Online technologies offer a plethora of opportunities for supplementing traditional classrooms. One technology that I am extremely interested in using are online discussions.
I plan to use online discussions in tandem with vodcasts. An important standard and step in the performance process in music, is evaluation of one's own performances. Due to time, this is often difficult to do. By using a discussion board I hope to foster deeper levels of discussion and thoughtful reflection.
One strategy that I would use with my students is modeling. I always do my own reflection after the students performances. Most of the time I don't have time to share it with them, but with the discussion board, it'll be available for them to see. This will provide them both an exemplar about how to reflect and also provide an opening for students to respond to.
There are a couple of technologies that would be hard to use with my students. Mostly because my classes are very large. This year I have a class that is 130+ students and another that is 85 students. Things such as webquests, research projects, and simulations would be nearly impossible and ultimately not viable.
On the flip side though, learning management technologies, such as blackboard, work wonderfully. This is also another technology I am investigating in as our school has recently picked it up. I found out last week that blackboard also has several other features such as blogs, message boards, and wikis. :)
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