Now I'm thinking about how to frame and scaffold m¥ project designed for students to compose a piece of music based on a culture they will study.
1. Prior knowledge
2. Gather info
3. Synthesize info
4. plot out the composition.
5. perform and share
6. reflect
Thursday, July 8, 2010
MUSIC MOVES US
I'm really trying to focus in on my MUSIC MOVES US project.
1. student groups will compile prior knowledge on movement in music in cultural contexts. Students will choose three types of movement to think about (i.e. dance, marching, synchronized swimming...).
2. Students will use choose one of the brainstormed movements.
Students will use videos to collect information about the musical and cultural aspects of the movement.
3. Students will use webs to synthesize the information gathered from the three videos.
4. Students will choose a piece of music representative of the cultural they've been studying.
They will then choreograph a movement that is representative of the culture in which it was found. If they wanted to convince someone in the culture that they were part of the choice culture what should their movement look like?
Students will share what they have learned with the audience.
5. Reflection
Students will reflect on what they have learned about the connections between music and culture. Students will reflect on what they would do differently next time.
1. student groups will compile prior knowledge on movement in music in cultural contexts. Students will choose three types of movement to think about (i.e. dance, marching, synchronized swimming...).
2. Students will use choose one of the brainstormed movements.
Students will use videos to collect information about the musical and cultural aspects of the movement.
3. Students will use webs to synthesize the information gathered from the three videos.
4. Students will choose a piece of music representative of the cultural they've been studying.
They will then choreograph a movement that is representative of the culture in which it was found. If they wanted to convince someone in the culture that they were part of the choice culture what should their movement look like?
Students will share what they have learned with the audience.
5. Reflection
Students will reflect on what they have learned about the connections between music and culture. Students will reflect on what they would do differently next time.
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
LEARNING GOALS for my culture connections projects
Students will learn how their topic fits into a culture.
Students will learn about the connection between their topic and the people groups associated with that topic.
Students will learn to participate in their topic in expert roles such as: researcher, performer, creator, composer, choreographer, etc.
Students will learn how to present their projects.
Students will learn how assess their progress.
Students will learn how to reflect back on their finished projects.
.....trying to think of end goals that will help me to shape the lessons and to maintain a flow and common links from one part of the project to the next.
Students will learn about the connection between their topic and the people groups associated with that topic.
Students will learn to participate in their topic in expert roles such as: researcher, performer, creator, composer, choreographer, etc.
Students will learn how to present their projects.
Students will learn how assess their progress.
Students will learn how to reflect back on their finished projects.
.....trying to think of end goals that will help me to shape the lessons and to maintain a flow and common links from one part of the project to the next.
MUSIC: THE CULTURE CONNECTION
This is a project that Darryl K. and I have been working on for two days. We want to take students in a high school band setting and give them opportunities to explore the big idea:
How is music connected to culture?
This big, driving question includes the questions:
Working definition of folk music: music that is an expression of the people in a community.
We will approach folk music as the music of a community of a people so that the students don't automatically assume that this will be a project on American-Appalachian music.
The projects I am proposing are: Music Moves Us, Folk Tuning- In, The Musical Spy,
These projects will be part of a school culture fair. Students will share (perform) their projects as well as talk about their investigations and how they came up with the final product.
Students will also use their band journals to keep track of their progress. Whether these journals are paper or electronic would depend on the school's resources.
1. Music Moves Us - Do you have trouble sitting still when you hear music? So do people around the world! Students will choose a type of musical movement to perform. They will explore its connection to the culture in which it is found. This could be some type of dancing, marching, part of a ceremony or anything they discover. The students will answer questions like:
2. Folk Tuning-In - Students will choose a piece that they will perform on their instruments. They will then investigate the piece. What are the origins of the piece?
3. The Musical Spy - Students will choose a culture and explore it. They will then compose an original piece and have it performed. Investigate and undercover the secrets about this people's music. If you were placed into this culture and asked to write a piece of music in order to convince the people of that culture that in fact you are also a member, how would you do it? Students will compose and perform an original folk piece in the culture that they choose to study. Students will answer questions such as:
What are the common trends within the music of this culture?
What are the sounds this culture uses?
What are the performance practices of this culture?
How is music connected to culture?
This big, driving question includes the questions:
- What is music?
- What is culture?
- Who experiences music in a culture and in what ways?
- What is the role of music in a given culture?
- What are the roles of people in relationship to music in their culture?
Working definition of folk music: music that is an expression of the people in a community.
We will approach folk music as the music of a community of a people so that the students don't automatically assume that this will be a project on American-Appalachian music.
The projects I am proposing are: Music Moves Us, Folk Tuning- In, The Musical Spy,
These projects will be part of a school culture fair. Students will share (perform) their projects as well as talk about their investigations and how they came up with the final product.
Students will also use their band journals to keep track of their progress. Whether these journals are paper or electronic would depend on the school's resources.
1. Music Moves Us - Do you have trouble sitting still when you hear music? So do people around the world! Students will choose a type of musical movement to perform. They will explore its connection to the culture in which it is found. This could be some type of dancing, marching, part of a ceremony or anything they discover. The students will answer questions like:
- Who participates in this kind of movement?
- What are its origins?
- Where can you this music?
- When does the movement take place?
- What is the role of this kind of movement in the culture?
2. Folk Tuning-In - Students will choose a piece that they will perform on their instruments. They will then investigate the piece. What are the origins of the piece?
- When was it made?
- Who was it made for?
- Does it have a special function in society?
- Who listens to the piece today?
- Does the piece have any special significance to the people for whom it was written? How about to the people who listen to it today?
3. The Musical Spy - Students will choose a culture and explore it. They will then compose an original piece and have it performed. Investigate and undercover the secrets about this people's music. If you were placed into this culture and asked to write a piece of music in order to convince the people of that culture that in fact you are also a member, how would you do it? Students will compose and perform an original folk piece in the culture that they choose to study. Students will answer questions such as:
What are the common trends within the music of this culture?
What are the sounds this culture uses?
What are the performance practices of this culture?
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
What does PBL mean to me.
Project Based Learning is much more complicated than it sounds. Not only does it take a real life approach to education but it also encourages student driven learning.
Also, the course overall needs to be context driven not content driven. This means that the minute details come from a need to know in order to succeed rather than for its own sake.
Through project based learning students can adopt, adapt and become adept at the ways of thinking needed to be successful in the 21 century.
Also, the course overall needs to be context driven not content driven. This means that the minute details come from a need to know in order to succeed rather than for its own sake.
Through project based learning students can adopt, adapt and become adept at the ways of thinking needed to be successful in the 21 century.
getting
I've heard a lot about "getting" students to do stuff. That seems so manipulative to me. Perhaps we can think about it as "inviting" students or "encouraging" students.
When I get someone to do something for me I am exercising power over them. There ought to be a way of thinking in which students participate while also being empowered.
When I get someone to do something for me I am exercising power over them. There ought to be a way of thinking in which students participate while also being empowered.
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