Thursday, February 26, 2004
As I was searching for my websites, for my webquest, I cam across a very good website. This website is called Creating Music. Here students (or anyone) are able to compose their own music. This is done in a type of graphic maker (like a paint studio). Students are able to go in a place notes in a vareity of sequences (that they compose), and then listen to how these songs will sound. They are also able to listen to their song on a variety of differnt instruments. It enables students to explore, and expereiment in many fun and educational ways.
This would fit into any music class. It allows students to listen to a variety of instruments, and also allows them to learn more about how music is formed. I believe that any grade from grade two to high school could use this website. I am going to use it in my classroom, and in my webquest.
This would fit into any music class. It allows students to listen to a variety of instruments, and also allows them to learn more about how music is formed. I believe that any grade from grade two to high school could use this website. I am going to use it in my classroom, and in my webquest.
Monday, February 23, 2004
A great website that I use all the time is BrainPOP. This is a very common website for educators.I have used this website in many projects, and have also used it in my own educational learning. I was also able to use it in my grade two internship class. The kids had a great time exploring the site. They worked in pairs and were allowed to search for about 20 minutes, then they looked at the movies that invoved Dinosarus and Fossils (my theme for the month). They had a great time.
More specific to the site: I would like to bring your attention to the movie on Sound.
BrainPOP movie on Sound
This movie is going to be used in my webquest (on music). It puts such a hard concept into such simple terms that are easy to understand. I believe that the students will have a blast watching this video. My webquest is for grades 3 to 5, and physics seems to be beyond them. But, I believe that with the use of this movie they will be able to understand how sound is made, and how instruments are created so that they make sounds.
More specific to the site: I would like to bring your attention to the movie on Sound.
BrainPOP movie on Sound
This movie is going to be used in my webquest (on music). It puts such a hard concept into such simple terms that are easy to understand. I believe that the students will have a blast watching this video. My webquest is for grades 3 to 5, and physics seems to be beyond them. But, I believe that with the use of this movie they will be able to understand how sound is made, and how instruments are created so that they make sounds.
Monday, February 09, 2004
Another good website that I have found for my Webquest is an actual website on music from around the world. This website allows students to go to a map, click on the country, and learn about the music from this country. It is fairly interactive, and has alot of great infromation.
Music from around the world
This website is fairly constructavist, but I feel that it could have given more room for exploration. It does incompass the "Musical Smart" multiple intelligence. I believe that students would get a great deal out of this sight. It will definatly be an important website in my webquest.
Music from around the world
This website is fairly constructavist, but I feel that it could have given more room for exploration. It does incompass the "Musical Smart" multiple intelligence. I believe that students would get a great deal out of this sight. It will definatly be an important website in my webquest.
I am doing a webquest on music. The plot of this webquest is as follows: The group of students have been asked to be in a "Sound Alike" compitition. They need to produce an instrument out of any materials they can find. The objective is to make the instrument sound identical (or close to) the actual instrument that they are recreating.
Here is a website that I will be using in my webquest
I feel that this website is very constructavist. It allows the students to explore and expereiment with different sounds. It also presents in information on a variety of instruments. It would be very useful in the K-5 music curriculum, which focuses on the students learning about sounds, and the production of sounds.
Here is a website that I will be using in my webquest
I feel that this website is very constructavist. It allows the students to explore and expereiment with different sounds. It also presents in information on a variety of instruments. It would be very useful in the K-5 music curriculum, which focuses on the students learning about sounds, and the production of sounds.
Tuesday, February 03, 2004
As I posted in the Disscussion Board I am interested in Journal Zone. This is a program that lets students communicate with other students, in the form of a journal.
This is a site that talks about our expereinces with Journal Zone
Journal zone is very constructivist. It allows the students to explore working with other students. They are able to expand their knowledge by having discussions with other students. Imagine being able to communicate with a student from Great Britian. That would be such an amazing event in your life. Journal Zone allows you to do this.
This is a site that talks about our expereinces with Journal Zone
Journal zone is very constructivist. It allows the students to explore working with other students. They are able to expand their knowledge by having discussions with other students. Imagine being able to communicate with a student from Great Britian. That would be such an amazing event in your life. Journal Zone allows you to do this.
