Technology for Unleashing Creativity: Practical Tips and Tools for Music Educators

The traditional music education system prioritizes reading music and instrumental technique over creative skills, which is not aligned with students' creative lives outside the classroom. Steve Giddings' book "Technology for Unleashing Creativity" provides a practical and accessible resource for teachers to utilize technology in their teaching and help heighten students' creativity, particularly in the context of remote teaching due to COVID-19.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 224 pages
Publication date: 12 July 2022
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc

Traditional music education has traditionally prioritized reading music and instrumental technique over creative skills such as composition, improvisation, and learning by ear. However, as the technological landscape of students' everyday lives rapidly shifts, what schools teach rarely aligns with students' more creative day-to-day lives outside of the classroom. While administrators and state education standards often encourage incorporating creative technologies into the music curriculum, many music teachers lack the training to successfully utilize these tools and platforms.

In Technology for Unleashing Creativity, author Steve Giddings provides a practical and easily accessible resource for in-service and pre-service K-12 teachers looking to make better use of technology in their teaching and help heighten students' creativity. One of few authors to tackle both issues simultaneously, Giddings offers a guide for inspiring creativity in students through tools like YouTube learning, notation technology, digital audio workstations (DAWs), electronic instruments, online pedagogical platforms, and more.

A technology-driven approach to music education has never been more timely. COVID-19 has significantly disrupted the business-as-usual of educational institutions, and music educators, in particular, have adapted to teaching remotely. Via practical tips, visual diagrams, and lesson plan ideas, Technology for Unleashing Creativity walks music teachers through the core aspects of using technology in their classrooms, both in-person and remote, offering a definitive guide to creativity and technology in K-12 music education.

Weight: 442g
Dimension: 254 x 180 x 14 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780197570746