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Registration

Summer Institute 2010

Courses & Instructors:

Composing and Arranging Music

Digital Audio

FLIP: Video for Students and Teacher

GarageBand & Mixcraft

Independent Projects

Castleton State College - Course Syllabus
Course Overview - Music and Multimedia Technology Summer Institute
Educational contract course sponsored by Vermont MIDI Project
Summer 2010
July 20 - 23, 2010
EDU 6710 C49, MUS 5710 C01

Syllabus

The Vermont MIDI Project will sponsor a residential summer institute featuring 4 different courses in music and/or multimedia technology from July 20th to July 23rd at Castleton State College. Participants will select one of the following course strands for the four days and focus primarily on that topic. Throughout the week, there will be opportunities to explore additional multimedia applications in brief sessions organized throughout the institute.

  Four specific course strands for this summer will be:
1. Music composition, arranging and strategies for the classroom
2. Flip video – integrating video into your teaching
3. GarageBand for Mac and Mixcraft for Windows - opportunities for student learning
4. Digital Audio recording for K-12

An option for creating a Special Project in technology not addressed in the four courses above may be arranged with the instructor of record.

Workshop only for 36 hours or 3 graduate credits through Castleton State College
The course number for all courses is Education (EDU 6710 C49) or cross-listed with Music (MUS 5710 C01) for anyone taking Music Composition, Digital Audio or an Independent Project with a focus on music curriculum who wishes to receive specific music credits. Participants who choose the 3 credit option are required to continue uploading work and critiquing the work of others on the password protected website for an additional 10 hours in the two weeks following the institute.

Course Requirements

Participants who choose the 3 credit option are required to continue uploading their personal project to a password protected website and critiquing the work of others on the password protected website for the two weeks following the institute. It is expected that participants will spend at least ten additional hours on course work beyond the residential institute. One reflective paper will be due at the end of the two-week follow up period. All work must be completed by Sunday, August 8, 2010.

There are no prerequisites. Music educators, classroom teachers, technology integration specialists, library media specialists and others interested in sound/audio and video are welcome.

      Syllabus

Learning Objectives - Participants will:

•    Compose music for professional needs and personal uses  OR
•    Create and edit audio recording for professional needs and personal uses OR
•    Create and edit video for professional needs and personal uses
•    Develop curriculum plans and assessment strategies for student projects
•    Investigate new technology resources for music and technology
•    Gain experience in using online communication to expand and extend their own work
•    Reflect on their own learning
•    Read, reflect, and discuss three articles connected with music or multimedia and technology integration

Course Schedule:

Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
    · Instruction and hands-on exploration within the individual courses from 8:00 AM until 4:00 PM daily

    · Evening sessions daily from 7 to 9:00 PM with a variety of offerings and special topics related to curriculum and technology tools

Friday

Workshop sessions 8:30 – 1:30 pm
Presentations by all 1:30 - 4:00 pm

Assignments:

    **Students who elect to take CSC credit should plan on an additional 15 hours of work beyond the institute to be completed by Sunday, August 8th**.

    · Personal Project - Plan an additional 10 hours of work beyond the institute on a project in either music composition, video project, music technology or recording that will be uploaded to a password protected website for critique by other students from the course and professional artist mentors. The work will be shared in the beginning stages through to completion of the project, detailing the changes that take place throughout the project.

    · Responding to the Work of Others - Focused comments and suggestions help participants improve their work throughout the creative process. Course participants will use the password protected website to share discussions about the work posted in the 2 weeks following the institute.

    · Journal - Reflection on the creative process and on individual learning will be documented by participants through writing at least one page daily in a personal journal. This will be turned in to the instructor and used to write the final reflective paper.

    · Reflective paper -A two to three page paper will be submitted following the completion of the online project work. This paper will synthesize thoughts from the journal and from experiences gained while working on the creative project in the online environment.

    · Read, reflect on, and discuss the following articles:
(Specific titles of articles and video to be determined by early June and will be uploaded to this course website)

Academic Honesty Policy

As a community of scholars, the administration, faculty and students at Castleton expect all to maintain the highest integrity in scholarly work. All tests, papers, assignments, and projects must be the work of the individual or group assigned. Any work that is not original must be properly credited or it is plagiarized. Any violation of academic honesty will be considered cheating and will be dealt with accordingly by the individual instructor. For more information see:
http://www.castleton.edu/campus/StudentHandbook/pages6to43.pdf

Grading Policy

Grades are indicated by letters with a designated “quality point” value assigned to each as follows:
A+ = 4.0
A = 4.0
A- = 3.7
B+ = 3.3
B = 3.0
B- = 2.7
C+ = 2.3
C = 2.0
C- = 0.0