3/5/2023 0 Comments Quaver music curriculumInteractive instruments– Fun to touch, fun to listen to. When the phone box is whirling around and around in the space time continuum we sometimes put our hands in the air and pretend we’re riding the imaginary roller coaster back in time before landing hundreds of years in the past and listen to who they are and all the work they’ve done. My students get a kick out of thinking we go back in time. All of this is supposed to happen in middle school, so what do I do when a student comes up and asks me who these people are? I use it as a teachable moment and we travel back in time as a class to go visit these people. ![]() The Phone Box– Ever want to travel back in time? I do! The phonebox will take you back in time to visit 4 famous composers Vivaldi, Cristofori, Beethoven, and Debussy listening to their works, learning about their life, and everything else about them. My music curriculum is slightly abnormal, I’m not suppose to teach my elementary students composers. The music room is customizable, a place to dress your avatar, watch Quaver videos, and play arcade games! I might play a video during a lesson as a teaching tool but the best part about this space? It’s a carrot to dangle in front of my students for when they’re finished with everything else on their list. You can have a chat with your students as you look at the map about when the venue came to be, whether it is still there, and maybe some famous musical figures that played there or that are involved in the genre and could have played there. Not only does this tie in with geography but it also ties in with history. The map will show your students exactly where the venue is located so they can see for themselves how close or far away it is from them. A lot of my students enjoy the time to just sit back, relax, play a game and listen to the music at that venue.ģ. I tend to let my students do these after finishing a webquest on the site or after they have earned a diploma in a challenge. Games – Each venue has a puzzle and matching game to go with them .These are more fun for the students than educational. We have what I have dubbed “The Diploma Challenge!” Where students compete individually for diplomas, if they earn one then their name goes on my hall of fame (papers taped to a table that have the name of each venue on it where they can write their name and class for all to see)Ģ. Get them all right and you not only earn a diploma for that venue but also an accessory for your avatar. I like to use this feature with my students before vacations as a way to relax yet still learn. At the end of each of these books is a set of questions. Book – Sitting in the menu of each venue is a short book filled with lots of visuals and fun facts about the genre of music for that particular venue. ![]() If you’re looking for how to maneuver around all of the tools they provide look to the, I’m here as a teacher to let you know how I integrate it all into a classroom.ġ. I talk about it a lot especially the website so I think it’s high time I just did a giant brain dump on everything I use and integrate on the website and shared it. I have been using all Quaver has to offer since the beginning of the year and am totally in love with it. Quaver Music is not only a website for students to learn all there is to know about music, it’s also a provider of amazing music curriculum supplement materials including a DVD series. I’ve been meaning to do this post on for a while and so glad I finally had the time to sit down and type it out!
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