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Technology is involved in the use of the SLO template and the SLO assessment
(SchoolNet).
SchoolNet
grades
the
assessment
and
provides
reports
detailing
individual
student
performance
on
the
assessment
analyzed
at
the
test
question
level.
For
additional
instrument
and
technology
exposure,
students
will
practice
categorizing
instruments
and
identifying
their
sounds
in
an
online
listening
adventure
by
Carnegie
Hall
using
the
musical
selection
The
Young
Persons
Guide
to
the
Orchestra
by
Benjamin
Britten.
Students
who
need
to
review
the
instruments
can
visit
the
Instrument
Storage
Room
in
the
KidZone
at
www.nyphilkids.org,
a
site
sponsored
by
the
New
York
Philharmonic.
There
they
can
see
the
instruments
grouped
into
families,
read
about
each
instrument,
and
hear
a
sound
clip
that
features
that
instrument.
They
can
also
play
the
game
MusicMatch
Instruments,
where
they
can
see
the
instruments
pictured
and
hear
them
play
as
they
try
to
find
the
matching
card.
On
the
same
site,
Instrument
Frenzy
is
a
game
where
they
have
to
sort
the
instruments
into
the
correct
family
bin.
MusiQuest
is
a
backstage
adventure,
which
also
centers
around
the
instruments
of
the
orchestra.
The
San
Francisco
Symphony
has
a
great
kids
website
as
well
where
students
can
learn
more
about
the
instruments
of
the
orchestra
(www.sfskids.org).
One
more
great
technology
resource
is
the
Dallas
Symphony
Orchestra
kids
site
(www.dsokids.com)
where
children
can
learn
more
about
the
instrument
families
and
hear
each
instrument
play
alone
and
with
the
orchestra.
The
way
that
I
understand
our
county
SLO
system
to
work
is
that
we
are
to
give
the
same
assessment
pre,
mid,
and
post
unit.
My
analysis
of
this
assessment
is
detailed
in
Task
3,
as
this
was
my
rationale
for
wanting
to
combine
Tasks
3
&
4.
For
the
purpose
of
this
course
assignment,
I
have
selected
some
other
written
assessments
to
give
at
different
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points
throughout
the
unit
to
gauge
student
understanding.
Currently,
I
use
a
variety
of
games
and
activities
to
check
for
understanding,
but
they
are
more
on
a
whole
class
basis
than
an
individual
basis.
These
include:
Music
Go
Round
(a
board
game
where
students
identify
instruments
by
picture),
Music
Bingo
(identifying
instruments
by
sound),
Fishing
Game
(identify
by
picture
and
classify
into
families),
Who
Am
I?
(asking
instrument
characteristics
questions
to
name
an
instrument
unknown
to
the
player),
Benjamin
Brittons
Young
Persons
Guide
to
the
Orchestra
Listening
Adventure
(mentioned
above
in
technology),
and
Four
Walls
(played
like
4
corners
using
both
names
of
instruments
and
sound
clips).
The
assessments
and
activities
chosen
all
prove
whether
or
not
students
have
the
knowledge
necessary
to
meet
the
music
standard
of
categorizing
band
and
orchestra
instruments
by
sight
and
sound
according
to
the
string,
woodwind,
brass,
or
percussion
family.
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