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Learning &
Leading
with Technology
March 1998
Tired of music students’ eyes glazing over when you
try to
teach them musical notation? Try MIDI. This month’s
feature
describes how to use MIDI technology in your classroom.
Also read
about using a supercomputer to illustrate abstract
chemistry concepts,
language arts software, and the second in our series of
technology
integration vignettes.
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The Promise of MIDI
Technology: A
Reflection on Musical Intelligence
by Jason Ohler
For many students, the traditional approach to learning
music has
been both intimidating and stifling. with the advent of MIDI
technology,
this need no longer be the case. Jason both describes a new
understanding
of intelligence and creativity and details how MIDI
technology can
make an entire world available to students who might
otherwise be
shut out.
 Download
the full article (PDF, 1,866 KB PDF Instructions)
The ChemViz Project:
Using
a Supercomputer to Illustrate Abstract Concepts in
Chemistry
by E. Kenneth Beckwith and Christopher
Nelson
As companion pieces to Ken and Christopher’s article, you
can view
Christopher’s lab report and a template for ChemViz
projects.
Stoking Creative Fires: Young
Authors
Use Software for Writing and Illustrating
by Marilyn H. Catchings and Kim
MacGregor
First- and fourth-grade students used paint and
word-processing programs
to produce creative-writing and -drawing projects. See some of
their
work here.
Mining the Internet
Online
by Glen Bull, Gina Bull, & Judi
Harris
Mining the Internet is an ongoing column in L&L.
Frequently
the Internet changes substantially in the six months between
the time
that a column is submitted and the time it appears in print.
The Mining
the Internet Web site will provide a location for updates to
each issue’s
column. It will also provide a way to offer active links to
Internet
locations mentioned in the column and a place for material
that would
not fit in the confines of a four-page column. The column will
therefore
become a hybrid mix of print materials that will appear in
each issue
of L&L and supplementary materials that will be
placed on
the Web each month.
Copyright © 1998, ISTE (International
Society for Technology in Education).
All rights reserved.
| Moore’s Laws, MIDI Technology, Spirit of Eratosthenes, ChemViz Project, Young Authors, Information Literacy Skills, Educational Computing, Technology-Integration Vignette, Assistive Annotations, Hands-on and Far-out Physics |
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