Derek Valenciano

Music Educator

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Weekly Reflection #11

November 29, 2020 / / 0 Comments

Screen time

According to health Canada, the appropriate amount of screen time for children above 5 years old is less than 2 hours and 2 hours maximum for teens and adults. This is concerning considering how much time I spend doing school related activities on my computer.

Emerging Tech

Virtual and augmented realty are emerging technology in todays society. When it comes to music eduction, I do not see any significant reasons to implement these emerging technologies. Possible having students enter a virtual performance to get over anxiety and stage fright but I do not think that would be effective because of other sensory sensations (auditory, tactile, smell etc.).

Gaming in Education

In my weekly field experience observations, I observed a teacher use Duolingo as part of his curriculum.  Duolingo is a language learning app that uses a game like style to teach the language. I think this was a brilliant idea because high school students really resonate well with phone apps. It is no surprise that high school students spend a lot of time on their phone, so using Duolingo is a convenient method for students to learn languages.

Using technology to assess in music education

November 29, 2020 / / 0 Comments

Assessing students in music can be extremely inconvenient process in music education. This is because students have to play their instrument while the teacher assesses the student. This can be very time consuming for both the teacher and the student. An alternative solution for this is to have students video/audio record themselves playing and then have them send it to their teacher. This can be done throughout the semester as a form of formative assessment or can be done at the end of the semester for a final performance. Simply have students record themselves using a phone or some sort of recorder.

Weekly Post #10

November 13, 2020 / / 0 Comments

Comic Life 3 is a program that easily allows you to create a graphic novel. It is done by uploading and placing pictures into panels of the page. It can be used to present information to students or you can have students use it for their assignments/projects. It can be downloaded as an app on a phone or downloaded onto a computer.

Reflection #9

November 13, 2020 / / 0 Comments

In this reflection, I will be touching on a couple different principles of the multimedia learning theory.

The modality principle:  This principle emphasizes the effectiveness of visual with minimal printed words. The only printed words that should be used with visuals are key steps, directions, references and info for non english speaking individuals. Information should be verbalized with the visuals. I find this principle is apparent in powerpoint presentations. When learning from powerpoint presentations, I find it difficult to comprehend information if there is too much written text on the slides.

The personalization principle: This principle emphasizes the importance of teaching students using language that is more common versus academic language. A way of doing this is by thinking about a one on one conversation. When speaking to a person one on one, it is natural to use language that is more informal.

Reflection #8

November 13, 2020 / / 0 Comments

In this post, I will be touching on “Creative Commons”.  Creative Commons is a website that allows you share your work and use material from others in a simple way by proving creative commons licences and public domain works. This is great for teachers in various disciplines as it allows teachers to implement material to make their lessons engaging.

Weekly Reflection #7

November 13, 2020 / / 0 Comments

I have fallen behind with my weekly reflection due to midterm projects and presentations. Now that I have completed my mid-terms I am putting in effort to get back on track!

This reflection is about Feedly. Feedly is a RSS which is a reader program that allows you to see updates and posting of a topic that you want to explore. The way Feedly works is by simply typing a topic in the search bar and news updates on that topic from multiple websites pop up. For example if you type in “basketball”, you will show you news updates from websites like ESPN and Bleach Report.

Weekly reflection #6

October 23, 2020 / / 0 Comments

Last class we had Jeff Hopkins who is from the Pacific School of Innovation and Inquiry (PSII) as a guest speaker. I asked him how the career choices of students from PSII differ from students who graduate from traditional schools. His response was that PSII graduates often become entrepreneurs. I found this quite fascinating because being an entrepreneur high risk financial position. It also requires a person to be creative, innovative and have an understanding for business for success. Reflecting on this, I believe PSII is creating individuals who are self empowered people, individuals who have a great range of skills and believe in their own capabilities.

 

Weekly Reflection #5

October 16, 2020 / / 0 Comments

Distributed Learning, Modalities

As technology has advanced, the creation of new modalities has been created. Modalities such as blended/hybrid, and tech enabled have gone beyond the usual face to face method of teaching. Teachers now have the ability to give instruction to students world wide.

This school year, I am experiencing tech enabled and blended modalities of teaching.  It has been an interesting experience so far and I have mixed feelings about it.

Pros to tech enabled  modality / blended modality

  • able to teach students worldwide
  • No travel time
  • makes teaching and learning possible in a world pandemic situation

Cons to tech enabled  modality / blended modality

  • Internet connection problems
  • Limited visuals
  • Teachers have to design a plan for both face to face students and online students

These are just a things pros and cons that come to my mind, I am sure there a lot more. Personally, I think the face to face modality is most effective and would be ideal have all students in a face to face settings. With this being said, under certain circumstances, the tech enabled / blended modality is more appropriate.

 

 

Weekly Reflection #4

October 9, 2020 / / 0 Comments

Today I will be talking about “screencast-o-matic”. This is computer software that allows a person to record their computer screen and external audio at the same time. The reason why this interests me is because I am planning on creating guitar lesson youtube videos. I think screencast-o-matic can be very beneficial for this project of mine because I can screen share anything that I find useful for learning guitar on my computer.

Some of my ideas are:

  • screen sharing myself playing guitar and commentating over it, highlighting pros and cons to guitar technique
  • screen sharing videos of me playing guitar and using the computer pointer as a visual aid
  • Finding software that allows me to create diagrams on my guitar lesson videos and screen sharing over top that.
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