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**Notes/Resources for ULearn 2012 workshop will be continuously updated. Final list of suggested apps is available:** **Please use this link: ULearn apps to download**

== These notes have also been uploaded to the ULearn website. Please feel free to contact me any time: == lfield@somint.school.nz __** Using iPad/iPod touch to enhance Creativity and Learning in Music **__


 * BYO devices have provided both students and teachers with enormous opportunity to link classroom learning with individual work at home. This workshop will introduce a variety of games and apps that enhance student learning specifically in music. I will divide the session into several parts:**


 * 1. Introduce games that any teacher/student can play - providing musical activity with no previous experience necessary**
 * 2. Introduce apps that teach and support learning with specific music concepts and skills. Some of these apps can be used in a classroom situation by teachers with little or no music background.**
 * 3. Set a variety of tasks (student activities). Delegates will then choose the activity or activities they wish to complete, according to their own capabilities and particular interest.**


 * All activities will be taken from my own planning and have been used successfully in my own teaching. Delegates will work individually or collaboratively, at their own pace for this last section.**


 * The availability of ICT tools has allowed for remarkable change in the delivery of the music curriculum. Students today have ready access to iphones, ipads, ipods, high speed internet, gaming consoles and they use these technologies throughout the day as a preferred means of both communication and entertainment. The next step is to provide a link from these technologies to specific learning activities, both in the classroom and at home. **

__My perspective: __
 * The arts are one of the main ways that humans define who they are. Because the arts convey the spirit of the people who create them, they can help young people to acquire inter and intra-personal relationships. **
 *  - from Somerville Intermediate Arts Curriculum Policy **

__The goal at school: __
 * Through the Arts Curriculum, dance, drama, music and the visual arts, students will gain the ability to communicate, interpret and develop creative ideas. These learning experiences will provide practical knowledge and an understanding of the arts within a variety of contexts.**
 * - from Somerville Intermediate Arts Curriculum Policy**

We can enhance student learning and their own creativity using e-learning**