Technology Integration Plan - Final Version Julie Hensel

Unit: Describing Music

Grade: 8th Grade

Subject: Band

Problems of Practice

Students struggle to vividly describe music using adjectives and descriptive words.

Students struggle to formulate a personal response to music.

Purpose

The purpose of this unit is to fuse together the following:

1. Illinois State Standards of Music MU:Re7.1.8.b. Describe how understanding context and the elements of music inform the response to music. MU:Re7.1.8a. Identify and support the meaning of musical works, citing as evidence the musical elements and context.

2. ISTE Standards: 3d. Students build knowledge by actively exploring real-world issues and problems, developing ideas and theories and pursuing answers and solutions. 6a. Students choose the appropriate platforms and tools for meeting the desired objectives of their creation or communication.

3. Disciplinary Literacy: Discipline-specific vocabulary, reading, writing, and communication skills.

4. Technology: With guidance, students will create an infographic or mind map that will allow them to organize and demonstrate their learning and thinking.

Plans/Materials

Please see the following documents:

1. Unit Lesson Plan: This document explains the unit, activities, and technology in detail.

2. Music Marking Activity: This activity was made to guide students' disciplinary thinking.

3. Describing Music Brainstorming Activity: This activity was made to guide students' disciplinary thinking.

4. Infographic Template: Students will use this template, along with their Music Marking Activity & Describing Music Brainstorming Activity to create their final product.

5. Mind Map Template: Students will use this template, along with their Music Marking Activity & Describing Music Brainstorming Activity to create their final product.

Reflection:

I have never used this kind of technology in my music classroom before. I am looking to incorporate technology in a new way; to help students describe how understanding context and the elements of music inform the response to music. This kind of disciplinary thinking may be foreign to my students. I created resources and templates that guide students disciplinary thinking.

Another focus of my technology integration plan was to use different types of technology. I did not want to use technology that I used in my other assignments for this course. I wanted to use a variety of technology throughout the class so that my students would be able to experience and interact with technology that encompasses the following:

1. TIP approach

2. disciplinary technology

3. my equity & accessibility vision

4. Illinois State Standards of Music

Doing - The technology covered in this unit plan allows music students to organize, categorize, develop, and portray their response to music,

Meaning - Students can utilize this technology to portray their feelings in new and exciting ways.

Relation - The students' infographics and maps can be shared with other students in the class, creating a communicative classroom and a place to share ideas.

Thinking - The technology assists students in thinking in creative, expressive, and descriptive ways.

Being - This technology gives students a platform to speak their mind, share their feelings and response to music, and be expressive.