Week 8: Do you wanna build a snowman (that is also a midi instrument)?🎶
No, unfortunately there won’t be any snowman building described in this post as I am currently looking outside my window at a beautiful Australian autumn day of 29 Celsius degrees. So I guess I should apologise for, as the cool people of the internet say, click-baiting you. Run along now and don’t forget your mittens…
How it all began…
It was during the lecture in week 8 when it finally clicked. I finally had an idea for my Technology in Music Education project! Within the next 10 minutes, I found myself with a partner (Lucy 😊) and an idea of where we wanted to take the project. But let me tell you, it wasn’t…
And the research begins!
After our first video chat on Friday April 24th, Lucy and I have decided that it would be best if we split the research between the two of us. We have also slightly revised our plan of making one instrument out of every instrument group as unfortunately, there is only two of us and a…
🎵Another brick in the (impenetrable) wall 🎵
A few weeks after Lucy and I have decided on the specifics of our TME project, I took a break. Not completely because I still tried to help out with some of the research into the specifics of our instruments but unfortunately, there were other assignments to finish and I needed to put the fun…
It’s the year of ukuleling 🪕
If you have seen some of my older posts, you would’ve noticed that I have taken to learning how to play the ukulele. And because I have been so excited to learn another instrument, my decision on what to build for Lucy and mine’s TME project was very clear. Of course it was going to…
Extra resources
*Make sure to check out Lucy’s blog where she goes into more details about making the website and the Facebook page!* Once Lucy and I have finished building our instruments, it was time to create all the resources! Lucy has already began creating a website for our instruments by using Wix as the domain. We…
Behind the scene
OUR WEBSITE IS LIVE! Make sure you check it out where you will find all the tutorials, detailed instructions and resources on how to make your own instruments! 😁😃🎉🎉🎉 We filmed some tutorials and it was awesome. And even though I am not writing on the day of when the shoot took place (as you…
Exploring Technology in Music Education 