Caitlin Atwood EDU Blog

 The game concept that my group came up with for our subject (music) was called "Mount Scale-ji." This game was a way for students to be encouraged to learn the scales on their instruments. As they climb Mount Scale-ji, they will learn a new scale and have different checkpoints. We decided that a good idea for a "reward" would be essentials for their instruments, like cork grease, valve oil, and things like that. My group had to brainstorm quite a bit to figure out what to do. We all experienced some sort of game concept when we were in music classes in school (for example, Recorder Karate), but we did not know really how to implement games into music class. For the most part, many of the games that I have experienced at Coe have been more game-based learning. In many of the classes that I have taken, I have played at least one Kahoot for reviewing a topic or for reviewing for a mid-term/final. I think that implementing these resources into class are fun and can hel...

  What AT supports have you noticed in our placement classroom? If you haven't noticed anything, ask your cooperating teacher about it (ask how they accommodate students with IEPs or special needs). Do you recall AT supports in your elementary, middle, or secondary classrooms? What tools do you find helpful? Because of the subject that I am placed in (instrumental music), I have not seen much AT used in the classroom. The only instance I can think of how AT is used is through a software they use for students' lessons called "SmartMusic". This gives students access to all of their lesson materials (lesson books, solos, etc) on their school-issued computer. They are also able to have a metronome, audio recording, and other tools on there as they practice. I do not remember much AT being used when I was in K-12 schooling, but it could have just been because it didn't catch my eye or I did not notice it. The only instance I remember is in high school when my math teac...

 A SAMR model is a model that demonstrates how technology impacts learning in a classroom. The four letters in the abbreviation stand for (S)ubstitution, (A)ugmentation, (M)odification, and (R)edefinition. This model can be used to design, implement, and review learning styles in the education system today. A class I am taking right now is Music History and Literature III. One of our (many) learning outcomes that is listed in the syllabus states, "Upon successful completion of this course, the student will have a more open attitude toward unfamiliar musical styles." One way that a digital project would work with this learning outcome is to have students present on a musical style or genre that they are not familiar with.  Substitution: Instead of having paper copies of the project outline for the students, instead send the outline via email or in a Google Doc, so that it is accessible at their fingertips. Plus if you send it out to all students, there will not be the chance o...

 

 For modules on Checkology, I selected the second module out of the five, which was about misinformation. The content in this module was focused on the misinformation that can be spread around the internet. Some of these would include satire, imposter content, fabricated content, manipulated content, and false content. The one thing that I will take away from working on this module will be to always double check sources before sharing them on social media. Nothing was really "new" or "surprising" to me, as I have noticed the increase of misinformation on the internet, especially with the popularity of platforms like TikTok and Instagram. I feel like all of the questions were answered while I completed this module. (For the most part, about halfway through this module, things were glitching out and wouldn't let me move things around.) We had a few lessons and discussions in middle/high school about misinformation, but we did not go too deep for it. All we were re...