The digital story has been a different experience for me. It's been different because I feel my partner and I already did a digital story when we did our vidcast. I guess what I'm trying to say is this is familiar territory.
I feel like Katie & I are having a hard time creating another digital story. There are so many options and things we can do..it's hard to figure out what to do in 3 to 5 minutes. So we're going to keep it simple. We have decided to briefly touch on a few of the great composers. After all, the great composes have been influential in so many ways, not just musically. They changed the way people express opinion, fact, experience, concern, and emotion.
Katie and I hope to relay how "human" these great composers are through sharing basic, "human" facts. We hope this will inspire each individual to realize their potential; how great each of us could be, if we set our minds to it.
"Some succeed because they are destined to. But most succeed because they are determined to."
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Monday, October 11, 2010
Vidcast Reflection
Creating this vidcast, titled “Why?”, has been quite the adventure. I am working with another Music Education major, Katie Angerbauer, and have enjoyed her enthusiasm in compiling ideas and putting those ideas together.
We ultimately decided to go the route of “The Arts Education” rather than just “Music Education” for many reasons. Our cooperating teacher, Mr. Braun, is an art teacher, not a music teacher. We chose to work with him because we were told it was okay to work with teachers we know. You would think it would be obvious that we need to work with teachers in our core! But remember - we’re music majors. Things slide past us (wink, wink). Since we’ve already made contact with Mr. Braun and have been working with him on some of the other assignments (brainstorming and such), we thought it would be great to advocate not only the importance of music education, but the importance of the arts education as a whole. We feel our vidcast can be used in music classes, dance classes, theater classes, and fine arts classes. I feel both Katie and I are advocates of all the art forms and have an understanding of the importance of keeping all the arts in our classrooms.
I feel we stayed with in the NETS Standards as we hope our vidcast will inspire and validate the arts in schools. We hope our vidcast will show our abilities to use technology in a safe and effective way. We hope our vidcast will give opportunities to those who learn differently to grasp the concept of The Arts in our schools. I feel our vidcast is quite honest and to the point. Our hope is that those who watch it notice the respectful way in which our point of view is presented.
Some potential drawbacks could be the amount of time it takes to make a point. I know we were told to keep the vidcast at approximately three minutes...but how do you create a good foundation in three minutes? I feel the time barrier could really make our video look weak. However, making a vidcast too long can have the same effect - in a different way. People easily get bored and lose focus. So, my biggest drawback is how much is too much and how much is too little.
I would love to create more of these vidcasts validating my opinion (and what studies have shown to be true) and post them on youtube as sort of a series. Maybe when I have graduated and am teaching I could post some of my vidcasts on the school/district website? Who knows!
My biggest hope is that people will stop pulling the arts programs in school’s when there’s a budget cut. We’re digging our own grave and are in denial of the whole situation. It’s scary what may happen to our students if we continue to do what we’re doing. Our vidcast presents some facts, based on studies, that back up what I’m saying.
I hope you enjoy it. I really do.
We ultimately decided to go the route of “The Arts Education” rather than just “Music Education” for many reasons. Our cooperating teacher, Mr. Braun, is an art teacher, not a music teacher. We chose to work with him because we were told it was okay to work with teachers we know. You would think it would be obvious that we need to work with teachers in our core! But remember - we’re music majors. Things slide past us (wink, wink). Since we’ve already made contact with Mr. Braun and have been working with him on some of the other assignments (brainstorming and such), we thought it would be great to advocate not only the importance of music education, but the importance of the arts education as a whole. We feel our vidcast can be used in music classes, dance classes, theater classes, and fine arts classes. I feel both Katie and I are advocates of all the art forms and have an understanding of the importance of keeping all the arts in our classrooms.
I feel we stayed with in the NETS Standards as we hope our vidcast will inspire and validate the arts in schools. We hope our vidcast will show our abilities to use technology in a safe and effective way. We hope our vidcast will give opportunities to those who learn differently to grasp the concept of The Arts in our schools. I feel our vidcast is quite honest and to the point. Our hope is that those who watch it notice the respectful way in which our point of view is presented.
Some potential drawbacks could be the amount of time it takes to make a point. I know we were told to keep the vidcast at approximately three minutes...but how do you create a good foundation in three minutes? I feel the time barrier could really make our video look weak. However, making a vidcast too long can have the same effect - in a different way. People easily get bored and lose focus. So, my biggest drawback is how much is too much and how much is too little.
I would love to create more of these vidcasts validating my opinion (and what studies have shown to be true) and post them on youtube as sort of a series. Maybe when I have graduated and am teaching I could post some of my vidcasts on the school/district website? Who knows!
My biggest hope is that people will stop pulling the arts programs in school’s when there’s a budget cut. We’re digging our own grave and are in denial of the whole situation. It’s scary what may happen to our students if we continue to do what we’re doing. Our vidcast presents some facts, based on studies, that back up what I’m saying.
I hope you enjoy it. I really do.
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Vidcasts: Part I
As I always say, I'm excited to do a vidcast. But I really am! I've always loved the affect a well made video set to powerful, influential music has on people. Technology is powerful. So is the music used.
We learned about vidcasts and the different programs we can use to create our little treasures this last week. Katie and I (my partner in crime) are hoping to make a statement with our vidcast. We have some exciting ideas! Hopefully we'll be able to make it happen! We're hoping to gather statistics, facts, pictures, video recordings, etc compile them together to show the importance of the arts (fine arts and performing arts) in our schools. Since our cooperating teacher isn't a music teacher (he's an art teacher) we thought we'd expand our ideas and apply his ideas with ours. Hopefully our creation is as good as we're anticipating!
I think having vidcasts is a great way to mix things up in a classroom. Student's get sick of the same old routine, day after day. I feel that way, anyway. Throwing information at them through different avenues helps refresh their minds. Using vidcasts is also a great way to make a point - in a few minutes - without being tuned out. After so much talking all I hear is, "Blah, blah, blah". I'm sure many others are the same way.
We learned about vidcasts and the different programs we can use to create our little treasures this last week. Katie and I (my partner in crime) are hoping to make a statement with our vidcast. We have some exciting ideas! Hopefully we'll be able to make it happen! We're hoping to gather statistics, facts, pictures, video recordings, etc compile them together to show the importance of the arts (fine arts and performing arts) in our schools. Since our cooperating teacher isn't a music teacher (he's an art teacher) we thought we'd expand our ideas and apply his ideas with ours. Hopefully our creation is as good as we're anticipating!
I think having vidcasts is a great way to mix things up in a classroom. Student's get sick of the same old routine, day after day. I feel that way, anyway. Throwing information at them through different avenues helps refresh their minds. Using vidcasts is also a great way to make a point - in a few minutes - without being tuned out. After so much talking all I hear is, "Blah, blah, blah". I'm sure many others are the same way.
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