This week focused on the use of technology for the use of assessment and professional productivity. Here is where I feel technology makes its perfect fit into what we do daily. I have used a variety of technology programs to give presentations, communicate information, record data, keep student records, manage finances, as well as create assessments. I have used Microsoft Office, Movie Maker, Finale, and Charms Office Assistant.
The use of the Google tools to create assessments and presentations is great to know, since I am a Google user already. It's great that we can generate quizzes or surveys through these means, and do so quickly and efficiently. Being able to immediately share or publish this information is an incredible advantage.
The vocabulary discussed in the chapters this week were a good reminder of the vocabulary discussed in the Assessment in Music Education course last summer. The more we are comfortable with this terminology, the more effective we can be on our campuses, and with our respective administration(s).
What we can benefit from this information should be obvious - technology drives everything today. We can communicate whatever we need to with the click of a button. Our staff send weekly e-mails out through our parent liaison that describes, in detail, what is happening in the program that week. We also maintain a web page with all of our information, and a Facebook page that we send information to. I use an app called Remind101 to send text messages to students and parents.
Technology is the present and the future - use of these methods would be perfect for many of the operations in general music classrooms, but also in the administration of secondary performance classrooms. We do this every day.
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