For this part of the project, I uploaded an mp3 track I had previously recorded on GarageBand, with an audio interface, into Sound Trap. Once I had my mp3 recording in Sound Trap, I had to create new parts that went along with my original melody. In the application, there are many instruments that can be used to make different tracks. I ended up using mostly percussion instruments which I could then choose from a variety of them to pick the sound I wanted. Once I got my song how I wanted it, I had to upload it to SoundCloud which I have never used before. I soon learned how to operate the program. I did not know how to use Sound Trap so something I learned through this process was how to use Sound Trap. I had no clue how to use the application, so I had to figure it out on my own. I played around with the different instrumentations until I got what I wanted. There are many options like drum set, wind instruments, strings, and many more. Something else I need to know is how to operate SoundCloud. I had never used the application, so I had to figure out how to use it. First, I signed up and got an account. Then it was pretty straight forward once you get into SoundCloud. You upload a file from your computer and then you select if you want to publish it public or private.
One thing I liked about my work was the tracks I had added to my original recording. My melody on its own was okay, it was just too simple. Adding the extra tracks I made with the percussion instruments, added some character to the song. A challenge I experienced in this project was that my melody was not in time so trying to add in extra tracks was a bit hard at times. When I added the metronome to the tracks, my melody slowed down a bit because I was still trying to figure out how to play it. I had to rerecord a lot with my extra tracks until I finally got what I wanted. After I recorded, I saved my song. All the tracks I had made, got deleted. I was frustrated at this point and I wanted to give up. I had to remember all the extra tracks I added and rerecord them. I finally ended up getting what I wanted and made sure it saved correctly. The next steps I would take if I had more time would be to record my short melody again so that it is more in time and easier to add extra tracks to it. I would also try to line up the tracks better and even try to add more parts that are not just percussion.
TPACK is a theory that teachers should use technology in the classroom that will help the students out in the learning environment and not just use projectors in the classroom. They should be using extra applications related to their field. TPACK’s relation to part one of this project would be to have the kids help the teacher create a melody or rhythm in a composing website (Sibelius, flat.io, etc.). The melody would not have to be super long, it is just to get the students involved and help them identify rhythm and notation. To relate it to part two, the teacher could have all the student play the melody they created and have them all play it in unison. In relation to part three, the teacher could have the students all make their own part on SoundTrap or just collaboratively make a few tracks that will go along with the prerecorded track.
The National Core Arts Standards are a framework that helps guide educators in the arts that a student should attain by the end of a certain time period. The core arts standards that relate to parts one through three are: anchor core standard #1, #2, #3, #5, #8, #10. Part one relates to anchor core standard numbers one through three because in this stage of the project we had to develop ideas for a melody and refine them so that we can have them for the next part. For part two of the project, anchor core standard numbers five and ten relate to the project because in this part we had to use previous knowledge and experience to refine our skills to be able to play and record the melody that we created. In part 3 of this project, anchor core project numbers one, two, three, five, eight, and ten all relate because we needed to have previous knowledge along with new ideas to create a track that included that recorded we did in the previous parts. I can apply these in future teaching by making sure that I can a least keep a few of the standards in my classroom so that my students are receiving quality information that will help them in their education.
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