Please click on this link below to watch the basic tutorial.

http://help.apple.com/garageband/index.html#button-0

Workshop at a Glance

Garageband in the Classroom

Using Garageband in the classroom is easy for both teachers and students.

In this session, I will show you how to use GarageBand (the basics) and will share ideas of how to use it in the classroom with all age groups. 

How is GarageBand used in the classroom?

Here are some examples of what teachers and students can do with Garageband:

TEACHERS CAN.....

• Record listening passages for students. Play to the whole class or at different "learning/listening stations"
• Record examples of poetry for the class
• Create a listening assessment  (Spelling test, math story problems, etc)
• Post recordings on their webpage (have a weekly podcast)
• Record a chapter review, post it to the web and students can access it from home (Great for absent students)
• Use music and sound effects to enhance storytelling.
• Give directions to small groups. (Each listening station can hear their specific directions)
• Record directions of a test. (Great for kids with IEP's who need directions read to them or for absent students)

STUDENTS CAN...

• Record themselves reading a passage - great FLUENCY check.
• Record themselves reading a paper or poem they have written - great way to check for errors
• Record themselves reflecting on an assignment - great way to hear their thinking process
• Re-tell events of a story
• Create a song or a jingle for a commercial
• Create a podcast and post it to the class webpage
• Tell a story using music and sound effects
• Make a radio advertisment
• Make a public service announcement and play it for the school
• Record what academic goals they would like to achieve before the end of the year
• Practice their public speaking skills (especially great for students who are shy and don't like to speak in front of the class.

If teachers and students know how to play the piano, they can plug in a midi keyboard and record their masterpiece!

Additional ideas from http://cnx.org/content/m18122/latest/ 

(Click on the link, or read the info below)

Introduction to a Unit

GarageBand in the elementary classroom would be a useful tool for the teacher to create an introduction to the unit of which s/he is about to teach.  A podcast can be the prefect presentation to grab the students’ attention and give them a quick overview of what they should expect in the upcoming unit.  In the introduction, you can include pictures and music clips to engage the students in the future discipline.  Making the introduction available online for the students can also provide a tool for the student to self-assess themselves later on in their own time.  They can review the introduction to see if the objectives and goals were met. 

Reading Fluency

In elementary classroom, GarageBand can be used to help strengthen reading fluency.  The students can record themselves reading text with a voice recorder and then edit the content in the GarageBand.  This allows the students to listen to themselves later for a self-evaluation.  Also, by recording the students’ readings and saving them, the teacher can go back and listen to the reading later.  This can help with time constraint in the classroom since it can be difficult to see all of the students in a timely fashion.  You can also use the readings to show the growth of the students reading fluency throughout the year. Here is an example of using GarageBand to assist with reading fluency: http://edtap.psu.edu/video/reading/

Creative Writing

Students can present their creative writings as a podcast, using GarageBand. The writing can be accompanied by jingles, sound effects, or music to help the students express their creativity.  The students can also take original pictures or draw illustrations to add to the podcast through GarageBand.

Presentations

Students can use GarageBand to create presentations. The students can include models, tables, or diagrams throughout the presentation to support their information. This can give the students a chance to give more life to their reports.  They can make reference to pictures or documents during their presentation and have them show in their podcast.  The presentation can be a personal narrative or a report for history.  Podcasts would allow the students to provide pictorial support along side their oral presentation. 

Using Raps as a Studying Tool

GarageBand can also be used to record raps or songs the students created.  This can be very useful as a studying tool.  Creating a rap or song can assist the students in retaining information.  And by recording the rap or song onto a podcast through GarageBand, students can review the song later if they had forgotten it.  Students creating a song or rap is a powerful study tool.  

Online Webpages to help you get started:

These sites will walk you through the basics:

http://mac.appstorm.net/how-to/music/getting-started-with-garageband-09/

http://tarala1c.wordpress.com/garageband/

This is the official tutorial guide of GarageBand '09:

GarageBand_09_Getting_Started-1.pdf

Citations:

Farmer, M.(2008, November 17). GarageBand in the Elementary Classroom. Retrieved from the Connexions

     Website:   http://cnx.org/content/m18122/1.4/

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Please feel free to contact me regarding anything we spoke about today. I look forward to hearing from you!

  Patty Tzortzis

  Coordinator of Instructional Technology

  Information Services Department

  Evanston/Skokie School District 65

  1500 McDaniel

  Evanston, IL 60201

  (847) 859-8034

  tzortzisp@district65.net

  Skype: profe_tzortzis 

  iChat: tzortzisp@mac.com

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