Technology Strategies -- National Music Standard #8

Grade Levels: K - 12

Understanding relationships between music, the other arts, and disciplines outside the arts

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Student Use of Technology

Students can use educational software to help discover relationships between music and the other arts and disciplines. The Internet allows students to locate and collect information about the arts and other disciplines. Sites are available which display information about art, dance, theater, and the academic disciplines. Because the Internet includes text, sound, graphics, and video, students may view paintings, ballet and dance performances, operatic and theatrical performances, and listen to related music.

Using multimedia authoring software students can create class projects and presentations. They can be organized to demonstrate how the arts and other disciplines relate to music.

Student Activities for Standard #8

8.01 The student learns the relationship between music and the arts and other disciplines using CAI and multimedia software.
8.02 The student compares and contrasts two or more art forms or disciplines outside the arts from information gathered from the Internet.
8.03 The student creates a multimedia presentation demonstrating the relationship of music to the arts and other disciplines.

Teacher Use of Technology

Teachers can use CAI software that establishes connections between music and the other arts and disciplines. Multimedia software and the Internet provide teachers with the means to research materials for classroom presentation. This information can be the basis for student projects and analysis relating music to other arts and disciplines. Multimedia authoring software enables teachers to create projects and presentations. These productions can be organized to demonstrate how the arts and other disciplines relate to music.

Teacher Strategies for Standard #8

8.04 The teacher selects appropriate CAI and multimedia software that teach the relationship among music, the arts, and other disciplines.
8.05 The teacher collects materials explaining the relationships among music, the arts, and other disciplines by using the Internet and multimedia reference software.
8.06 The teacher creates a multimedia presentation demonstrating the relationships among music, the arts, and other disciplines.

Excerpted from Technology Strategies for Music Education.