Andrew Mercer Exploring Music, Learning and Technology

9Mar/120

What Mat(h)ters

This is an excellent math resource

What Mat(h)ters.

Rock on,

Andrew

 

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29Feb/120

JUNOs Piano Videoconference Masterclass

I have been helping with some of the JUNOs educational activities for a couple of years now. This is very exciting. In the pest we have been able to bring world-class musicians to students in rural and isolated communities using videoconferencing solutions.

We have done sessions with groups like Hey Rosetta,  Great Big Sea, LIGHTS, Danny Fernandes,  to name a few. These are very exciting because students get to interact with musicians as if in the same room.

Yesterday I helped with the next installment of this project. We conducted a piano masterclass between the 3 locations: Halifax, St John's and University of Ottawa. Students in Ottawa played piano while professors of piano in those 3 locations listens carefully. Each professor took turns working with the students.

While the masterclass was in session to groups of students in remote locations were listening in through the videoconferencing systems. At the end of the masterclass these high school students were able to as the professors questions about the piano.

The session was also made available through webcast so anyone could watch the session through their Internet browser. Many of my students in our province of Newfoundland and Labrador were able to watch the session this way.

On March 2 we will be having our next installment. This will be a guitar masterclass between St John's, Ottawa and Calgary. This will be another very exciting JUNOs  educational initiative.

Andrew

 

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24Feb/120

Success

21Feb/120

Audio Assignments Week 6 | ds106 tricks

Audio Assignments Week 6 | ds106 tricks.

Very interesting audio class work.