Graduate Music Education Technology Course

Catalog description

This course is designed for the music educator. The purpose of this class is to develop skills in using technology to better enhance both teaching students and administrating the music classroom. Students will also be able to incorporate a variety of computer-assisted teaching and learning tools into their music curricula. They will examine and evaluate multimedia and computer-assisted-instruction lessons. The internet will be examined as a tool for music instruction including the creation of a music education web site. Students will learn to make critical judgments about the appropriateness of selected music hardware and software for particular educational applications. Students will also use software that could enhance communication to parents as well as organize their future classrooms. Music notation software will be explored in detail. As a Christian educator, it is our duty and responsibility to develop our God-given talents and skills to the fullest potential. It is the desire of the instructor to have the students find how technology can best enhance the craft of music, as well as education.