Music Technology Projects: The Art of Storytelling (2 Hours 30 Minutes)

BONUS! When successfully completing this course, you will get a free download of five lessons and all the resources needed to complete the projects (25 pages of materials + additional files)! They work as one-off projects or can be combined into an entire semester of music projects.

Course Description

Music Technology Projects - The Art of Storytelling is a 2.5 hour course designed for teachers to learn how to engage their students in creative music technology projects. Content is presented at the middle school level but can easily be adapted for elementary or high school students by scaffolding in support or additional requirements.

Teachers will learn how to use The Art of Storytelling as a way to engage their students in expressive music technology projects, complete with five examples and demonstration of actual student work. All projects include downloads of the materials needed to complete the projects with your own students.

All projects utilize a free digital audio workstation (DAW), SoundTrap (www.soundtrap.com), and a free film editing program, ShotCut (https://shotcut.org/). These are both powerful, free programs that students can easily use in the classroom. If you have access to paid programs (i.e., Ableton and Premiere Pro), they can easily be substituted.

SoundTrap and ShotCut are recommended because they are free! The five storytelling projects covered in this course, along with resource downloads and lesson plans, include:

• Storyboarding for Storytelling
• Picture Book Reimagined
• Film Scoring Until the Mooses Come Home
• Superheros and Pixel Art
• National Anthem for a New Nation

Course Objectives

During the course, you will:

• Learn how storytelling can be used as a tool for inspiring composing and creating in the music classroom.
• Learn how to integrate DAW's and film editing as part of a music technology projects-based curriculum.
• Learn the fundamentals of working with mixed media arts with students.

Student Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Lead students through five music technology projects over several weeks, if not an entire semester.
• Use storytelling as an method for creating with music technology.
• Use and adapt the materials provided for your own classroom.

Requirements for Modules

In order to receive a Certificate of Completion and 2.5 Hours for this course, you will need to:

• Complete 5 Learning Modules
• Practice combining video, audio, and exporting the project from ShotCut.