EDU 5500: Implementing Technology In The Music Classroom

Technology in the Music Classroom: An Action Research Paper.

Victor Vega School of Education, Shorter University EDU 5500: Educational Assessment and Action Research Dr. Phil Larsen June 21, 2024

Introduction Technology in education is evolving every day and implementing these technological systems will improve the students overall ability not just in one classroom but in all classes they attend. Technology is constantly changing throughout the years, and we have been seeing how it is becoming a common tool in education. In almost every classroom you go in today’s schools, we see at least one computer and a projector to display the content of the computer. As educators, we must adapt to these new changes in technology and look at the possibility

Discussion The objective of this action research was to determine whether technology improved students’ overall performance in the classroom with an emphasis on reading rhythms. After implementing technology in the form of musictheory.net and The Rhythm Randomizer in my seventh-grade band class, we can see a direct correlation between students’ improvement in performance using pre and post-tests before and after implementing technology. The data collected also highlighted the importance of using different approaches with the use of technology and/or traditional methods of learning rhythms. The time spent using the technology highlighted the proper use of technology in that students answered having used technology for reading rhythms several times a week considering the amount of time spent on practicing learning rhythms. begin with a summary of your findings and how the findings tie to your research questions. Implications The findings in this study demonstrate the impact technology has on students' overall performance in learning rhythms. It is important to note that technology in music education is nothing new but has the potential to actively engage students and keep them interested and motivated. In the field of music education, the limits are endless and the use of technology to improve students’ performance in not only reading rhythms but music theory in general is something we must act upon. To conduct further research, school districts should look into the possibility of purchasing interactive music technologies to improve students’ performance in the music classroom. Limitations The limitations in this study include the reliability of the data and diversity of the data. This study based a portion of its data collection on the responses of 27 seventh-grade band students. The use of surveys to collect data has had its fair share of scrutiny for attempting to prove reliability in responses. The only two forms of data collected for this action