ETC_Final Project

Relevant and Innovative Learning Scenario

 Rodolfo Fernández

Overview:

The purpose of this Relevant and Innovative Learning Scenario will be the introduction of a music creation/audio recording web 2.0 tool, in the Introduction to Computers class.  The use of the web 2.0 tool will introduce students to similar applications used in the course of their Associate Degree program.

Target Audience:

• Students in the first year of Recording Engineer associate degree.

Materials:

• Computer with broadband connection.
• FL Studio
• Garage Band

Objectives: At the end of this scenario, the learners will be able to:

• Create a musical piece using Soundation, FL Studio and Garage Band.
• Evaluate and compare the ease of use of Soundation with FL Studio and Garage Band.
• Discuss the application of the web 2.0 tool in class.
• Apply the use of these applications as recording engineers.

Procedure:

• Students will go to the Soundation webpage, http://www.soundation.com/ and create an account.
• Once students’ log in, they will proceed to create a musical piece as they do in FL Studio or Garage Band.  
• If the student has any questions or doubts, they will refer to the “How-to-section”.
• After they finish the musical piece, students will export it to the computer’s desktopin .wav file format

Students will review the Web 2.0 tool in class by:

• Discussing advantages and disadvantages of Soundation to similar program, like Garage Band or FL Studio.
• Use of ease of the web 2.0 tool (Soundation).
• What improvements can be done in Soundation
•  Remind students that they can take their finished jobs on a USB Flahs Drive and use it on other projects.

Web 2.0 Tool:

Soundation is a free online music creation tool.  Users can create music using an online loop library; also, audio editing and effects are features available in the application as exporting to the computer or the Internet.

 Social Participation/Social Learning:

Students will work on their musical creations during class hours for class grade, at the computer lab, during 4 class sessions.  Collaboration will occur by listening and recommend which loops are best to their musical pieces.  Once they finish they will listen to their final product before exporting the project in a .wav file in the computer’s desktop.

Making Connections:

To work efficiently on the project, students will learn how to use keyboard shortcuts, like cut, copy, and paste, select all, etc., since most audio recording/music creation tools used them.  By learning the shortcuts, students can work more efficiently on the programs that they will use throughout their course program.  After they learn how to use the keyboard, students will be introduced to web 2.0 tools, in this case Soundation

Create/Produce:

Students will create a 2-minute musical piece and export it in a .wav format. 

Assessment:

See the rubric below

RILS Rubric
	Excellent	Good	Average	Poor
Musical creation	Student create and edit an original 2 min. musical piece, using volume changes and effects and export it to .wav format	Student create and edit an original 2 min. musical piece and export it to a .wav format	Student only created 1 min. musical piece. No editing, volume changes or effects, but export it to a .wav format	Student did not create a musical piece.
Evaluation and comparison of Web 2.0 tool with other applications	Student made a deep evaluation on the use of the web 2.0 tool and detailed the difference to other applications	Student made a deep evaluation on the use of the web 2.0 tool, but made gave a general comparison to other applications	Student only evaluate on the web 2.0 tool, but did not gave any comparison to other applications	Student did not evaluate the web 2.0 tool, nor other applications
Discussion in class	Student presents the musical piece and gives a detailed explanation creation process in class	Student presents the musical piece in class and gives a general explanation creation process in class	Student presents the musical piece, but does not give an explanation of creation process in class.	Student did not present musical piece in class.
Applications	Student gave thoughtful suggestions and recommendations to classmates of the web 2.0 tool used in class	Student gave general suggestions and recommendations to classmates of the web 2.0 tool used in class.	Student gave general recommendations to classmates the web 2.0 tool used in class	No recommendations

Reflection:

Students:

Students will deliver a written reflection that describes their impression of learning about Web 2.0 Tools in class and what topics can be modified or eliminate in the Introduction to Computers course.

      Teacher:

The teacher will make a reflection based on students’ feedback.  This reflection will also include technical mishaps during the learning scenario and present them to professors and faculty director.

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