School districts have been buying new technology products in
the school systems. Apple products have been extremely popular in schools due
to the fact that Apple products are easy to use with little technological
knowledge. Computers, while they have slimmed down, are still bulky and hard to
give every student easy accessibility to one. Many schools are investing in
iPad’s and every student receives one. This makes it easier for students to
carry around with them and also cuts down on having to buy new textbooks. While
the initial cost of the technology is probably astronomical, they school
probably saves money year round on paper and book costs.
Music teachers can actually use iPad’s in the classroom as
well. There was a commercial on TV that featured kids playing instruments on
tablets. The same idea can be brought into a music classroom. Buying
instruments and keeping the instruments in good shape can drain a music
department’s budget and the apps that recreate the instruments could replace
them. Of course, it would not be advised for a band class setting. Nothing can
replace the sound of real instruments but for general music classes, students
can experience making music from a complex instrument without years of training
and instruction.
There is also an iBook that is significantly cheaper than an
actual textbook called “The Interactive Listening iBook”. Not only does it act
as a replacement for a textbook, it has so many extra features where a normal
textbook would fall short. There are built in music examples, games, videos and
quizzes to check if the information is being retained. Music teachers can bring
Beethoven into the 21st century by using the technology available to
them. Students are much more excited to learn about things when some part of
the lesson is relevant to them.
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