Completed:Exploring the Sound (and Sights) of Music
"I teach general music to 6th, 7th and 8th graders. Our school is located in the inner city and is a high-need community. Thanks to strong administrative and staff support our school has a strong music program. However, we currently lack more expensive music technology equipment needed to provide ...
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"I teach general music to 6th, 7th and 8th graders. Our school is located in the inner city and is a high-need community. Thanks to strong administrative and staff support our school has a strong music program. However, we currently lack more expensive music technology equipment needed to provide students with full access to the world of music.
My students are learning about the traditional musics of various cultures and will soon be teaching music lessons to kindergartners in a nearby elementary school. By the end of the marking period they will have composed and recorded their own modern songs using aspects of the traditional music they studied.
Throughout this unit, my students will watch authentic musical performances from other cultures, critique videos of their peers teaching, and ultimately compose and record their own songs with computer applications like Garage Band. An LCD projector would make such a unit possible and help me to provide my students with a better understanding of music.
Your help will allow my students to deeply experience music making in our world. These experiences will give my students the confidence they need to effectively use their knowledge and skills to teach children who do not have the opportunity to attend music classes. With your help my students can become positive personal and musical roll models for younger children in their own neighborhood.
My students need a LCD projector to watch musical performances from around the world.
See Ms. C.'s class participating in this project!
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Jan 19, 2010
Dear Brian, Rosemary and Ed, David, Ron, Janet, James, Amy, Brooke, Chris, Michelle, Jackie, Phantom, Rebekah, Melinda and Anonymous Donor,
Your donation toward my LCD projector is significantly increasing the levels of excitement and interest in my classroom. The students are enjoying watching video of themselves teaching music to children and performing at a nursing home. They've also begun giving reflective interviews following these events. Watching all of these videos as a class has notably improved my students' reflections and self-critiques. In addition, the projector is invaluable when my students are learning to compose and record on the Garage Band program. I bring my portable projector to the school computer lab and am able to demonstrate how to use the program while the students are accessing the program on their own computers. My students and I love the new projector and the excitement it has already brought to music class.
Thank you for opening up this area of technology to me and my students!
With gratitude, Ms. C.
Ms. C. sent this note after the project was fully funded:
Oct 21, 2009
Dear Brian, Rosemary and Ed, David, Ron, Janet, James, Amy, Brooke, Chris, Michelle, Jackie, Phantom, Rebekah, Melinda and Anonymous Donor,
It is difficult to put into words how grateful I am for your donation. My students and I can't wait to begin exploring and making music with our new projector!
Visual projection will greatly help my students as they strive to experience and learn more about music. Countless resources that were previously inaccessible to them will now be at their fingertips and larger than life on our classroom wall. These resources will motivate my students and allow them to discover the intricacies of an increasingly high-tech world of music.
The LCD projector you have helped purchase brings a new dimension of learning to our classroom and helps level the playing field for these inner-city students! I can't thank you enough for your support!
Reviewed the project essay and sent follow-up questions if needed.
Maria S. (volunteer)
on Sep 24, 2009
Verified the cost of the requested technology and posted this project.
John C. (associate)
on Sep 25, 2009
"I gave to this project because music expands the soul, it is a gift from God!"
James
from New Hampshire
gave
on Sep 28, 2009
"I helped because I'm a strong believer in Music education."
Chris
from Pennsylvania
gave
on Sep 28, 2009
Jackie
from North Carolina
gave
on Sep 28, 2009
"I donated because I know this teacher and how much she cares about her students! She is an expert at sharing her love and knowledge of music with inner city students and deserves to have access to all the tools she needs. I know she'll make good use to this projector to expand her students' horizons!"
Brooke
from Philadelphia, PA
gave
on Sep 28, 2009
"I made a donation because I know how much this teacher cares about her students. She is an expert at sharing her love and knowledge of music with her students and deserves access to every resource/tool she needs! I know she will make excellent use of a projector to expand her students' horizons!"
Brooke
from Philadelphia, PA
on Sep 28, 2009
"Wow, thank you all for such a quick response! This is going to make a huge difference in the way my students learn about music. I am so grateful for your help and support!"
The teacher Ms. C.
on Sep 28, 2009
"I donated because I want to support kids in Pennsylvania."
David
from Florida
gave
on Sep 29, 2009
"I gave to this project because my neice is their teacher and she has done a wonderful job with the curriculum and the children."
Rosemary and Ed
from Ithaca, NY
gave
on Oct 4, 2009
"I gave to this project because Rosemary, Ed, and Christie are good friends and I know how much of a difference music makes in education. Nice work - keep it up!!"
Janet
from Florida
gave
on Oct 5, 2009
"Thank you all for your gifts! We're getting closer to our goal!"
The teacher Ms. C.
on Oct 6, 2009
Melinda
from Pennsylvania
gave
on Oct 7, 2009
"I gave as part of my birthday give back page, I couldn't think of a better gift than supporting music education in my home state. Good luck!"
"I helped because I'm a strong believer in Music education."
A donor
gave
on Oct 14, 2009
"I gave to this project because I know the amazing teacher and her incredible dedication to her students is inspiring! I only wish I could give more!!"
Michelle
from Warrington, PA
gave
on Oct 15, 2009
"I helped because I'm a strong believer in Music education."
Brian
from Pennsylvania
gave
on Oct 15, 2009
"I gave to this project because I think that music is the most important asset any child could ever have. Things may not always be so great around them and music is a great source of comfort and peace."
Rebekah
from Texas
gave
on Oct 16, 2009
"I gave to this project because I am a musician and I know how important music is. Some of my fondest memories of the classroom revolved around music time and music class. I think music is one of the best forms of communications and sometimes, no matter the language, the message is always expressed well. When there is sorrow, you feel it, when there is joy, you embrace it, when there is fun, you live it! Music makes the world go round. I only wish I had more to contribute...
Good Luck...
- The Phantom"
Phantom
from Florida
gave
on Oct 20, 2009
"Thank you, thank you, thank you! We're so close!"
"Congratulations Ms. C! We are all happy for how the students will benefit from this project. If they are following these comments, tell them to get to work!"
James
from New Hampshire
on Oct 21, 2009
Purchased the technology for Ms. C.'s classroom and notified the school principal of delivery.
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Maria S. (volunteer)
on Sep 24, 2009
Brooke
from Philadelphia, PA
gave
on Sep 28, 2009
Michelle
from Warrington, PA
gave
on Oct 15, 2009
