amazing at creating classroom mood. #appleeduchat@Flocabulary GarageBand
A5: Songs can be taught as poems to reinforce or teach literary terminology. Songs can also be parallel texts to novels and works of non-fiction. #AppleEduChat#EveryoneCanCreate
A5: Kids can use garage band to create music that highlights and demonstrates an understanding of the concept, an emotional reaction, culmination, a reflection, and so much more. #AppleEDUchat
A6: My next unit is on Culture so I plan to have the students (who love to sing) create their own Folk Songs based on their cultural experience. I can't wait to share. It's going to be soooo MUCH FUn! #AppleEDUchat
Messed up my rhyme. Here’s the revised version!
Music to enter.
Music to leave.
Music to relax.
Music to make you breathe.
Music is amazing.
Music sets the mood.
Music is amazing and without it your class ain’t no good. #appleeduchat@Flocabulary GarageBand
A6: I would love to see more students and teachers using GarageBand. It not just allows students to be the lead producer for their own projects, but it is such a great way to express their creativity and give students a voice who may not like to be on camera. #AppleEDUChat
Most definitely. I think it is intimidating at times but once you get in and play around, it's a breeze. Those #EveryoneCanCreate guides should help with that #AppleEduChat
Thank you all so much and I hope you pump up the music and create with some of the ideas that were shared tonight! #AppleEDUchat
Happy #NationaliPodDay to all!!! It changed the music game and we're changing education one creative idea at a time.
A6: Music can also be used to set a tone and create community for professional learning time w Ts as they enter, while they work... I’m going to try to incorporate that... #remembertheADE2018playlist? #AppleEduChat#EveryoneCanCreate
