Technology in Teaching

I knew that technology had become a part of our world, but I guess I had never really considered it essential when it came to teaching music. In high school, the most amount of technology I used was doing small compositions for my music theory class, and even then that was just writing out notes that I generally had already put on the page. But the technological aspect of music is becoming more prevalent, especially in things like the Vermont MIDI Project, where composing becomes a big part of teaching. I think that composing is a big part of technology in music. When you are at a computer composing, you can have all different instruments playing, as opposed to trying to imagine the sounds in your head, which could be hit or miss. Because most students are not able to hear each instrument in their head, and then translate that to paper, composing is often overlooked when it comes to teaching music. The TPACK knowledge can help teachers show students different ways to create music, and can help students gain a grater understanding of music.