DIGITAL TEACHING SCENARIOS AS A SUPPLEMENTARY EDUCATIONAL TOOL

DIGITAL TEACHING SCENARIOS AS A SUPPLEMENTARY EDUCATIONAL TOOL FOR MUSIC TEACHERS Perakaki Elissavet perakaki 1@yahoo. gr Perakaki. wordpress. com

EDUCATION IN GREECE – CURRICULUM The New School Digital Teaching Scenarios • A large – scale educational reform, since 2010 • New curricula for all subjects were written • The technology use was put in the center of teaching procedure • Reinforced by multimedia content, original applications, video, audio files, cartoons, interactive games and media-enriched music textbooks • Laptops, interactive whiteboards and internet connection in the majority of the schools • Teacher’s further education how to use blogs, wikis, podcasts, social networks, interactive whiteboards etc. • Since 2015 • digital teaching scenarios came to enrich the teachers’ educational toolkit

DIGITAL TEACHING SCENARIOS‘ PROJECT “Development of Methodology and Digital Teaching Scenarios for the Subjects of Primary and Secondary General and Vocational Education” on 11/14/2014. The main aim of the project was to provide a high quality teaching material using informational tools addressed to teachers and learners. The design of original digital teaching scenarios by educators in order for the teaching procedure of educators to be improved and enhanced.

PHASES - STEPS Elaboration of general standards for digital development scenarios Establishment and of requirements, instructions how to develop them, their preparation of sample digital scenarios. The creation more of them from the wide education community.

195 educator scholars PARTICIPANTS 33 Professors 38 School Advisors 3 Heads of H. E. , E. E. , and Cultural Activities 121 Educators

SUPPORTED PLATFORMS A. E. S. O. P. http: //aesop. iep. edu. gr E-Class Platform http: //ds 2. iep. edu. gr Helpdesk http: //ds 2. iep. edu. gr/helpdes k

HOW TO CREATE A DIGITAL TEACHING SCENARIO

Criteria for the Digital Teaching Scenarios (Assessment) The scenario design (wellstructured and concrete) Activities (clear The educational transition from process (strong The one activity to connection documentation of another in relation between theory the digital to the use of and practice in the scenario (clear digital media, or classroom, active description, wellthe student defined didactic implementation of participation and objectives, a teaching learning, variety of appropriate to method, graded students’ age) difficulty, assessment comprehensible methods). instructions).

Copyright The submitted material (clips of movies, images, sound, music, etc. ) had to be licensed. The Greek Ministry of Education submitted digital scenario was and Institute of Educational Policy licensed under a "Creative are entitled to freely use, retrieve Commons Attribution – and dispose of these materials in Non. Commercial - Share. Alike electronic and print media in Greece 3. 0. The reference of the Greece and abroad for an author or licensor was also unlimited period. required. It cannot be used for commercial purposes.

12 digital teaching scenarios for music • A music dialogue: antiphony • The Greek traditional rhythms and instruments influence to modern Greek music • Ostinato • Music and Cinema • Cultivating Acoustical Skills (Preparation for the examinations in order to enter into Music Studies University). • Are you sure that you are not a musician? (Preparation for the examinations in order to enter into Music Schools) • Recognising musical instruments (Preparation for the examinations in order to enter into Music Schools) • Poetry and Music in Chanson in 16 th Century • Music Extracts recognition and discrimination • Accompany it with a guitar • Clef signatures in major keys • Secondary dominant chords augmented sixth chord (Italian, German, French).

EXPLORING SOME DIGITAL SCENARIOS Sites for digital teaching scenarios for music education: 1. A music dialogue: antiphony, http: //www. aesop. iep. edu. gr/node/15490 2. The Greek traditional rhythms and instruments influence to modern Greek music, http: //www. aesop. iep. edu. gr/node/15572 3. Ostinato, http: //www. aesop. iep. edu. gr/node/15558 4. Music and Cinema, http: //www. aesop. iep. edu. gr/node/5790 5. Cultivating Acoustical Skills (Preparation for the examinations in order to enter into Music Studies University), http: //www. aesop. iep. edu. gr/node/6260 6. Are you sure that you are not a musician? (Preparation for the examinations in order to enter into Music Schools), http: //www. aesop. iep. edu. gr/node/5650

EXPLORING SOME DIGITAL SCENARIOS Sites for digital teaching scenarios for music education: 7. Recognising musical instruments (Preparation for the examinations in order to enter into Music Schools), http: //www. aesop. iep. edu. gr/node/16704 8. Poetry and Music in Chanson in 16 th Century, http: //www. aesop. iep. edu. gr/node/7024 9. Music Extracts recognition and discrimination, http: //www. aesop. iep. edu. gr/node/5603 10. Accompany it with a guitar, http: //www. aesop. iep. edu. gr/node/5690 11. Clef signatures in major keys, http: //www. aesop. iep. edu. gr/node/22731 12. Secondary dominant chords augmented sixth chord (Italian, German, French), http: //www. aesop. iep. edu. gr/node/6114.

MUSIC TEACHERS OPINION (A PILOT STUDY) At the beginning of academic year 2015 -2016 (two weeks). Aim: 1) to identify the opinion of music teachers about the digital teaching scenarios 2) To urge to discover these scenarios for music education 3) To explore their intention to integrate them in their music lessons.

Results There are not many ICT facilities at schools. Apart from the However, all tried classroom All teachers hard to do their integration by indicated that their The teaching time best, in order to teachers, these Their first aspect contents were clear was very restricted scenarios could be incorporate was positive and concrete since and expressed used by students technology as they were willing to they can broaden their doubt if they integrate them in much as possible as supplementary teachers’ ideas could follow all of their classroom. in their lessons. educational the steps. facilitating music Only one teacher material meeting learning. sometimes had their own needs chance to use the and preferences. school Computer Laboratory.

Conclusions Digital teaching In such contexts, Nowadays, the scenarios are a music teachers teacher’s role has valuable and useful ought to take into become even more tool in order to consideration the challenging and enrich the benefits of difficult, which educational acts and technology use, as means that it encourage music technological tools necessitates the teachers to teach organizational development of new incorporate skills, strategies and innovative technology into their abstract thinking teaching pedagogies teaching (Cain, 2002).

FUNDING The development of digital teaching scenarios was funded by the Greek Ministry of Education and Religion, Institute of Educational Policy and European Union.

QUESTIONS: 1. Does the Educational Policy support ICT activities in practice? 2. Is there similar supplementary educational material for music education in your country? 3. What is the opinion of music teachers or/and students about ICT integration in music learning and teaching? 4. How are the ICT facilities in schools in your country?

DIGITAL TEACHING SCENARIOS AS A SUPPLEMENTARY EDUCATIONAL TOOL FOR MUSIC TEACHERS Perakaki Elissavet perakaki 1@yahoo. gr Perakaki. wordpress. com