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School of Rock! Songwriting Across the Curriculum With GarageBand

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Explore and create: Exploratory Creation lab

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Bill Selak

Director of Technology

Hillbrook School
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Bill Selak (he/him) is Director of Technology at Hillbrook School, an independent JK-12 school recognized as an Apple Distinguished School. He teaches at Concordia University Irvine in the M.A. Educational Technology program, and is a NAMLE Board Member (National Association of Media Literacy Education). He’s a recipient of the Kay L. Bitter Vision Award and ISTE's Emerging Leader Award, and he's a Google Certified Innovator and Apple Distinguished Educator. He’s taught music, kindergarten, and second grade. Bill is obsessed with sharing his learning on his podcast Bill Selak Talks, where he shares about bringing methodical creativity into the student experience.

Session description

Write an original standards-based song for your students during this session. By creating original music in minutes without picking up an instrument or a paintbrush, we empower students to create original scores to explain challenging academic concepts and to represent a specific artwork or literature.

Purpose & objective

Create an original musical composition with me… live, in real time… utilizing GarageBand! Participants will practice recording analog and software instruments, and will integrate music into the common core with writing an original song.

By the end of the session, participants will have an mp3 of our original collaborative song. The session isn’t just about HOW to write a song with a group, it’s about WRITING a song in real time with a group.

Write songs with students in GarageBand. Integrate music into the common core with songwriting, music theory, and creativity. In this session, participants compose music for a variety of cross-curricular purposes: video soundtracks, song parodies, song form, algebra (patterning), and original compositions.

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Outline

Part One
Introduction to GarageBand on macOS (5 min)
• Loops
• Recording analog and software instruments

Part Two
Write and record an original song together in GarageBand. (45 min)
1. Select theme for song by selecting a Common Core standard.
2. Collaboratively compose lyrics using Google Docs.
3. Choose a key, tempo, and song form.
4. Select instrumentation.
5. Browse, preview, and add GarageBand loops into song timeline.
6. Record original tracks as needed (vocal melody, keyboards, bass guitar, etc.). Participants will record tracks.
7. Record vocals.
8. Upload to Google Drive to share!

During this session, we are writing an actual song together. I'll be facilitating participant interaction... we'll vote to build consensus for choices like instrumentation, we'll use Chat (in remote session) to brainstorm ideas for choices like content area standard, we'll use a Google Doc editable by all for lyric writing. This session truly cannot happen unless all participants are fully engaged.

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Supporting research

Strategies for Arts Integration
http://bit.ly/SHIKJ8
How the Arts Unlock the Door to Learning
http://bit.ly/SHIYQr
From STEM to STEAM: Science and Art Go Hand-in-Hand
http://bit.ly/Vxuwir

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Session specifications

Topic:

Creativity & curation tools

Grade level:

PK-12

Skill level:

Beginner

Audience:

Coaches, Library media specialists, Teachers

Attendee devices:

Devices useful

Attendee device specification:

Laptop: Mac

Participant accounts, software and other materials:

We'll be using GarageBand on macOS. The presenter will be creating tracks on their device. Participants will find GarageBand on their own Apple laptop useful, but it is not required.

Subject area:

Music, Performing/visual arts

ISTE Standards:

For Coaches:
Collaborator

Personalize support for educators by planning and modeling the effective use of technology to improve student learning.

For Educators:
Designer

Design authentic learning activities that align with content area standards and use digital tools and resources to maximize active, deep learning.

For Students:
Creative Communicator

Students create original works or responsibly repurpose or remix digital resources into new creations.

School of Rock! Songwriting Across the Curriculum With GarageBand

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Presenters

Session description

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