The advancements of music technology has made a huge impact in todays society. From classroom instruction to recording the next Grammy award winner; technology assisted music has had an effect on our society whether we like it or not. I was very excited to see that I would be taking a course in music technology. However, I must admit that this first week has been a bit challenging for me in some areas of just setting up the necessary technology requirements for the class. So far this week has been an eye opening experience for me. These eye opening experiences have been quite difficult yet I feel that it will definitely help me with technology networking, communication and music.
I have always considered myself to be a fan of any type of new technology. However, I am not that experienced with the social media and networking tools such as Feedly, Google+, and Twitter. Therefore I was eager to establish my personal learning network. I have heard nothing but positive things about Google+ in relation to how it can assist with news, articles and social communication. Although I have heard all of these positive things, I was still afraid to step out and try it for myself prior to this class. Thankfully, this class requires us to use Google+ as well as another program called Feedly. I am so amazed at all the things you can do with Google+ and Feedly. There are so many resources that can be explored on various topics. I love the different communities that you are able to join and have the capabilities to communicate wit other people that are in the community. A member of our class has already said that the Google + site helps us to interact with each other more frequently. Therefore, we are not limited to just our group members in our discussion post groups.
One of the activities for this week allowed for us to have a creative experience with Incredibox. Incredibox is a free computer program that allows you to create a remix of beatboxing, whistling and vocals. I really enjoyed creating my remix with the "dudes". The directions are pretty easy to understand and the process to create a remixed composition is actually simple. I feel that the best way for anyone to understand and appreciate incredibox is to just explore the different ways you can compose a remix with the various sounds of the 'dudes". I feel that students of all ages would definitely enjoy this computer program. The students will gain an understanding of simple music composing techniques such as creating a musical composition with variations of layers of tones and rhythms. I am excited to learn about music technology and ways to implement music technology in my classroom instruction. I am looking forward to see what week 2 has in store for us.
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