I've re-vamped all my lessons about teaching students how to tune. I wanted to use NearPod and make the experience more interactive. I made 3 lessons using google slides and incorporated them into NearPod with websites for students to explore, games to practice adjusting pitch, and quizzes to check for understanding.
I think it's important to establish some pre-tuning skills before students actually get to tune their own instruments. These skills include understanding what 'in-tune' and 'out of tune' means, how to adjust pitch, and how to use pegs/fine tuners. Here are snapshots of the lessons I prepared...you can use them at Nearpod:
Lesson 1: Exploring Pitch: https://share.nearpod.com/e/oFRUWV95edb
Lesson 2: Pegs and Fine Tuners: https://share.nearpod.com/e/8FStsce6edb
Lesson 3: Rules of tuning: https://share.nearpod.com/e/59eUmMf6edb (the videos don't work in this lesson...I don't use them. It was created in google slides...and I didn't really need the videos when I presented this to my class. Videos can be cut out and replaced with pictures.)
After lesson 3 I help students tune themselves for the first time using my tuning procedure. It worked great - and no broken strings!
Angela, Bravo! You have such creative ideas! I took a look at them on Nearpod, but none of the links on lesson 1 worked. It won't let me edit the slides either. Any idea why?
ReplyDeleteHm..maybe I have to give edit permissions in nearpod? I'll check. Not sure why the links aren't working in lesson 1 for you..they worked for me. Maybe your district has those websites blocked?
DeleteTRY THIS LINK TO EDIT: https://share.nearpod.com/e/dYzgrcIGvdb
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