Wright-Stuff Music » Online Tasks http://wrightstuffmusic.edublogs.org Though everything else may appear shallow and repulsive, even the smallest task in music is so absorbing, and carries us so far away from town, country, earth, and all worldly things, that it is truly a blessed gift of God. - Felix Mendelssohn Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:12:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Stage 4 Online Tasks http://wrightstuffmusic.edublogs.org/2008/12/02/stage-4-online-tasks/ http://wrightstuffmusic.edublogs.org/2008/12/02/stage-4-online-tasks/#comments Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:02:58 +0000 wrightstuffmusic http://wrightstuffmusic.edublogs.org/?p=59 This year has been a year of experimentation with WordPress – and Stage 4 have loved it!

I created a series of Online Tasks for each of my junior classes.

Method

•  I surveyed the potential for internet based homework among my classes

•  I started with simple video viewing and downloading of a PDF worksheet

•  As my students grew more confident with this process I added online questions and answers, then online forms and finally listening to mp3’s and midi files

Outcomes

• All of my students completed the tasks and enjoyed their homework

• I was able to broaden their listening horizons and spark interest in multiple musical genres

• Parents became involved, commenting to me at parent teacher nights how they enjoyed completing homework with their children

• Students who were ‘computer illiterate’ quickly became proficient navigators of our school’s site Oxleylearning

Let me know if you enjoy them as well.

Oh, and make sure you are nice to your IT guy.  I could not have done this without Tom March our WordPress expert.

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