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Session notes from John Maklary’s session on GarageBand.
| GarageBand in the Classroom | (02/08/2008) |
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John Maklary
http://mistermak.pbwiki.com/GarageBand |
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presentation is on GDocs…all resources can be found at the URL above |
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Why GarageBand? Suppports project-based learning Enhances digital media projects Addresses musical intelligence Cross-curricular |
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Going to talk about a mashup of Google Earth and GarageBand–cool |
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more examples available at http://jp2kidcasts.blogspot.com also his podcast server–subscribable in iTunes good digital storytelling examples |
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Saint’s Live–monthly student podcast use mics attached to iPods Flip video cam GarageBand (GB) used for editing/mixdown Students created their own theme music Very student centered, engaging, and motivating Students used writing, editing, and speaking skills |
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Sharing example of student podcast-John Paul II Catholic School News, sports, and more Interview of teacher |
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Sound Seeing Tours 8th grade trip to DC Used iPods and mics to record what they are experiencing and for interviews Supports social studies, speaking, and editing Uploaded nightly from DC–lots of parent interest http://jp2washingtondc.blogspot.com |
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Same theme for beginning and end so that there was consistency. Students came up with their own content. Great idea for field trips Mics are relatively inexpensive, as are Olympus recorders |
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Movie Soundtrack Students create digital documentaries 2 examples: Documentary on the story of the Indianapolis; used UnitedStreaming clips; first efforts used lots of voice sound effects and may have copyright issues (things to think about) Computer game soundtrack (Waffles Revenge) |
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Writing Songs Based on a curricular theme or special event of study Teach song form/patterns (ABACAB) Supports sequencing/patterns Student examples: |
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Mozart Meets Magellan (or Meatloaf meets Marco Polo) Students create Google Earth tours to research different world music cultures (history, influences, etc) Geo-Music World tour (kmz file) |
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GB has extra jam packs that contain more loops–definitely worth it if you want more to work with–especially World vibe |
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Pimp Your Ride to get more out of GB M-Audio (audio interfaces and pre-amps, mics, MIDI controllers, etc)–allows for greater degree of control with instruments Apple Jam Packs (more loops) |
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Mac Envy?
If you don’t have a Mac and can’t use GB, try Audacity |
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Recommended Reading
Dan Schmit’s books (Kidcast: Podcasting in the Classroom, etc) |
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Demo of GB ’08
Magic GarageBand–click on genre, then click audition, can click on instruments and chage up the vibe (cool! Video tutorials available |
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Ques about how he does student review process…
very informal, does it have all the required elements, etc. |
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This Live Blog has now ended.
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2 People have left comments on this post
Feb 11, 2008 - 05:02:49Thank you for posting this. I’ve been working quite a bit on Garageband. It gave me some new ideas.
Ann-we love GarageBand–let us know if you have questions or want to bounce ideas. Helen