This is a presentation I am giving to a group of Head teachers and governors in London Borough of Merton.

1. ICT and Music
Jackie Schneider
(AKA @jackieschneider)

2. “Stuff that doesn’t
work yet”
“Stuff that doesn’t
work yet”

3. Benefits of music
education
Sue Hallam, Dean of the Faculty of Policy and Society, Institute of Education 2011
• increases listening and concentration skills
• enhances ability to discriminate between
sounds
• positive impacts on spatial awareness and
physical co ordination
• promotes teamwork and leadership skills

4. “Excellence is not
reserved for the lucky few
but could be achieved by
almost all of us”

5. Through out history musical
instruments and musical
performance have been influenced
by prevailing technology

6. Music in schools: wider still and wider
Quality and inequality in music education 2008-11
Key Finding
Key Finding
Key Finding
Key Finding
Although almost every teacher observed had a laptop or classroom
computer, opportunities were being missed to use technology to record,
store and assess recordings of pupils’ work. Free, open source software is
easily available to download and, with the addition of one or two quality
microphones, is more than adequate for teachers and pupils to use in Key
Stages 1 to 3 for multi-track recording and sound processing.
However, the use of such software was rare. While students were quite
clearly very comfortable with using mobile technology to communicate with
each other and organise their lives, not enough teachers capitalised on this
technology or interest in the music classroom. Quite simply, using music
technology more frequently and more effectively to create, perform, record,
appraise and improve pupils’ work is central to improving inclusion and the
quality of assessment of music in schools.

7. Music in schools: wider still and wider
Quality and inequality in music education 2008-11
Key Recommendation
Key Recommendation
Key Recommendation
Key Recommendation
Use technology to promote creativity, widen inclusion, and make assessment more musical by:
significantly improving the use of music technology to record, store, listen to and assess pupils’ work
placing greater emphasis on pupils’ musical development through the use of technology – with the
acquisition of technical skills and knowledge supporting, rather than driving, musical learning
making more creative and effective use of music technology to support performing and listening work.

8. So why the reluctance?
• it’s cheating?
• it’s not real music?
• its too difficult?
• the children know more than us?
• e safety issues?

9. ICT gives us the chance to
• listen to wide range of music
• record, evaluate & improve our music
making
• share our music making
• deconstruct music
• collaborate

11. Blogging
• sharing work in public
• opportunities to connect with outside
world
• possibility to repeat key learning points at
home

12. Blogs

13. • The eighth most popular site visited by 6 - 11 year olds
• All top ten searches on youtube with the word ‘lesson’ were music related
• In 2011 there were almost 140 views for every person on earth
• “How to” category is the fastest growing segment
• “Schools should consider implementing measures that enable teachers &
pupils from accessing the multiple of effective resources (eg YouTube) to
support music teaching.” National Music Plan 2012

14. Easy place to start!

15. Useful free tools
• Vuvox
• Photopeach
• Animoto

17. Top iPad apps

18. A place for both?

19. How well do you remember that song?