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Summer Institute 2009
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Course Syllabus
Course Overview - Music and Multimedia Technology Summer Institute
Educational contract course sponsored by Vermont MIDI Project
Summer 2009
July 13- 16, 2009
EDU 6710 C04 , MUS 5710 C01
Syllabus
The Vermont MIDI Project, Incorporated will sponsor a residential summer institute featuring 4 different courses in music and multimedia technology from July 13th to July 16th at Castleton State College. This year the focus will be on music composition, FLIP video, audio recording, integration of audio/sound/music with other media, and technology for learning.
The three specific course strands will be:
1. music composition and arranging
2. FLIP video
3. audio recording
An option for creating a Special Project in technology not addressed in the three strands above may be arranged with the instructor of record. Institute wide brief sessions will be offered providing strategies for teaching and learning with video or music composition, classroom assessment in music and multimedia, and technology integration for improved student learning. The course number for all courses is Education (EDU 6710 C04) or cross-listed with Music (MUS 5710 C01) for anyone taking Music Composition, Digital Audio or an Independent Project with a focus on music curriculum who wished to receive specific music credits.
This Arts and Technology Summer Institute can be taken as either a workshop experience for 36 professional development hours only or as a credit course through Castleton State College. Participants who choose the 3 credit option are required to continue uploading work and critiquing the work of others on the password protected website for an additional 10 hours in the two weeks following the institute.
Course Requirements
Participants who choose the 3 credit option are required to continue uploading their personal project to a password protected website and critiquing the work of others on the password protected website for the two weeks following the institute. It is expected that participants will spend at least ten additional hours on course work beyond the residential institute. One reflective paper will be due at the end of the two-week follow up period. All work must be completed by Saturday, August 1, 2009.
There are no prerequisites. Music educators, classroom teachers, technology integration specialists, library media specialists and others interested in sound/audio and video are welcome.
Syllabus
Learning Objectives - Participants will:
• Compose music for professional needs and personal uses OR
• Create and edit audio recording for professional needs and personal uses OR
• Create and edit video for professional needs and personal uses
• Develop curriculum plans and assessment strategies for student projects
• Investigate new technology resources for music and technology
• Gain experience in using online communication to expand and extend their own work
• Reflect on their own learning
• Read, reflect, and discuss three articles connected with music or multimedia and technology integration
Course Schedule:
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
· Instruction and hands-on exploration within the individual courses from 8:00 AM until 4:00 PM daily
· Evening sessions daily from 7 to 9:00 PM with a variety of offerings and special topics related to curriculum and technology tools
Thursday
Workshop sessions 8:30 – 1:30 pm
Presentations by all 1:30 - 4:00 pm
Assignments:
**Students who elect to take CSC credit should plan on an additional 15 hours of work beyond the institute to be completed by Saturday, August 1st**.
· Personal Project - Plan an additional 10 hours of work beyond the institute on a project in either music composition, video project, music technology or recording that will be uploaded to a password protected website for critique by other students from the course and professional artist mentors. The work will be shared in the beginning stages through to completion of the project, detailing the changes that take place throughout the project.· Responding to the Work of Others - Focused comments and suggestions help participants improve their work throughout the creative process. Course participants will use the password protected website to share discussions about the work posted in the 2 weeks following the institute.
· Journal - Reflection on the creative process and on individual learning will be documented by participants through writing at least one page daily in a personal journal. This will be turned in to the instructor and used to write the final reflective paper.
· Reflective paper -A two to three page paper will be submitted following the completion of the online project work. This paper will synthesize thoughts from the journal and from experiences gained while working on the creative project in the online environment.
· Read, reflect on, and discuss the following articles:
Read this article before coming to the Summer Institute for discussion on Monday afternoon in our graduate class session. See specific directions for the activity for the session.
"Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century" initiated by the MacArthur Foundation. If you are unable to retrieve the file from the long link above, search for "Confronting the Challenges of Participatory."
Monday Graduate Session - All participants read pages 3-21 of the article above. Then select one area that interests you from the NEW skills list. Read that section thoroughly to share both the information and your reaction to the section with our class. Select one or two quotes from your section that resonated with you to share as well. The NEW core skills areas: Play p 22-25, Appropriation p 32 - 34, Multi-tasking - 34 - 36, Distributed Cognition p 37 - 39, Collective Intelligence p 39 - 43, Judgement p 43- 46, Transmedia Navigation 46-49, Networking p 49-52, and Negotiation p 52 - 55.
Select one of the following videos to watch for our discussion as well:
Are Kids Different Because of Digital Media?
A Vision of K-12 Students Today Video
If you have difficult with either link, search for the title listed above.
Academic Honesty Policy
As a community of scholars, the administration, faculty and students at Castleton expect all to maintain the highest integrity in scholarly work. All tests, papers, assignments, and projects must be the work of the individual or group assigned. Any work that is not original must be properly credited or it is plagiarized. Any violation of academic honesty will be considered cheating and will be dealt with accordingly by the individual instructor. For more information see:
http://www.castleton.edu/campus/StudentHandbook/pages6to43.pdfGrading Policy
Grades are indicated by letters with a designated “quality point” value assigned to each as follows:
A+ = 4.0
A = 4.0
A- = 3.7
B+ = 3.3
B = 3.0
B- = 2.7
C+ = 2.3
C = 2.0
C- = 0.0