The School MIDI Lab:

Teaching Music Through Technology.

by Hal Peterson

This book explains in detail how to develop a curriculum that uses technology, whether you are starting from a single work station or planning an entire MIDI classroom. The book provides information on the selection of hardware components such as computers, keyboards, networking, and classroom furniture. However, the majority of the book's content focuses on your role as a teacher: how to integrate and use music software in a wide variety of music curriculum applications. Chapters in the book include:

1. Selecting and Installing the Hardware
2. Developing a Curriculum
3. Teaching Music Fundamentals with MIDI Software
4. Teaching Music Theory with MIDI Software
5. Using Computer Software to Teach Music Appreciation and History
6. Using MIDI to Improve Performance Skills
7. Using MIDI to Notate, Sequence, and Play Back Music, and
8. Using MIDI to Create, Edit, and Store Sound.

The book contains sample lesson plans and shows typical correlation of these activities to state frameworks in the performing arts. 99 pages, $19.95.

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