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 Education Articles
Here you will find a range of education based articles specifically focussing on music and multimedia technology, written by teaching professionals from around the globe.
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WHY USE A MIDI SEQUENCER IN THE CLASSROOM?
At the recent mtec 2011 conference held in Sydney, Dave Rogers presented a short session showing the participants how to use Sonar X1 Essential to create arrangements using midi files and their own midi performances.
Dave works as an educator at the Arts Centre’s Digital Learning Hub, developing and delivering programs in music technology, film making and multimedia.
We thank The Victorian Arts Centre Digital Learning Hub for allowing us to reprint this article.
Introduction to SONAR X1 Essential
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Make a Music Video
At the recent mtec 2011 conference held in Sydney, Peter Mahony and Oscar Partridge presented a short session titled Make a Music Video. They demonstrated how to merge traditional music concepts with contemporary multimedia formats in order to achieve engaging learning experiences. Video elements are treated in musical ways on the video edit time-line, musical structure provides the editing brief and rhythmic cutting to accents expresses the musical style.
Peter Mahony is the manager of the Thinkspace – creative digital media workshop program at Powerhouse Museum in Sydney. Prior to joining the Powerhouse Museum, Peter worked in various roles in theatre, music, community arts and teaching.
Oscar Partridge is the director of Acuity Productions which is an Australian film and video production house, specialising in Corporate Videography, Event Coverage and Film Production Services. Established in 2009, Acuity Productions has been involved in the broadcasting and presentation of corporate video events, live performance coverage, web-series and feature-films.
We thank Peter, Oscar and The Powerhouse Museum for allowing us to reprint this article.
Understand structure, rhythm and duration through video editing.
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LEARNING COMPOSITION AND SOFTWARE SKILLS THROUGH GAMES
At the recent mtec 2011 conference held in Sydney, Antony Hubmeyer and Ray Partridge presented a short session titled Compositional Chairs. This is a short, themed composition activity designed to motivate students to practice and apply compositional devices and software skills in a creative manner.
Antony is Head of Performing Arts and Head of Music at Scotch College Adelaide. He has a background in performance particularly in the areas of classical, jazz and popular music and is the manager of the Scotch SoundHouse, a music technology learning centre. Ray Partridge is a music technology consultant based in Sydney and also consults for Roland Corporation as an Education Specialist. We thank Antony and Ray for allowing us to reprint this article.
Compositional Chairs using Sonar X1 Essential
Compositional Chairs using Acid Music Studio
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Acid Music Studio in the Classroom
At the recent mtec 2011 conference held in Sydney, Dave Rogers presented a short session covering the basics of Acid Music Studio by learning how to create music quickly and easily using pre-recorded loops.
Dave works as an educator at the Arts Centre’s Digital Learning Hub, developing and delivering programs in music technology, film making and multimedia.
We thank The Victorian Arts Centre Digital Learning Hub for allowing us to reprint this article. More
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Getting into Music Technology
RACHAEL WILLIAMS tells us how she started her Year 8 students using the new tools, to turn the integrated curriculum into reality.
Using technology in the music curriculum can make Year 8 music more accessible and engaging for students. As an addition to proven, traditional learning methods, technology gives students the opportunity to create and enjoy their very own music. More
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Product comparison between Sony Vegas Movie Studio+DVD and other Non Linear Editor's.
In this article, Mike Jones writes about the advantages of Vegas Movie Studio when compared with other Non Linear Editing Video Software for entry-level education use. More
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Using Acid Software with Young People and Adults with Disabilities.
Fiona Lamb is a music therapist working with young people and adults with disabilities in the SoundHouse Vector Lab (www.shvl.org) at the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney. Sony Acid Pro is a fundamental tool in her work with individuals whose means of expressing themselves is sometimes limited by their disability. More
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Crossing The Great Divides - Music, Digital Multimedia and VET. (Story provided by Music Ed Net)
There is little doubt that the merging of technology and the arts will create many challenges and opportunities for music teachers. With greater emphasis being placed on ‘essential learnings and key competencies’ of curricula, JANE RODDY and her colleagues are treading a path towards outcomes that challenge the traditional choice of tertiary entrance versus vocational training-and cross over several arts strands. More
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Integrating Language and Technology in Music
Working with music technology is exciting in itself and can really engage students, but as GAVIN McLEAN explains, there are further challenges: using it to support a language-based approach to songwriting and build a rich learning environment. More
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Introduction to Music Education (Article by Meryl van Noie)
In Australia, the UK and the USA, music is an integral part of general education. In fact in the UK, music is compulsory up to the age of 14 and the findings of formal studies indicate that music education has a positive effect on a child’s general learning abilities, skills and development. More
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Power and Sound
A museum and music technology centre work together to create educational outcomes. PETER MAHONY, of SoundHouse at the Powerhouse, tells how. More
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Some ideas for Multimedia/Video projects using Sony Vegas
Stuck for ideas? Here you will find 16 ideas for projects using the popular Sony Vegas. Download here.
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