Creating a Musical Makerspace

Presented by Kathryn Finch & Abigail Blair

Time: Tuesday July 13, 15:30 EDT (Eastern Daylight Time)

Let’s turn our music rooms into a place where imagination and creativity are not just encouraged, but essential! No matter the lesson, your students can demonstrate their understanding of the concepts you already teach using the tools, concepts, and standards of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math. Students can build shakers and shadow puppets, tell stories with apps and green screens, and learn all the elements that go into a Broadway musical. With a few tech tools, your students can compose melodies and variations, explore modes, add sound effects to stories, and find solutions to help others solve issues that arise in the music room. With the assistance of a DAW, students can explore form, design sound, compose their own music, and unlock the mysteries of the synthesizer. In this session, participants will explore possible materials to create and collect as well as lessons for the K-8 music room.

Participants will learn:

-What types of materials to collect for a makerspace and how to store their materials

-How to make and use a green screen and recording studio in the classroom

-Lesson ideas to get started in a makerspace: *Coding *Digital Audio Workstations *Non Tech Activities