Hello! Welcome to the iPad Music Education Project blog.
iPMEP was conceived on January 27, 2010, when Steve Jobs announced Apple’s latest creation, the iPad. As an Mac and iPhone user, I was instantly intrigued by the power of its user interface as well as its low (starting at $500) price point. I began to imagine how this tablet computer could be used in my middle school choir classroom, and here we are.
The iPMEP has the following goals:
-Facilitate theory and ear training
-Teach basic piano skills
-Replace paper worksheets and tests
-Replace paper octavos (with public domain music or permission from publishers)
-Use cloud technology to make student work accessible from any iPad, and make teacher evaluation automatic and easy.
-Integrate all National Standards for Music Education using the iPad technology, including performing, improvising, composing, reading, listening to, and evaluating music, as well as understanding its relationship with the other arts and the world at large.
In order to achieve these goals, grant money is being sought to finance the purchase of iPad computers and related accessories, and I am looking to partner with developers who have experience programming iPhone/iPad apps.
On this blog, I plan to publish information about finding grants, reviews of available apps which might be used for the project, and hopefully, information about the setup, implementation, and maintenance of an iPad music education lab, and how it affects my students’ music education.
I hope you find this blog informative and entertaining. I am excited to begin my quest to bring this technology to my students, and I’m glad to have you along for the ride!
