Journal Five

Journal #5

A) In Music 373, we learned a ton of information! We learned the note names such as whole note, half note, dotted half rest, quarter note, dotted quarter rest, eight note, and sixteenth note. We learned their values and rest symbols as well. Rhythmic duration was one the that I enjoyed learning because it was something that I never had heard of before this class. Rhythmic duration syllables such as ta-ah-ah-ah, ta-ah, ta, ti, and ti-re-ti-re are some of the ones we learned. We learned about the Trible Clef, the Bass Clef, and time signatures. We learned how to play the recorder while learning about the G scale and the C scale. We recorded ourselves and posted our songs on our blog. I learned how to write the notes on music paper for the first time. Also, we learned about whole steps and half steps on a key board or piano. The learning styles and their musical examples of pshycomotor, Cognitive. and Affective. We learned about skills and concepts and the difference between the two. A key part of this class was writing lesson plans and the sequence of the lesson plan. We taught one lesson to the class. We really focused on how important music is in our education system and that we should incorporate music in our daily curriculum. We learned about Kodaly, Oraff, and Delecroze and their musical philospohies. We focused on how we can incorporate music into any subject in a school's curriculum. We learned the fingering chart for C, C', A, B, D, E, F, G, D'. We learned the hand syllables for Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So, La, Ti, and Do. We also learned how to write the musical notation above a song, its solfegee and its melodic icon. We learned how to keep the steady beat in a song and we learned how to incorporate instruments in lesson plans. We learned these concepts by using them in songs, singing, playing the recorder, teaching lesson plans that we wrote, talking about lesson plans that we wrote, listening and interpreting music, reading stories to the class and playing instruments to go a long with that story, moving in different directions when the musical notes change in a song and playing a variety of instruments. We made up our own songs and learned to play it on the recorder. In the beginning of this year, we learned to sing our names and keep the steady beat by tapping our bodies. We learned all of this wonderful information because one day soon we are all going to be teachers. We need to realize that music is very important and that we should learn how to incorporate music into our lesson plans because it will be beneficial to children.

B) Keeping an e-portfolio on blog:

1) List and Explain 5 things that are really cool about having your assignments done this way (postings on Blog)
I really liked the blog idea. This was my first class where we kept our own blogs online. I thought it was really cool because it was convenient. I always am by a computer, therefore, it was easy to hop and and do my assignments. Also, it was easy to use. I hate when teachers give us impossible tasks, the blog was easy to make and follow. I like that I can see all of my assignments because it was useful for writing my lesson plans because I could easily go through my blog and pick out possible answers. Lastly, it was nice to have announcements almost every day about our class. Technology is ongoing and so great! I loved to be able to see what my homework was while I was at home so I could complete it right away.

2)List and Explain 5 things that are problematic about posting assignments on Blog.
Sometimes it could be problematic if you go out of town and something is posted and due while you were gone and you had no idea. It could be problematic if you have trouble with the Internet. It could be problematic if you do not have access to the Internet all day. For my case, I moved out of my apartment and I did not have the Internet at home yet, so I fell a little behind. Also, some assignments might be re-vised and you did not know that that was the case and turned in what you thought was the correct assignment. Lastly, you have to check it all of the time and sometimes my schedule would get too hectic to go online.

3) Overall, what do you think about this part of assignment?
I liked writing my journal entries because it was a good reflection on what we were learning in class. It reminded me of things that we learned and it was easier to complete my assignments with the completion of my journals. I liked that it was an online assignment. I love the Internet and I think it is an amazing idea to have online assignments. For me, it is just easier to hop on a computer and write a journal..than printing it out and turning it in. I will not loose assignments and I can always refer back to it if I needed to.