On Wednesday, May 18th, reporters from the Memphis Daily News and the Memphis Flyer visited our classroom to learn how we integrate technology into our music program. Our visitors were treated to a live video "jam session" between our class and our violin-playing friends in Fairfax, VA, followed by a demonstration of the various Promethean ActivBoard applications - notation, composer lessons with audio and video elements, interactive review games, and songwriting software.(Photo: Lance Murphey, Memphis Daily News)
Halley Johnson of the Memphis Flyer says:Memphis Daily News writer Richard J. Alley begins his article with the following:
"The walls of a cinderblock city school classroom in East Memphis are hung with posters of John Coltrane, King Oliver, Otis Redding, Elvis Presley, Billie Holiday and a 78-inch interactive whiteboard called an ActivBoard.
In a medium whose foundation is built on the bar chords of the blues and sound of the sax, technology has been introduced to engage children and introduce them to those a world away in Ken Greene’s music class."
In a medium whose foundation is built on the bar chords of the blues and sound of the sax, technology has been introduced to engage children and introduce them to those a world away in Ken Greene’s music class."
"Six students sit facing a large projector screen in Ridgeway Middle School's music room with djembes, or African drums, at their feet. Teacher Ken Greene fiddles with the controls of the computer that sits at his desk, and a classroom in Fairfax, Virginia, materializes on the screen. These students are wielding violins, and their teacher gives the Ridgeway students a thumbs up. Greene leans forward and asks, "Do you mind if we jam with you?'"
Click here to read the entire Memphis Flyer article.
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Click here to read the entire Memphis Flyer article.
(download .pdf version)
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