Exploring Current Issues & Applications in Educational Computing



After reading Jen’s posting on interactive music websites for kids, I could immediately relate to her comments. Having recently completed Assignment One, my partner and I had done much research  and sampling in the field. Our LAMS task required students to compose a short jingle on road safety through the use of online music composition tools. We came across “MANY” websites as Jen also found. Some interesting ones include New York Philharmonic, Creating Music, Virtual Keyboard and Crank it Up!, just to name a few. However, we found that most of them don’t have an option to export and save the composition - that was the only downfall. We also found that these websites and programs are best suited to mid to upper primary rather than younger students as the programs can get quite complicated. Using these programs in the classroom are definitely complementry to musical theory being taught and I would most certainly incorporate it into my class’ program.

February 18th, 2008 at 9:52
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