Session III: Interacting with the New Fine Arts TEKS through Technology

PRESENTERS: Mark Gurgel & Dr. Mackie Spradley

Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and

motivating them, the teacher is the most important. Bill Gates (CEO Microsoft)

The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do. B.F. Skinner (Educator)

What is the common thread in the quotes?

Technology: nounthe use of science in industry, engineering, etc., to invent useful things or to solve problems

What is the value of technology when considering creativity and the 2013 TEKS?

Session III ObjectivesIn Session III we will… Reflect on technology as

pertains to creativity and originality

Look at the 2013 Technology TEKS

Making of QR Codes & other technology tools

Lesson Redesigns in light of technology

To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle,

requires creative imagination and marks real advance in science. Albert Einstein (physicist)Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not. Pablo Picasso (Artist)

Students are growing up in a different environment

than that of their teachers. Young children have never known a time without the

existence of cell phones, computers, digital music,

MIDI, video games, or instant messaging.

Teachers must prepare students for their future.

David Mash (Berklee College of Music)

Placing the tools of technology into students’ hands guides them to active music making.

Research indicates that when students become active participants in learning they gain confidence, learn more effectively, and

are motivated to study further.David Mash (Berklee College of Music)

The digital media platform is home plate for students and a comfort zone where they feel free to experiment and find solutions to creative problems. It is the new frontier where original solutions or innovation spring from creativity.

21st Century Skills, TEKS focusInformation, Media, and Technology Skills• Information Literacy• Media Literacy• Information,

Communication & Technology Literacy

Music Studies

• Music Theory I-II• Music Appreciation I-II• Music Business I-II• Music Production I-II• Music & Media Communications I-II• AP Music Theory• IB Music

Find the WORDS!Within your TEAMS of 4:

Underline all the words pertaining to technology within the new Revised Music TEKS (2013)

What would NOT be a technology project encouraged by the 2013 TEKS?

a. Students document their evidence of learning using electronic portfolio. (i.e. recordings, compositions, etc.)

b. Students compose music and create an original audio file.

c. Students find a piece of music from the internet and arrange it to a different genre.

d. Students video themselves performing a “cover tune” and then upload it to YouTube.

1. a. 2. b. 3. c. 4. d.

What is the Focus?The focus is on the WHY students make art

rather than the WHAT or HOW!

Just because students are

making something does not mean they are being

creative!

QR Codes• For capturing student

interest for class presentations. (also good for students who were absent)

• For students to present evidence of their learning.

• For showcasing student work during shows.

Music Education App Directory

• “I immediately became hooked as I felt my finger vibrating from the sounds, much like how I experience vibrations from the guitar, banjo, organ, and other instruments. Students want to touch and investigate the music experience by discovery, rather than by reading a textbook or manual.” (Richard McCready, TIME’s 2013 Teacher of the Year)

ACTIVITY: Lesson DesignWithin Your TEAMS of 4:

• Discuss how you & your students might use technology to address the new TEKS

and implement in a lesson redesign.• Take this time to search the internet for

apps and other technology possibilities.• Would a QR code be useful? Would

YouTube? Are there other sources available.

• Be prepared to present your findings in a 21st-century technologically relevant

way.

The Arts Together!

Making CEDFA History!

The arts presented

around a Big Idea or Key Question

ACTIVITY: The Arts Together!!NEW Teams – the Arts are Best!:• Divide according to paper color and

number: 4 Art, 1 Dance, 4 Music, 2 Theatre

• 6 Groups working in each room• Use template to create a collaborative

presentation based on the Big Idea IDENTITY – developing a Key Question to narrow the “Identity” idea. Uses Art, Dance, Music & Theatre

Sample Presentation

Big Idea: IdentityKey Question: How do you present your identity with younger siblings or children watching? Should guarding your actions be a part of your consideration?

After LunchStart in your Collaborative TEAM room

with your TEAM – not your

original room based on

content area.