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Today, Friday, 11/11/16, Cass and I worked on completing and collating all our resources together to make our final resources program.This includes:
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What are Browser-based applications?
Any applications that run on a web browser through the internet without the need to access the operating system of a computer.
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Today, I met up with my good friend, Cassandra, to discuss our plan and ideas on FreeWare. In the span of this one session, we were able to cement our ideas, roles, and the structure of our final presentation.
What defines a digital resource? There are four key features we look for, and they are:
- Text
- Graphics
- Audio
- Video
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It’s not the ‘Door’ you’re thinking of, but a ‘DAW’.
A DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) is any type of application software that can be used for recording, editing, mixing, looping, playback, and producing dozens of audio and MIDI tracks at one time, as well as adding virtual effects and instruments, and triggering MIDI events.
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There are almost a billion models to composition – from the good ol’ polyphonist J.S Bach all the way to our favourite silent composer, John Cage. Two totally different eras, music composition styles and composers themselves! So what is that common ground? What is the secret to music composition when it even existed thousands of years before then to the mighty King David in the Old Testament?!
One of the most unpredictable revolutions for 21st Century music educators undeniably is technology.
As a society, we have been embracers of this technology for thousands of years. From mammoth, ivory and bird bone hand made flutes, to the early stringed instruments, to the traditional western and non-western instruments, to the theremins, to the synthesisers, and to the modern day Digital Audio Workstations (DAWs) for DJs Continue reading “How Can We Find a Middle Ground for Technology in Music Education?”
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