Casey Hall: EdTech in Music Classes

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Today’s Guest: Mr. Casey Hall

Bio: Casey is a Fine Arts Education Program Specialist at
the Georgia Department of Education where he supports Fine
Arts Teachers across the state of Georgia. At the time of the
recording, he was the Fine Arts Support Teacher (FAST) for
Fulton County School (FCS) and the Music Specialist at Wolf
Creek Elementary in Atlanta, Georgia. As a FAST (Fine Arts
Support Teacher), he coached and supported other music
teachers across the Fulton County Schools. Most recently, he
was awarded the title of 2019-2020 South Learning Community
Teacher of the Year for Fulton County Schools. 

Contact Info: @mrhallpass (Twitter/Instagram)






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#EduDuctTape Question: How can we
implement technology in the music classroom to engage students
in music-learning and music-making?

Casey advocates for the use of edtech in order to be
culturally relevant for your students

Casey’s question for himself: “How are my students making
music each day”

Mobile apps to use as a tuner or as an instrument

NearPod

Initially, Casey used it all on his teacher screen

As time went on and Casey got access to more devices,
he increased his use of its formative assessment features

Nearpod can still be useful if you're not 1:1, Casey
has used with students in groups or in stations

The use of Nearpod for data collection across
multiple classes and 100s of students was valuable for
Casey

Nearpod VR allows him to present in a more rich way

One of the music education standards involving
connecting music to other elements and showing a
location relating to the music hits this.



Draw It slides to draw rhythms, show compositions,
etc. to replace paper processes



Flipgrid - for Chorus auditions

Incredibox - premade loops

GarageBand - not the best in primary grades

Casey’s advice: start small, it’s okay to take small
steps.




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