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Slide 2 iPads,Teens, and a College Music Methods Class: Whats the App for That? Gena R. Greher Savannah Marshall UMass Lowell 53 rd NAfME Eastern Biennial Conference April 4-6 2013 Hartford, CT Slide 3 iPad Exploration Can you play Row Row Row, Hot Cross Buns, Or Twinkle on this app? Slide 4 Soundscape:A Bit of Background Learn more about music Play with and explore sound and various musical instruments Learn how to produce music using technology Enhance creativity and self-reflection Interact and work with other adolescents and young adults on the autism spectrum Slide 5 Genas iPad A-HA Moment Sixth Grade class Activity without iPad vs. same activity with iPad Democratic User-Friendly interface Winning over Holly - Reflections from a skeptical Music Ed major Slide 6 Winning Over Savannah: And All the SoundScape Students Computers Challenges Benefits AND THE WINNER IS... Compared to working on similar projects with traditional computers, the iPad interface proved to be more user friendly. Fewer control issues than sharing on a computer More open to collaborative participation iPads Challenges Benefits Slide 7 Musical Beginnings Introductory Listening Activity as catalyst for creative music making activities Musical Sharing as Icebreaker Paired students in Intro to Technology in Music Ed Class with students from the SoundScape Project Overall I learned a lot about everyone though his or her specific music choices. Music TA 08 Slide 8 SoundScape Project for Teens with ASD Tech students explored iPad Apps Came up with a list of Apps they felt would interest the students SoundScape students explored iPad Apps Developed projects for 6 of the 8 weeks of the project iPad Jam Free improvisation iPad Jam Guided musical improvisation Create soundtrack to story Where the Wild Things Are Slide 9 School University Partnership - iPads in the Music Classroom Background Year 1 - Music Ed Student resistance Not perceived as areal musical Instrument Year 2- Learning From Experience Method students explored iPad Apps Class wide iBand Jams Slide 10 iPad Scavenger Hunt Slide 11 Two Middle School General Music Classrooms Learning with iPads Semester 1 8 th grade Final Project: iPad Cover Song Introduction of a cover song Composing with the iPad iPad Scavenger hunt Form Semester 2 5 th grade Final Project: Discovering the connection between music and story Intro - connecting music and story Musical Mad Libs iPad Scavenger hunt Slide 12 A Comparison of the Two Groups While the two populations being investigated were varied, they shared similar experiences and had similar outcomes as a result of interacting musically with iPads including... 1. Innovative problem solving strategies 2.Increased musical awareness, appreciation, and enjoyment 3.Better understanding of a technology which is present in daily life 4.Music making becomes more approachable Slide 13 QUESTIONS? Slide 14 THANK YOU! Gena_Greher@uml.edu Savanah_Marshall@student.uml.edu iPad Scavenger Hunt Handout http://ggreher.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/ipadscavengerhunt.pd f Presentation Handout http://ggreher.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/ipadpresentation_greh ermarshall.ppsx