Western State College Extended Studies      
Ute 111, Gunnison, CO  81231   (970) 943-2885, fax ((970)943-3086
Layne Nelson, Director    lnelson@western.edu
Summer Teacher Institute 2011

Supported through funds from Ann D. Zugelder Summer Teacher Institute Endowment for Excellence

Course Information

Course title:  "Everything You Need to Know About General Music Software Solutions!"

Instructor:   John Kuzmich, Jr.

Number of  graduate credits? 3 Semester Credits

Class meetings: (please check your preference)
Week:

Please indicate a 1st and 2nd choice of times to offer the class

Course Description

The course will cover the software application most appropriate for the general music teacher in successfully implementing music technology into the classroom for their particular teaching situation.  Basic skills n music notation, MIDI sequencing, and electronic keyboards in K-12 education will be taught. Participants will explore many ways to incorporate these tools into the individual’s curriculum. The course will be taught in a hands-on environment. Satisfactory participation in class activities and successful completion of several projects will be required. Students will produce a final project that customizes their choice of available software applications with a detailed lesson plan that emphasizes coverage of three MENC National Teaching Standards.

Course Primarhy Audience
                All teachers:  Course can be appropriate for all levels of music educators, K-12.

Course Objectives: (Note course objectives are not the same as course requirements) 

To become familiar with the available market of general music software and in designing a final project of how they can budget, structure instruction and develop an overall plan of how the music technology selected can be implemented in their individual teaching situation. 

Prerequisite: This course requires basic facility on a computer, including using a mouse, opening applications, and saving files. If you are a beginning computer user, you are required to attend the orientation session on (date) to gain the basic computer skills you will need to successfully complete this course.\

Class Schedule Syllabus - Attach a syllabus for your class. You must list include information for all the days that the class meets.

See attached syllabus for the class..

Textbook/Materials Information
Will you be providing handouts or other materials to the students?   XXX yes       __no
REQUIRED TEXT : (Title, Author, ISBN)

Software will be provided by the teacher through the manufactures who will send the software to be loaded on the computer lab’s IT Director in advance of the course along with permission to load the software legally.

Burns, Amy.  The Technology Guide for Music Educators

The Technology Guide for Music Educators, ISBN: 1592009816, is distributed by Thomson Course Technology. Retail price is $19.99.   This book is written by elementary general music teachers for elementary general music teachers. There are 50+ lessons for Pre-K-Grade 6 that let general music teachers enhance their current curriculums with technology. This book can be used by music teachers with limited or unlimited resources. In addition, many of the classroom materials, like audio files, PowerPoints, notation files, and PDF files can be assessed and downloaded from the following TI:ME website: http://www.ti-me.org/TIEMC/

Instructor will provide access on his videoconferencing computer for students to access  the  software that they can’t download as demos.  Note:  most of the software products do have demos that can be downloaded for free.

Supplemental text:  See URL’s cited in the previous section entitled:  “Recommended Internet General Music Resources”

Credit and Grading Information
REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADUATE CREDIT: (list all in class and outside of class requirements, including work to be completed after the course ends)

Class participation and attendance:  Student completes final project for implementation of a final project demonstrating their analysis of the general music software market and more important, how to customize the software for their individual teaching. 

Summary of Assessment:

Creation of a detailed project with product implementation of general music software along with two different lesson plans illustrating how to best introduce two different software applications in their present teaching assignments.  Note:  instructor will provide additional supplemental software applications so that the enrollees can best identify which software applications best meet their individual needs.

Component ingredients for the final project assessment will contain the following:

1. Three or more workshop software programs presented that can be implemented in each enrollee’s present curriculum.
2. Two lesson plans identifying specific illustrations of each software product can be utilized within the individual teacher’s curriculum.
3. A budget that outlines not only the monies needed to purchase the software but also the number copies needed at the available workstations.
4. Inventory of available workstations with reference to their inherent capabilities of RAM, CPU speed and available hard disk drive storage space.

Required Expectations for Outside Class Work

Most of the instruction will be in class with minimum outside of class.  If computer lab is available in the evenings, that would allow students to work independently on their projects and assignments.

GRADING           Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory      Grading Scale to pass (ex. 85% to pass) ____% to pass
               Graded     A= __%   B=__%    C=___%    D=___%    F=__%

Class participation and attendance:  Student completes final project for implementation of a final project demonstrating their analysis of the general music software market and more important, how to customize the software for their individual teaching. 

Summary of Assessment:

Creation of a detailed project with product implementation of general music software along with two different lesson plans illustrating how to best introduce two different software applications in their present teaching assignments.  Note:  instructor will provide additional supplemental software applications so that the enrollees can best identify which software applications best meet their individual needs.

Component ingredients for the final project assessment will contain the following:

1. Three or more workshop software programs presented that can be implemented in each enrollee’s present curriculum.
2. Two lesson plans identifying specific illustrations of each software product can be utilized within the individual teacher’s curriculum.
3. A budget that outlines not only the monies needed to purchase the software but also the number copies needed at the available workstations.
4. Inventory of available workstations with reference to their inherent capabilities of RAM, CPU speed and available hard disk drive storage space.

GRADE DISTRIBUTION AND SCALE:

Summary of points
Compilation of all projects        40%

Two  lesson plans of how
to  best use the
software                                        20%
Two Projects                                 40%

                Grade distribution
                     93-100%                                                         A
                     85-92%                                                           B
                    78-84%                                                            C
                    70-77%                                                            D
                    69 and below                                                    F