A presentation for the St. Croix Valley Music Education Association

iPads and Music Ed

Informal Survey

• How many of you have iPads?

• How many of your students have iPads?

• How many of you are using iPads in your classes/curriculum?

Introducing the iPad

• Introduced in 2010

• Basically a large iPod Touch or iPhone

• Intended to live in-between the iPhone and the Mac

Since 2010• iPad 2 added cameras

(2011)

• 3rd Generation added the retina screen (2012)

• 4th Generation added 2x speed (2012)

• iPad Mini offers the performance of the iPad 2 in 66% the screen size of the iPad

Schools have started adopting the iPad since the fall of 2010,

five months after launch

Why have schools been drawn to this device?

Ease of Use

Apps

Flexibility of the Device

There is no "right" way to use an iPad

Wireless Mirroring

Apple TV Reflection Air Server

Minimum Specs

iPad 2 iPhone 4S iPad Mini

Wired mirroring: iPad to VGA or HDMI (& new lightning cable)

Apple's Walled Garden

Everything "just works"

The Competition Has Less to Offer

Notebooks are "Core-Area Minded."

"As of 2010, every time I see a school adopt a 1-to-1 technology with laptops, I

know that the arts (and other electives) are not a technology priority for that school."

--Me.

Are you comparing an iPad to a notebook computer, or to a

pencil and paper?

Why does the iPad work in the music classroom?

• It fits--literally--in the hand or on a stand

• Apps that can be used in music education

• The device, while expensive compared to competitors, is obtainable

• Evolving apps means new emerging ways to use the device

The iPad fits in a music classroom

• General Music

• Performance Classes (BCO)

• Guitar

• Theory

• Music History

• Music Technology

How can the iPad be implemented into music education?

• Teacher Only (traditional model)

• Individual students (self-purchase)

• Small groups/Sectionals

• 1-to-1 Applications (the future)

The iPad works best as a single-user device.

Unfortunately, not all schools or families can afford this approach.

Chris Lehman & Andrew Marcinek:

• Lehman: "Technology should be like oxygen: ubiquitous, necessary and invisible."

• Marcinek: “Technology should not stand out; it should simply blend with dynamic teachers and the engaging curriculum they design.”

• iPad integration becomes an issue of how to use the device in your teaching--and there are no definitive answers on how to do this.

• iPadagogy

Immediate use of Enhancement Substitution & Augmentation

Using the iPad as a sheet music reader

• Access to all your music

• Organization

• Annotate

• Share files and setlists

• Link audio

• Metronome/Pitch Pipe/Piano

Band/Orchestra/Choir• Sheet Music (difficult for director) - forScore or unrealBook

• Tuning - iStrobosoft

• Fingering Charts -- Fingering Apps

• SmartMusic -- SmartMusic App (coming soon)

• Presentations -- Keynote or Explain Everything

• Theory Lectures -- Noteshelf or Notability

• PDF Management -- PDF Expert

General Music• Presentations -- Keynote, Explain Everything, or SMART Notebook

• Sheet Music (textbooks + audio) -- forScore or unrealBook

• Music Instruments -- Many options on the App Store

• Recorder -- AtPlay Recorder or Recorder Master

Guitar

• Tuner, Chord Charts -- Guitar Toolkit Pro

• Amplifier -- AmpKit (requires external adapter)

• Self-Teaching -- Wild Chords

• Tablature -- Tab Toolkit or Progression

Theory

• Textbooks -- iBooks (make your own?)

• Notation -- Notion for iPad

• Note Taking -- Noteshelf or Notability

• Drill Apps -- Tenuto and Theory Lessons

Music Technology• Composition -- GarageBand, Notion for iPad

• Textbooks -- iBooks (write your own?)

GarageBand is a mostly complete DAW and learning the intricacies could take a term class period

Other FunctionsApplicable to all of us

Interactive White Board

Document Camera

Remote Control of PC

Splashtop 2 Doceri

Movie Editing

iMovie Pinnacle Studio

Classroom Management

Safari Teacher Kit Class Dojo

Grading/Analysis

An emerging marketplace

How to get resources on your iPad

• Audio: iTunes (via iTunes, Amazon, or your own CDs or sound files)

• PDFs: Some publishers sell materials as PDF, Public Domain, or scan your own

Scanning• 8.5x11 or Smaller: Canon P-150

• $250

• Duplex

• Fast

• Portable

Great (Free & Legal) Resources

• Choral Public Domain Library

• PDF Band Music Library

• Art Song Central

Wireless Mirroring

• iPad 2 or Newer (including iPad Mini)

• AirPlay Receiver (Apple TV, Reflector, Air Server)

• Network with Apple's Bonjour Services unlocked

Great Accessories

What iPad Should I Buy?

• 4th Generation iPad or iPad Mini

• The full size iPad works better in the classroom, particularly for reading music

• 32GB minimum ($599)

• wi-fi or 4G is your choice (4G more expensive)

Questions?

Christopher J. Russell

techinmusiced.com

Practical Technology for Music Education (in the iBookstore)