Musical Technology Teaching Resources :: 841

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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Egyptian Band

For Students 9th - 10th

That the Egyptians paid great attention to the study of music and had arrived at a very accurate knowledge of the art, is evident from the instruments which they used. - Goodrich, 1844

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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Egyptian Harp

For Students 9th - 10th

That the Egyptians paid great attention to the study of music and had arrived at a very accurate knowledge of the art, is evident from the instruments which they used. - Goodrich, 1844

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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Egyptian Musician

For Students 9th - 10th

That the Egyptians paid great attention to the study of music and had arrived at a very accurate knowledge of the art, is evident from the instruments which they used. - Goodrich, 1844

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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Sistrum

For Students 9th - 10th

The sistrum was an Egyptian instrument of music, used in certain ceremonies by that people, and especially in the worship of Isis. - Anthon, 1891

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Class Flow: Digital Storytelling With Class Flow Technology

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards

[Free Registration/Login Required] Digital storytelling is the combination of the ancient art of oral storytelling with today's technology, enabling students to write their own uniquely personal tales and then personalize them even more...

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University of Houston: Engines of Our Ingenuity: Ray Dolby

For Students 9th - 10th

Read the story behind on of the most famous name in music today, Ray Dolby, as told by Forbes writer Jeffrey Young.

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Looper's Delight: Home Page

For Students 9th - 10th

An interesting loop-based music site featuring loop-based artists, performances, tools, tips and tricks, and more.

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Pbs: Mathline: Tessellations Wow! [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 5th

An integrated geometry lesson on spatial sense in which students identify and use different shapes to create a tessellation. "Through a variety of modalities such as writing, music, art, poetry, and literature, students are introduced to...

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Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Oppenheimer: The Computer Delusion

For Students 9th - 10th

A controversial article from The Atlantic magazine suggesting that there is no evidence to show that using computers in schools improves either teaching or learning. Argues against cutting enriching programs in art and music to fund...

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Pbs: Who Made America?: Innovators: Ray Kurzweil

For Students 9th - 10th

A prodigy from Queens created hardware and software to help blind people read and musicians make music. His inventions, writings, and influential thinking have explored and exploited technology in many ways, and helped shape ongoing work...

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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: An I Pod Inspired Writing Lesson: The American Dream

For Teachers 9th - 10th

Using music, video and readings, young scholars will explore their views of the American Dream, and use this information to create "Animoto" videos that express a personal opinion or take on the dream. Students will develop and support...

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Khan Academy: American Culture in the 1920s

For Students 9th - 10th

The First World War had a crippling effect on any notions of positivity in the artists, writers, and intellectuals of that time and they became known as the Lost Generation. This page discusses this group of people, the emergence of jazz...

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Alex: Plath, Personification, and Figurative Language

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards

This project based activity will use Sylvia Plath's poem, "Mirror", to examine the use of personification and figurative language. The activity may also incorporate the use of technology to produce a multimedia project. This allows...

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Tinfoil

For Students 9th - 10th

This site has commentary and great photos of early recording devices and online sound clips of actual wax cylinder recordings.

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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Gioachino Rossini

For Students 9th - 10th

An Italian musical composer who wrote more than 30 operas as well as sacred music and chamber music.

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Welcome to the Wonderful World of Baroque Music

For Students 9th - 10th

This site is a multi-media "encyclopedia" of Baroque music! Use the site as the basis of your curriculum unit on Baroque or as a "textbook" with kids accessing the site from home, library or computer lab.

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