Week 13

Dr. Bauer's article about performing music in the technology assisted classroom was very informative. It lays out ways that we were can use technology in performance aspects. The situation layed out in the beginning of the article with a teacher using technology throughout every level of his music program, is something that could be doable for every teacher. It could help bridge the gap between digital natives and digital immigrants that we read about last week. The website outlines what we were talking about in class this past week. It further explain what copyright is. As music teachers, it's important that we know how copyright functions so that we know how we can use music with our students. Ignorance  of the law is no reason to break it, so were we to not know something about copyright we could still get in trouble for it. So dealing with a lot of copyrighted material means that we do need to have a good understanding of copyright law. The multimedia basics about video is something else that would be good to use in a classroom. Videos are a good way to illustrate a point. You can easily show an example about a composer or even a style of music through video. You could show a live performance, or maybe even a video of a presentation in another course. It's a really excellent tool.