CMS/ATMI Pre-Conference Technology Workshop
September 24, 2008
Christopher W. Klaus Advanced Computer Building
Georgia Institute of Technology
DELIVERING MUSIC INSTRUCTION
WITH WEB 2.0 SOCIAL COMPUTING TOOLS
SPONSORS
Corporate sponsorship provided by Connect For Education; MakeMusic,
Inc.; NING; SoundTree; Yamaha Music Production; Steinberg North
America; Yamaha Music in Education; Sibelius; and Turning Technologies.
Overview: Following on a successful model for the CMS/ATMI pre-conference technology “boot camps” in San Antonio and Salt Lake City, the technology pre-conference workshop for Atlanta will offer a one-day, in-depth experience in using Web 2.0, or social computing tools, in music instruction. Designed to provide something for the novice as well as the more technology-advanced college music instructor, the day will focus on instruction, demonstrations, and collegial sharing of instructional experiences with blogs, NING, podcasts, wikis, and music and video sharing. The pre-conference workshop will be held on Wednesday, September 24, on the campus of the Georgia Institute of Technology in the Christopher W. Klaus Advanced Computer Building and is co-sponsored by CMS and ATMI. Click here for a campus map (building #17 on pdf map).
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Full Description: Last year’s CMS technology “boot camp” focused on course management systems (Blackboard, WebCT, Moodle, D2L, and others ) and, to some extent, social computing tools reflective of Web 2.0 applications in general (podcasting, blogging, and others). Attendance for this “boot camp” far exceeded our projections with 96 attendees. Given the keen interest shown at the SLC pre-conference and in the follow-up survey of attendees, the decision was made for this year’s workshop to focus specifically on social computing tools and their use in supporting instructional activity in college music classrooms, ensembles, and studios.
The model for the pre-conference workshop is a continued refinement of one initially developed for the Internet 2.0 and videoconferencing pre-conference in San Antonio. Programmatically the event strives to provide something for the novice as well as the more advanced technology user. Additionally, the pre-conference provides a mixture of hands-on experiences, lecture/demos, open discussion time, sharing through a peer-reviewed “showcase” session that employs a science-fair model permitting the attendees to browse a room of presentations, and a keynote speaker from outside of the profession. We will also continue an engagement initiative from last year with the active participation of student interns from our host institution, Georgia Institute of Technology.
This year the CMS Technology Committee is trying several new programmatic ideas based on feedback from a survey of last year’s participants. To better accommodate hands-on sessions, we are experimenting with a new BYOL (Bring Your Own Laptop) design; we will have some additional laptops provided by vendors and Georgia Tech for those who do not have a laptop or we encourage the attendees to seek out a loaner from their campus instructional technology support services. Drawing upon the technology expertise of the ATMI members, we will offer one-on-one times with the experts as well as open lab assistance. Overall, there will be more hands-on experiences than in previous years. Additionally, ATMI as a co-sponsor will provide “experts” for the one-on-one sessions and user lab support.
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Keynote speakers: This year, the workshop will feature two exciting guest speakers. Steve Hargadon, NING’s primary educational evangelist, will share his thoughts on using social computing tools for education and conduct a hands-on workshop on tips using NING for teaching. Dr. Amy Bruckman, a professor at Georgia Tech in computer science, will be our dinner speaker. Her research specialization is the study of how people use social computing tools and how they generate Web content.
 Amy Bruckman: Amy Bruckman is an Associate Professor in the College of Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology. She and her students in the Electronic Learning Communities (ELC) research group do research on online communities and education. Current projects include Science Online (a wiki-based public science resource in which students learn science content and method by writing for a real audience). Amy is a member of the Georgia Computes! Broadening participation in Computing Alliance, and is exploring how to encourage teens who love social computing to chose to pursue computing education. Amy is interested in ethical issues in Internet research, and was a member of working groups on this topic organized by AAAS, AoIR, and APA. Amy received her PhD from the MIT Media Lab's Epistemology and Learning group in 1997, her MSVS from the Media Lab's Interactive Cinema Group in 1991, and her BA in physics from Harvard University in 1987. In 1999, she was named one of the 100 top young innovators in science and technology in the world (TR100) by Technology Review magazine. In 2002, she was awarded the Jan Hawkins Award for Early Career Contributions to Humanistic Research and Scholarship in Learning Technologies. More information about her work is available at http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~asb/
 Steve Hargadon: Steve Hargadon is the director of the K12 Open Technologies Initiative
at the Consortium for School Networking (CoSN), and is the founder of
the Classroom 2.0 social network (www.classroom20.com). He blogs,
speaks, and consults on educational technology, and is particularly
passionate about Free and Open Source Software, Web 2.0, computer
reuse, and computing for low-income populations. Steve runs the Open
Source Pavilion and speaker series for the NECC and CUE shows, is the
organizer of EduBloggerCon, and he holds a series of free workshops
around the country (Classroom 2.0 LIVE) to help educators learn about
the educational uses of the participative aspect of the Web. He is
the Emerging Technologies Chair for NECC, and a regular columnist at
School Library Journal, and a blogger at www.SteveHargadon.com, the
Infinite Thinking Machine and TechLearning. His podcast series on
educational technologies can be found at www.EdTechLive.com and at
Classroom 2.0. Steve and his wife have four children.
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Program and Schedule:
10:00 a.m.: Shuttle service from Atlanta Marriott Marquis Hotel to the Georgia Tech campus begins (included in registration fee). Shuttle will make continuous loops between hotel and campus until 1:00 p.m.
11:00 a.m.–12 noon: Registration at the Georgia Tech campus. Pre-registrants will check-in at the registration desk to obtain workshop materials and a name badge.
12:00 p.m
- Introductions
- David Brian Williams (CMS Technology Chair and Pre-Conference Coordinator)
- Scott Lipscomb (ATMI President)
- Frank Clark (Director, Department of Music, Georgia Institute of Technology)
- Keynote: Web 2.0 Is the Future of Education
- Steve Hargadon, NING educational evangelist
1:00–2:00 p.m.: NING Hands-on Workshop: Steve Hargadon
2:00–3:00 p.m.: Social Computing Focus on Music, Part 1: Two 60-minutes hands-on instructional sessions. Choose between a music teaching tips session on using NING (Alex Ruthmann, University of Massachusetts-Lowell, instructor), or a session on music teaching tips for using Blogs (Evan Tobias, Arizona State Univerisity, instructor).
3:00–4:00 p.m.: Showcase Session. Peer-reviewed presentations of colleagues sharing exemplary music applications and approaches to using blogs, wikis, podcasting, NING, video and music sharing (participants will visit with presenters in a science-fair- or poster-session-like format). Showcase presentations:
- Applying Current Technologies in the College Applied Studio
- Francesca Arnone (West Virginia University)
- Social Networking Tools for Music Performance and Recording
- Frank Clark (Georgia Institute of Technology)
- John Golub (Founder/CEO, Sosiate, Inc.)
- “Hi! My name is….. ”: The Women of Music Meet on NING
- Diane Follet (Muhlenberg College)
- Incorporating Blogs & Wikis into Your Music Curriculum
- Jim Frankel (Teachers College Columbia)
- Social Networking as Professional Development
- Gena Greher (University of Massachusetts -Lowell)
- 3D Internet Technology in Classroom Management
- Richard Hornsby (University of New Brunswick)
- All (a)Twitter for Music
- Kimberly James (University of Montana)
- Blogging and Podcasting for Music Educators
- V. Keith Mason (Belmont University)
- New Web Tools Help Move a Project Through Its Teens
- Sandi McLeod (University of Vermont & Vermont MIDI Project)
- Student Teaching Seminar as a "Virtual" Conversation
- Robin Stein & Mary Ellen Cavitt (Texas State University at San Marcos)
4:00–5:00 p.m.: Social Computing Focus on Music, Part 2: Two 60-minutes hands-on instructional sessions. Choose between a music teaching tips session on Podcasting (Lisa Lehmberg, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, instructor), or a session on music teaching tips for using Wikis (Ray Riley, Alma College, instructor).
5:00–6:30 p.m.: One-on-one, the-doctor-is-in, and open lab work time with ATMI experts and Georgia Tech music technology interns.
6:30–8:00 p.m.: Dinner (included in registration fee).
- Introductions
- Kathleen Lamkin (CMS President)
- Dinner Keynote: Social Support for Creativity and Learning Online
- Dr. Amy Bruckman (Associate Professor, College of Computing at Georgia Tech, and a member of the Graphics, Visualization, and Usability (GVU) Center)
- Online Music Performance with JAMROOM.US Social Music Tools
- John Golub (Founder/CEO, Sosiate, Inc.), Frank Clark, Georgia Tech Students, and Network Guests
8:00 p.m.: Q & A Wrap Up Time Discussion
Peter Webster (Northwestern University), moderator
9:00 p.m.: Shuttle service will return participants from the Georgia Tech campus back to the Atlanta Marriott Marquis Hotel (included in registration fee).
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Registration: Registration fee is $65 and includes dinner and transportation to and from the Georgia Tech campus. Please register on site.
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