This month I have found my second mentor at a local high school; Sierra Vista High School.
I'm really excited to have found her (Ms. Gomez) because her class will help me answer the rest of my EQ. Her class gives me an insight on high school music education vs college music education.
I still have yet to make my class surveys , hopefully my research goes well. Fingers Crossed!
Saturday, February 28, 2015
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Blog 16: Answer 2
1. What's your EQ?
What is the most effective way to positively impact a communtiy through music education?
2. What is your answer 1?
Make the education of music easily accessable .
3. What is your answer 2?
Implement music technology .
4. Provide three reasons why your answer 2 supports your EQ?
-Provides a modern take on the music experience that most student don't get.
-Opens doors to career training.
-Keeps the community educated and updated.
5.What printed source has helped you most?
AP Music Theory~Collegeboard
6. What other source has helped you most to get your answer 2?
My Cal Poly mentorship.
7. Provide a concluding thought to tie all this together:
A reminder pertaining to my topic; Implementing music technology allows students who like music and are also tech savvy to explore different ranges of music. Also, experience is what most colleges and work force look at now a days, providing stable experience. Lastly, experience leads to more chances to get into college, which reverses the poverty population.
What is the most effective way to positively impact a communtiy through music education?
2. What is your answer 1?
Make the education of music easily accessable .
3. What is your answer 2?
Implement music technology .
4. Provide three reasons why your answer 2 supports your EQ?
-Provides a modern take on the music experience that most student don't get.
-Opens doors to career training.
-Keeps the community educated and updated.
5.What printed source has helped you most?
AP Music Theory~Collegeboard
6. What other source has helped you most to get your answer 2?
My Cal Poly mentorship.
7. Provide a concluding thought to tie all this together:
A reminder pertaining to my topic; Implementing music technology allows students who like music and are also tech savvy to explore different ranges of music. Also, experience is what most colleges and work force look at now a days, providing stable experience. Lastly, experience leads to more chances to get into college, which reverses the poverty population.
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Blog 15: Independent Component 2 Approval
1. Explain in detail what you plan to do for your 30 hours:
-Since I spent my first Independent Component in a college classroom setting, I now plan to spend these 30 hours in a high school setting classroom to further extend my research. Doing this will provide real life examples of how music education positively impacts a community...or how it lacks to positively impact a community. I will stay with the same class for the course of the 30 hours to observe progression or digression in their performance overall as a student and a performer.
2. Describe how or what you will do to meet the 30 hour(+evidence) requirement:
- I will have the classroom take surveys to either prove or disprove my prediction on the most effective way to positively impact a community. I will also provide photographs of the classroom setting to show how that impacts learning, as well as the classroom size.
3. As I said, this Independent Component will help me explore another aspect of music education; Public music education. Which is the part of music education that lacks the most resources. It also gives me a taste on what local students request vs what is given in music education.
4. Post a log in your Senior Project Hours link labeled : Independent Component 2 Hours.
-Since I spent my first Independent Component in a college classroom setting, I now plan to spend these 30 hours in a high school setting classroom to further extend my research. Doing this will provide real life examples of how music education positively impacts a community...or how it lacks to positively impact a community. I will stay with the same class for the course of the 30 hours to observe progression or digression in their performance overall as a student and a performer.
2. Describe how or what you will do to meet the 30 hour(+evidence) requirement:
- I will have the classroom take surveys to either prove or disprove my prediction on the most effective way to positively impact a community. I will also provide photographs of the classroom setting to show how that impacts learning, as well as the classroom size.
3. As I said, this Independent Component will help me explore another aspect of music education; Public music education. Which is the part of music education that lacks the most resources. It also gives me a taste on what local students request vs what is given in music education.
4. Post a log in your Senior Project Hours link labeled : Independent Component 2 Hours.
Friday, February 6, 2015
Blog 14:Independent Component 1
1A) I, Victoria Gonzalez, affirm that I have cocompleted my Independent Component 1 which represents 10hrs.
B) one of my main sources in classroom management and how to guide a class through a community was Collegeboard's 'AP Music Theory' 2014 edition.
C) hours updated
2. Interpretive
On top of observing my mentor Dr. Janine Riveire in class, I also participated in the class. This helped answer my EQ because I got the college class experience vs a common high school experience.
3. Applied
Like I said, it shows where money in California is going. High school students are in a music class with 1,200 students per teacher, whereas in a college class its about 15 students per teacher.
B) one of my main sources in classroom management and how to guide a class through a community was Collegeboard's 'AP Music Theory' 2014 edition.
C) hours updated
2. Interpretive
On top of observing my mentor Dr. Janine Riveire in class, I also participated in the class. This helped answer my EQ because I got the college class experience vs a common high school experience.
3. Applied
Like I said, it shows where money in California is going. High school students are in a music class with 1,200 students per teacher, whereas in a college class its about 15 students per teacher.
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Blog 13: Lesson 2 Reflection
1.What are you most proud of in your Lesson 2 Presentation and why?
I am most proud of how much the crowd reacted to my activity. I chose something I thought they could connect to and would appreciate, and in the end they were interested in anything they could not figure out on their own in the activity. This showed me I could keep the class interacted, and that's what I wanted. I think that's what anyone wants when they're presenting.
2a. What assessment would you give yourself on your Lesson 2 Presentation (self-assessment)?
I would give myself a P+ because I did what was required but not much more. I got a lot of commendations on my content, a lot of classmates called it content-rich and easy to follow. Also, my activity really helped to answer my EQ in collaboration with my EQ answer.
2b. Explain why you deserve that grade using evidence from the Lesson 2 component contract.
I had sources (MLA), an EQ and Best Answer. I applied my answer to three aspects of music education, and how my EQ answer could help improve those 3 aspects. My activity also helped support my EQ and EQ answer.
(Activity: Students in six groups were either a part of Group 1 or Group 2. Each group had to fill in the missing lyrics, guess the artist and song name, then try to remember the lyrics to either Scooby Doo or Spongebob Squarepants , depending on what group you were in (group 1 or 2). The only difference was, Group 1 was allowed to use their phones and any other materials in the class , Whereas Group 2 was limited to asking the people at their table for help.)
This helped answer my EQ with my EQ answer which was : Making the education of music easily accessible though out a community.
This helped answer my EQ because in order to be able to complete a task, you need resources, and group 2 had little to no resources but themselves.
3. What worked for you in your Lesson 2?
The layout and flow. Also my activity.
4.What didn't work? If you had a time machine, what would you have done differently to improve your Lesson 2?
Brought props and played soft classical music in the
5. What do you think your answer #2 is going to be?
Promoting AND Performing for the community.
I am most proud of how much the crowd reacted to my activity. I chose something I thought they could connect to and would appreciate, and in the end they were interested in anything they could not figure out on their own in the activity. This showed me I could keep the class interacted, and that's what I wanted. I think that's what anyone wants when they're presenting.
2a. What assessment would you give yourself on your Lesson 2 Presentation (self-assessment)?
I would give myself a P+ because I did what was required but not much more. I got a lot of commendations on my content, a lot of classmates called it content-rich and easy to follow. Also, my activity really helped to answer my EQ in collaboration with my EQ answer.
2b. Explain why you deserve that grade using evidence from the Lesson 2 component contract.
I had sources (MLA), an EQ and Best Answer. I applied my answer to three aspects of music education, and how my EQ answer could help improve those 3 aspects. My activity also helped support my EQ and EQ answer.
(Activity: Students in six groups were either a part of Group 1 or Group 2. Each group had to fill in the missing lyrics, guess the artist and song name, then try to remember the lyrics to either Scooby Doo or Spongebob Squarepants , depending on what group you were in (group 1 or 2). The only difference was, Group 1 was allowed to use their phones and any other materials in the class , Whereas Group 2 was limited to asking the people at their table for help.)
This helped answer my EQ with my EQ answer which was : Making the education of music easily accessible though out a community.
This helped answer my EQ because in order to be able to complete a task, you need resources, and group 2 had little to no resources but themselves.
3. What worked for you in your Lesson 2?
The layout and flow. Also my activity.
4.What didn't work? If you had a time machine, what would you have done differently to improve your Lesson 2?
Brought props and played soft classical music in the
5. What do you think your answer #2 is going to be?
Promoting AND Performing for the community.
Thursday, January 8, 2015
Blog 12: Mentorship 10hrs Check
1. Where are you doing your mentorship?
I am doing my mentorship hours at Cal Poly in the music department .
2. Who is your contact?
My contact is Janine Riveire .
3. How many total hours have you done?
10Hrs and 15minutes.
4. Summarize the 10hrs of service you did.
In those ten hours, I sat in the advanced string ensemble class and observed Dr. Riveires methods of teaching. I also learned the songs themselves to have both sides of the teaching coin...what you learn and how. I also reviewed recomended
I am doing my mentorship hours at Cal Poly in the music department .
2. Who is your contact?
My contact is Janine Riveire .
3. How many total hours have you done?
10Hrs and 15minutes.
4. Summarize the 10hrs of service you did.
In those ten hours, I sat in the advanced string ensemble class and observed Dr. Riveires methods of teaching. I also learned the songs themselves to have both sides of the teaching coin...what you learn and how. I also reviewed recomended
Monday, January 5, 2015
Blog 11: Holiday Project Update
1. What did you do over break for your senior project?
I stopped playing violin consistently for 2 years and over break, I taught myself how to play everything I forgot how to do. I remembered about 30 minute warm-ups, hour of learning and an additional 30 minutes after that to review what I learned. I also got an electric violin for Christmas which was awesome.
2. What was the most important thing you learned form what you did, and why?
The most important thing I learned was that everyone has different ways of progressing, especially when you are doing it on your own time. This really connects with my EQ directly because I want people to be able to do what they love and balance it with their work life as well, without one of them negatively impacting the other.
3. If you were to make a 10 question interview on questions related to answers for your EQ, who would you talk to and why?
I would want to talk to someone with a high-up position in the education system. I'd want to know why most students don't have things like wood shop, home-ec, and drivers ed at school anymore. These are all other hobby alternatives, they have the same role as music in terms of extracurricular activities.
I stopped playing violin consistently for 2 years and over break, I taught myself how to play everything I forgot how to do. I remembered about 30 minute warm-ups, hour of learning and an additional 30 minutes after that to review what I learned. I also got an electric violin for Christmas which was awesome.
2. What was the most important thing you learned form what you did, and why?
The most important thing I learned was that everyone has different ways of progressing, especially when you are doing it on your own time. This really connects with my EQ directly because I want people to be able to do what they love and balance it with their work life as well, without one of them negatively impacting the other.
3. If you were to make a 10 question interview on questions related to answers for your EQ, who would you talk to and why?
I would want to talk to someone with a high-up position in the education system. I'd want to know why most students don't have things like wood shop, home-ec, and drivers ed at school anymore. These are all other hobby alternatives, they have the same role as music in terms of extracurricular activities.
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