Creative Thinking and Music Technology

I really liked this article. So far everything we've focused on has been very much about composition type technology. It's focused on expensive programs and things that some districts won't be able to afford. And while composition is very beneficial, it could be harder for younger students to understand that. This article was more about moving with what you already have. Things like iPods being used to show musical examples, and even using an out of date computer as a message board are things that can be useful. And posting musical examples to email is something I hadn't thought of. Just putting practice parts out can help improve the quality of the group. All of these ideas are more basic uses of technology, as opposed to always being the more complicated composition things all of the time. It was almost like a dumbing down, or bring it back to the roots of technology. Sort of bringing it back to it's roots, where music fits into already established technology as opposed to always creating technology specifically for music.