Monday-BYOD
BYOD, ‘Bring Your Own Device’ programme allows students to bring their own electronic devices to school. It’s become more popular in high schools. In my days, personal electronic devices were pretty much banned on school ground so unfortunately I don’t have any experience with it. But my brother (16)’s been to both a 1-to-1 and a BYOD school! The former got iPads for everybody but did not give them access to the App Store or “bad websites”, and the latter has absolutely no restrictions at all!
I got to interview him and he seemed to be happier with BYOD, since he got to choose the model he liked the most. Google Classroom also became quite handy during the pandemic for video conferences and homework. However, I’m pretty sure it potentially distracts the kids even more since they can literally go on any websites. Maybe 1-to-1 is a better idea after all, since it also eliminates the chances of comparisons among kids from different socio-economical background.
Wednesday-ReverseGarbage
woah woah woah
Upcycling WHAT
ok so basically we were told to create our own instruments and I was too reluctant to touch my recycling bin for obvious reasons. Therefore, I grabbed my mason jar (hipster i know), a protein shake cup, a fork, a chair and tried to play around. I found out that hitting these items can give out different tone and timbre, and it’d be good for explaining these concepts to the class.
I recorded videos of myself hitting the stuf and edited them on Filmora which I regret (it kept lagging) over an acapella track of Sucker by the Jonas Brothers my boyfriend found on YouTube. I think it’s the original vocal track people found online or something https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cs5u4wfCakE. It would be a cool activity for high school kids trying to get into production and video editing. I will probably look for more acapella tracks as they’ll be useful for future remix exercises.
Kidz! Music! 