Music

Technology: **
 *  Subject: Music
 * Acid Music Studio http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/musicstudio
 * Cell phone
 * Computers
 * Email

Description: **   
 * Content Standard : **
 * Standard: Analyzing and Responding
 * Benchmark B: Explain how people differ in their music preferences based on their personal experiences
 * 
 * Students will be creating cell phone ringtones from classical selections of music. The ringtones should be personal and reflect each individual student.
 * 1) Students will select at least three pieces of classical music from cds provided, or students may bring in their own collection if available. Some of the cds available are:
 * //Classical Music for People Who Hate Classical Music// by:  <span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">Johann Sebastian Bach, Samuel Barber, Ludwig van Beethoven, Georges Bizet, and Alexander Borodin.(1994)
 * <span style="COLOR: rgb(3,3,3)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(5,5,5)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"> //25 Classical Favorites// by: Frank Morelli, Johann Sebastian Bach, Georges Bizet, Johannes Brahms, and Fred Chopin.   <span style="COLOR: rgb(3,3,3)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(5,5,5)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">  ((1996)
 * <span style="COLOR: rgb(3,3,3)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(5,5,5)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"> //Essential Bach:// Janos Starker, Johann Sebastian Bach, Georg Solti, Iona Brown, and Karl Munchinger.(2000)
 * <span style="COLOR: rgb(3,3,3)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(5,5,5)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"> //25 Beethoven Favorites// by: George Berry, George Silfies, Ludwig van Beethoven, Alberto Lizzio, and Anton Nanut (1996)
 * 1) <span style="COLOR: rgb(3,3,3)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">Using Sony Acid Music Studio, the students will create a 30 second ringtone using parts of the music selections they have chosen.

<span style="COLOR: rgb(1,91,22)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(3,3,3)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">* If a student does not have a cellphone, or does not have texting on their phone, they will be able to use the instructor or another students phone. <span style="COLOR: rgb(3,3,3)"> **<span style="FONT-SIZE: 110%; COLOR: rgb(0,96,20)">Supporting Resource: **
 * After choosing their music selections, the students will upload the tracks to Acid Music Studio program.
 * <span style="COLOR: rgb(3,3,3)">Once all of their selections have been uploaded, the students can then begin to cut, chop, change tempo and key, and use a variety of other features available to create their ringtone.
 * 1) <span style="COLOR: rgb(1,91,22)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(3,3,3)">The students will then upload the ringtone to their email and send themselves and the instructor an audio/text message.
 * <span style="COLOR: rgb(1,91,22)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(3,3,3)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">Students will also be turning in a two page paper discussing their choice of music, the mood/message that the ringtone conveys, and how the ringtone reflects themselves.
 * <span style="COLOR: rgb(1,91,22)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(3,3,3)"><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)">Once all ringtones have been sent to the teacher, each ringtone will be played in class to see if students can guess each others ringtones.
 * The article //What Do Teachers Need to do to Keep Students Engaged//? discusses a website for teachers interested in incorporating technology into their classrooms. According to Mary Ann Wolf, SETDA's Executive Director "the use of technology in schools should not be limited to 30 minutes of computer lab time each week which happens in many schools across the country." SETDA is the State Educational Technology Directors Association.
 * The website for the State Educational Technology Directors Association highlights a technology toolkit that was created for educators to better incorporate technology into the classroom. The toolkit which is titled //Teacher's and Technology's Role in Student Engagement// is one of the most useful websites I have ever come across as a teacher. It provides lessons, examples and resources on how to make the learning environment more engaging to students through the use of technology including podcasts, videos, and cellphones.

<span style="FONT-SIZE: 120%; COLOR: rgb(1,101,26)">**<span style="COLOR: rgb(1,122,27)">Tried and True/New and Innovative: ** <span style="COLOR: rgb(8,8,8)"> <span style="COLOR: rgb(0,102,21)">**APA Citations:**
 * <span style="COLOR: rgb(8,8,8)">This lesson would be considered new and innovative. It may also be considered slightly risky since many schools do not allow students to use their cellphones in class. However, having students create a piece of music that they can actually use in the real world to represent themselves can be more meaningful and engaging to the students than just creating it for a class. It also gives students a way to express themselves in school in a new and interesting way.
 * Marketwire (2008). What do Teachers Need to do to Keep Students Engaged. //Corporate Media News.// Retrieved from: http://corporatemedianews.digitalmedianet.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=439709  October 29, 2008
 * SETDA (2008). Teachers and Technology's Role in Student Engagement. //SETDA.// Retrieved from:[|www.setda.org/web/toolkit2008/student-engagement]October 29, 2008