Week 12: To technology or not to technology (part 2)
So folk, here were are. The second last week before the end of this semester and thus, the end of Technology in Music Education unit. Next week, our class will have the great privilege of hosting Ethan Hein (more about him in the next blog post!) but because this week is technically the last time…
Week 11: Music Theory and Musicianship can be Fun??!
*This message has been brought to you by a 1940’s telemarketer because that’s who I become when excited about a certain product. My apologies in advanced. If it makes you feel better, imagine me speaking with a trans-Atlantic accent* Hello, hello and welcome to yet another post. So good to have you back. For this…
Week 9: Do the mash-potato 🎶 by Larisa feat. Ableton Live
Hello and welcome to my cooking blog where I teach you how to mash things together until it all kinda makes sense and doesn’t taste (ie sound) bad. 😁 Of course I am not talking about actual food, though the food similes at the moment could be a result of a missed lunch. That’s ok,…
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…
Week 7: A little bit of synth and a little bit of Pi
I am back again and we are now in week 7 (if week 7 was in week 9 because of how regular I am with writing my blogposts 😅). I know I am probably getting a little repetitive whenever I mention my inability to technology at times, but every TME lecture is a little bit…
Week 6: Cut it, paste it, play it, use it 🎵
Ok I’m back after some time off and ready to go back into the swing of things! My apologies in advance for not writing for the last couple of weeks. However I’m back and ready to talk more things techy! 😀 As my badly alluded title to Daft Punk has already mentioned, this week (three…
Week 5: I Am Ready for My Close-up 🎞
This week was super fun because I got to live out my long-time dream of becoming a famous act-ohr. You guys just watch and wait, I will be big one day! Big, I tell ya! Until then, though, I will continue writing these blog posts and keep you up to date with my technological journey…
Week 4: Musing about Musescore
Aand we’re back with some cool, awesome, fun stuff to do this week! No more philosophying with me, no siree* *I would like to make another public service announcement and say that this is indeed a lie as my whole inner existence is in constant state of crisis and therefore needs to philosophise at least…
Week 3: To Technology or Not to Technology (That is the Question)
This week’s lecture was online-based which made it less hands-on than the two previous weeks (or did it? I mean doing technology class online makes sense… right? 😏) Nonetheless, I thoroughly enjoyed a more theoretical and philosophical approach to exploring ideas behind technology and its positive and negative impacts on the students. Just a little…
Week 2: 1,2,3 Testing
I’m back with yet another awesome sharing time from my Technology in Music Education lecture! The focus of the second lecture was really interesting because it dealt with different types of microphones and the way they can be used in variety of contexts. Naturally, we also discussed the implications of using these mics in an…
Week 1: These tracks were made for looping
Word of the day: Looping – using pre-recorded sound material which can be repeated and layered on top of one another to create ostinati patterns. Two weeks ago (yes I know I am a liiittle behind on the updates), I had my first Technology in Music Education class and was genuinely overwhelmed with how little…
Hello smart board, my old friend
As we all tend to do when we are unclear on where to start with our new projects, we look up helpful YouTube videos 😀 So naturally, I typed into the search bar ‘Technology in Music Education (please help)’. Here is a video that I have come across which actually gives a great start to…
Starting out…
I am a young, 25 (going on 26) year old millennial whose life is saturated with technology. As I am typing this in a busy Sydney train on my Dell laptop, my wireless noise-cancelling headphones are playing faint Billy Joel from my Spotify account while my Android smart phone is lightly vibrating with new notifications.…
Exploring Technology in Music Education 