Using Technology to Unlock Musical Creativity

It has never been easier or more fun for students to compose, improvise, arrange, and produce music and music-related projects than with today's technology. Written in a practical, accessible manner, Using Technology to Unlock Musical Creativity offers both a framework for and practical tips on the technology tools best suited for encouraging students' authentic musical creativity. Author Scott Watson makes a compelling case for creativity-based music learning through eight teacher-tested principles that access, nurture, and develop students' potential for musical expression. Example after example illustrates each principle in a variety of music teaching and technology scenarios. Watson also includes practical ideas for technology-based creative music activities, locating lesson plans and other resources, and assessing creative work. The book provides detailed plans for dozens of attractive projects, each linked to MENC National Standards, and also offers suggestions for making adaptations according to grade level and technology proficiency. Additionally, it includes a valuable section of resources with tips for setting up a computer music workstation, a plain-language description of how digital audio works, and a music education technology glossary. Most of the activities described can be carried out by novice users with free or low-cost music applications. The book also features a comprehensive companion website with dozens of audio and video examples as well as many downloadable worksheets, rubrics, and activity files. Visit the companion website at www.oup.com/us/musicalcreativity.

Arts & Photography

Watson, Scott

Music

Oxford University Press

It has never been easier or more fun for students to compose, improvise, arrange, and produce music and music-related projects than with today's technology. Written in a practical, accessible manner, Using Technology to Unlock Musical Creativity offers both a framework for and practical tips on the technology tools best suited for encouraging students' authentic musical creativity. Author Scott Watson makes a compelling case for creativity-based music learning through eight teacher-tested principles that access, nurture, and develop students' potential for musical expression. Example after example illustrates each principle in a variety of music teaching and technology scenarios. Watson also includes practical ideas for technology-based creative music activities, locating lesson plans and other resources, and assessing creative work. The book provides detailed plans for dozens of attractive projects, each linked to MENC National Standards, and also offers suggestions for making adaptations according to grade level and technology proficiency. Additionally, it includes a valuable section of resources with tips for setting up a computer music workstation, a plain-language description of how digital audio works, and a music education technology glossary. Most of the activities described can be carried out by novice users with free or low-cost music applications. The book also features a comprehensive companion website with dozens of audio and video examples as well as many downloadable worksheets, rubrics, and activity files. Visit the companion website at www.oup.com/us/musicalcreativity.

The classic book The Art of War (or as it is sometimes translated, The Art of Strategy) by Sun Tzu is often used to illustrate principles that can apply to the management of business environments. The Art of War for Security Managers is the first book to apply the time-honored principles of Sun Tzu’s theories of conflict to contemporary organizational security. Corporate leaders have a responsibility to make rational choices that maximize return on investment. The author posits that while conflict is inevitable, it need not be costly. The result is an efficient framework for understanding and dealing with conflict while minimizing costly protracted battles, focusing specifically on the crucial tasks a security manager must carry out in a 21st century organization.

The Art of War for Security Managers: 10 Steps to Enhancing Organizational Effectiveness

Business & Money

Management & Leadership

Butterworth-Heinemann

Startling in their size and detail, Cadieuxs photographs murals create an archetypal dialogue between a man and a woman. Dissected representations of the human body and face form carefully calibrated images that provoke strong, conflicting reactions: fear/euphoria, desire/repression. Three essays elucidate the career of this internationally acclaimed artist. Cadieux has had exhibitions at the Pompidou Center (Paris) and the New Museum of Contemporary Art (New York).

Genevieve Cadieux

Reference

Pontbriand, Chantal

Foreign Language Study & Reference

Museum;et Al

pp. 256, full page colour illustrations, notes, bibliography, solo exhibitions, selected group exhibitions, commissions, collections, index.

Jack Shadbolt

History & Criticism

Douglas&McIntyre

This publication features the proceedings of the Naming a Practice: Curatorial Strategies for the Future seminar that originated as an independent project within the Canadian curatorial community to provide a forum on curating in the visual arts. Organized in cooperation with the Walter Phillips Gallery and The Banff Centre, the event took place in November 1994. This publication documents the seminar, following the format of the event itself, and features transcripts of the formal presentations of each of the 29 participants, portions of the general discussion, as well as brief commentaries by each of the seminar organizers. The essays are grouped to address such topics as: "Methodologies," "Negotiations" and "Ethics," as well as "Local Knowledge and New Internationalism."

Naming a Practice: Curatorial Strategies for the Future

Hill, Tom

Banff Centre Pr

Contracting Details is an invaluable resource for new homebuilders who want to save money, maintain decision-making control and gain personal satisfaction by general contracting their own home or by knowledgeably following the progress of a professional builder. Written in an easy-to-read style using layman's terms, the entire homebuilding process is explained from preliminary planning through final construction. The chronological approach breaks each aspect down into manageable tasks so that the homeowner will feel confident knowing that the right step is being performed at the right time. The same concepts, schedules and forms used by professionals are included, but with detailed guidelines and complete checklists to make them suitable for the novice.

Contracting Details: A Do-It-Yourself Construction Schedule and Homebuilding HandScott Watson (1999-01-04)

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Elliot, Sheila Hollihan

Home Improvement & Design

Baine Books

Cellars to Ceilings is an invaluable resource for the homebuilder or remodeler who wants to discover the full range of available building materials and products before making final selections. From factory-made foundation walls, to concrete countertops, to cork floors, this logically organized, comprehensive guide enables the homeowner to confidently choose the right construction products, by providing clear descriptions, concise lists of advantages and disadvantages, and easy-to-use selection strategies. Chapters also contains descriptions and examples of how building materials and products are often listed in a specification sheet that becomes a part of the building contract.

Cellars To Ceilings: Comparing and Selecting Homebuilding Materials and Products

Cellars To Ceilings : Comparing and Selecting Homebuilding Materials and Products

Science & Math

Technology

The Technology Guide for Music Educators is a resource that will help educators accomplish their curricular goals as they relate to software and technology products. This comprehensive and compact package is organized into several sections: Electronic Musical Instruments, Music Production, Music Notation Software, Technology-Assisted Learning, Multimedia, Productivity Tools, and Classroom and Lab Management. In addition to descriptions of product features, you'll also find other information valuable to educators, such as grade-level appropriateness and ideas for integrating the technologies covered into the music curriculum. Each chapter includes a summary table of the products presented (including system requirements and manufacturer websites), and a list of resources, such as suggested further reading.

Technology Guide for Music Educators

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Using Technology to Unlock Musical Creativity

Using Technology to Unlock Musical Creativity

The Art of War for Security Managers: 10 Steps to Enhancing Organizational Effectiveness

Genevieve Cadieux

Jack Shadbolt

Naming a Practice: Curatorial Strategies for the Future

Contracting Details: A Do-It-Yourself Construction Schedule and Homebuilding HandScott Watson (1999-01-04)

Cellars To Ceilings: Comparing and Selecting Homebuilding Materials and Products

Cellars To Ceilings : Comparing and Selecting Homebuilding Materials and Products

Technology Guide for Music Educators