ICT in learning – with emphasis on music technology

Finally, I have added a short rap to to the backing track of Go to church. I will let the track speak for it self …
Play rap!
 
 

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Now that I have created a working backing track, I will present some possibilities which music technology offers. As I have shown, Cubase is an example of a kind of software which allows the user to record and play back music, both in the format of MIDI and audio. From a learner’s point of view [...]

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It is time to provide an example of how some popular music software works, and some aspects of it which may lend it self to music education.
In this video, I will step by step add different musical parts that belong in the arrangement of Ice Cube’s “Go to church”. The work is done within the [...]

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To provide examples on how digital tools can be used in a musical context I have recreated the backing tracks of the tune “Go to church” by the American rap artist Ice Cube. I will elaborate on the process and on what kind of tools I have been using in the next articles. Here is [...]

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The aim of this series of postings is to convert the most important features of a pure text based essay into a multimodal text. The essay which I am about to convert, is an assignment I wrote earlier this autumn as part of the Master Studies in ITC in learning at the University College at [...]

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Since this blog will touch upon subjects such as computers, music and its appliance in school, I find it necessary to publish some audio clips which may serve as illustations of how I work. To start off, I asked my middlest son, Halvard, who is 6 1/2 to assist me. 
Halvard has for a few weeks been very determined to learn [...]

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Welcome to my blog on ITC in learning, with emphasis on music technology. The title is derived from the Master program I am doing of at the University college in Stord / Haugesund on the west coast of Norway. I hope this blog can become a useful platform for presenting thoughts and ideas which (hopefully) will appear [...]

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