Metal
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So far, I found this to be the most challenging learning activity. All throughout High School I used PowerPoint often, but never in the "Windows Vista" Format. I was entirely unfamiliar with the way PowerPoint is now setup, but with help from the postings of my peers on the ICT forum, I learnt how to do many things, such as embedding YouTube videos to my presentation.
As a musician, I created a PowerPoint about the brief history and genres of Metal as this is something I'm very passionate about. I suppose it would be a good class activity for year 10's, or possibly for 11 and 12 linking towards analysis assignments or as a start of term activity to "hook" the students. I have included some videos in my presentation, but they do not work in this format on the blog (you can download this presentation with the menu bar in the bottom left handed corner of the presentation screen)
I hope you enjoy it!
I have embedded a video of a band I played bass in called "Isosceles" playing a cover of Wolfmothers "Joker and the thief". This is for educational purposes only, as a display of artistic expression of course!
Thanks Michael, I found your presentation very informative (I'm partial to a bit of metal anyway), particularly the historical roots of the genre. I agree it would be an engaging topic for senior Music students. It could also be used in senior English as a part of a narrative or biographical study.
ReplyDeleteWith respect to your slides, I liked that you didn't use one of the pre-set templates and presented the information in free form. By not 'dumbing down' the content into short bullet points, I think that it fits the purpose for your lesson. That said, some of the slides are quite wordy.
In delivery, would you incorporate more interaction from the students? I would suspect getting the students to research some of the bands, identifying (and playing or interpreting) linking music themes/riffs/note sequences [I'm not a musician, so clutching here] between the periods would be a great collaborative exercise that could be shared.
Thanks for sharing!
Karen Stewart
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Yes I agree with some of your points Karen (my slides are very wordy, but in the proper PowerPoint format, you can read them while the videos play...so there is sufficient time, and I don't think the students would get bored)
ReplyDeleteYes, I suppose it could lead to exercises. For example, listening to short examples taken from songs and asking students to identify a possible genre and era(as I did in my undergraduate degree in some exams)
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for a composition assignment. (compose 32 bars of a genre of the GIVEN CHOICES for guitar, bass, drumkit and vocals) This is a common type of assessment in Senior Music.