Proposal

Mary Shalkowski

Rachel Norton

 

EDTEC 665

 

Proposal, Major Project

 

We intend to develop a project in a Web Quest.  What is a Web Quest?  According to Professor Bernie Dodge of San Diego State University: (http://www.metmagazine.com/lessonplan/wonderful_world_webquests/index.html)

           

A Web Quest is “an inquiry-oriented activity that uses resources on the World Wide Web.”

 

“WebQuests pull together the most effective instructional practice into one integrated student activity.”

 

“An effective WebQuest develops critical thinking skills and often includes a cooperative learning component. Students learn as they search for information using the Web, following a prescribed format that focuses on problem solving and authentic assessment.”

 

 

Reason

 

The Web Quest method was chosen because it contains an organizational scheme with introduction, task, process, resources, evaluation and conclusion.  With the concern of “publishing,” using a WebQuest creation would all an adequately developed plan with publishing capabilities when complete.  The goal is to have an URL for classmates to visit as well as a link located on both blogs.

 

 

Motivation

 

The first motivation is to learn.  The second motivation comes from Mary’s real life experiences working with piano students who need a bit of a nudge to break out of ‘traditional’ music and start improvising.

 

 

Audience

 

The audience is medium level piano students, all about age 10, all about the 4-5 grade range who have a couple of years of lessons under their belt with Mary. These students will be familiar with Mary’s expressions and each thing will not require an explanation as if the audience were not musicians. Hopefully, they will be more comfortable learning in a manner similar to the lessons they have already taken and in a more enriching environment.

 

 

Educational Goals

The students will be able to:

• appreciate the patterns inherent in different styles of music.
• find three examples on the Internet of music patterns.
• identify the patterns of the three songs.
  • The patterns for this lesson will include, I, IV, V7, i. and iv.
  • The chords will be formed in root position, 1st in version or 2nd in version.
• identify the patterns in the sections of music.
• The forms studied for this lesson will be ABA, and ABACA.
• understand chord progression as used in a 12 bar blues pattern.
• improvise their playing given only the chord symbol.
• follow chord progressions in several keys: C, F, G, D, A and E.
• understand the concept of key modulation using pivot keys.

 

 

Tools and Resources

 

We will need the website where the lesson will be, several links to various music sites, literature from Mary’s library, various internet searches, and Mary’s video camera.

There will be one paragraph review of an inspiring website. How might this be used for the major project? By properly citing and including the URL.

 

A number of websites were visited and there were two that were inspiring. The first was http://web.bsu.edu/klcheney/portfolio/unitproject.htm that was a site Kenneth Cheney from Ball State University built for teaching a music unit.  This inspired Mary to try and fulfill some of the music educational standards. The second was http://webquest.org/index-create,php which enlightened Mary and I on the use of WebQuests.  This particular site was kind of a WebQuest for immigrants.

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