Topic1 : The best ICT tools to assist in Music Education
Presenting work to your class, is a great way to not only show the teacher what you have done, but also a great way to develop learning. There is no better device that can be used to present your work more than the interactive whiteboard.
Interactive whiteboards (brand names include: SMART Board, ActivBoard, eBeam, Mimio, and Webster) are used in many schools and Universities as replacements for standard blackboards, whiteboards, posters and flipcharts, and provide students with a way in which they can interact with material on a single computer. According to Wiki, interactive whiteboards are currently the largest education technology project in the world, and are constantly evolving.
There are so many small ways in which an Interactive Whiteboard can be useful in the classroom, to name but a few – students or teachers can use it to present presentations, teaching group computer or keyboarding, using the highlighter tool to be used for highlighting nouns, verbs (or in a music class – e.g. quavers and crotchets), Graphics and charts with ESL learners and special Ed students, YouTube can be presented on a large format…. the list goes on. My favorite is that most up-to-date interactive whiteboards have software that can allow teachers to record whatever it was they were taught in the lessons, and save it to be reviewed and displayed at a later time. This of course would also allow students the possibility of sharing projects during Parent/Teacher/Student conferences.
The list is quite big of course, with how much this use of technology can assist presentation in education. The challenge of course is the learning process in how to use it as a teacher! This would be something that would be learned from experience, plus regular application and perseverance like any other piece of technology or computer program. It also relate to practicing a musical instrument.
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