https://www.thinglink.com/scene/995465261786071042 This is a direct link to the Thinglink that explains a bit about AudioTool, as well as some of its function. The interactive nature that Thinglink has to offer allows for students to have a new perspective of what music making can look like. Also I hope that this new form of annotated imagery presents students with a new aesthetic that engages them and excites them as to what we will be doing going forward with our project. This visual form of presentation is important to help all types of learners be able to get the same amount of information as well. This concise form of information gives the students all that is needed for a great hook as students prepare to dive into a new experience. The Thinglink that I created works as an introduction to Audiotool in a way that will hopefully not overwhelm students, while giving them the information necessary to get introduce students to what we will be doing as we continue our lesson. As well as this there is a direct link to AudioTool which is the website we are going to be using in order to create our own personal song in order to help us to stay focused and be more productive. I also am hoping to open the door to students to a new way of creating art that relates to the readings we have been doing and allows for us to implement the different ideas that we have been discussing in class. Music always seems like something a million miles away and is often a scary thing for children to explore because they don't know where to start. Through my own knowledge, as well as the tutorials audiotool has to offer, and the information about music we have from the readings it is my hope that the door will open to students and they will now have the tools to express themselves in this new form of art-making with real world applications. This is also only a snip-it of what all is out there for people to use going forward, and allows for further exploration after this interactive lesson is over.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1KkVkzXqB1iPZzQdAMxkDGw2RU0Ey6GTw this consists of a presentation used in class as a way to explain what we will be doing as an activity in the class as well as why we are going to be doing these things. This is an art-making project that I think students would really enjoy doing and would want to implement into my own classroom. In a time where technology is being implemented more and more into classes this allows for art to be created while incorporating scientific readings and english skills; this lesson not only allows for collaboration between the english and the art department, but hopefully also helps to break down the barrier that exists between teachers and the music of a younger generation.
