Daily Lesson Plan Music Through Technology (MTT) Mr.

Ken Nyland
Ensemble/Class: Music Through Technology
Central Focus: Students will gain a general understanding of how to use Garageband through a collaborative
lecture. Instructor creates a piece using garageband and uses class input to complete it.
Materials Needed: Computers, Garageband, MIDI Keyboard, Piano (opt), index cards
Objectives Standards
Musical
1. Creating, Performing, and Participating in the Arts - Students
will actively engage in the processes that constitute creation
and performance in the arts (dance, music, theatre, and visual
arts) and participate in various roles in the arts.
2. Knowing and Using Arts Materials and Resources - Students
will be knowledgeable about and make use of the materials
and resources available for participation in the arts in various
roles.

Musical National Standards
3. Improvising melodies, variations, and accompaniments.
4. Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines.
5. Reading and notating music.
6. Listening to, analyzing, and describing music.

Announcements:

Class Sequence:
Piece/Activity

Objective
Number(s)
Steps Assessment
(Workshop) As a
class create an
original piece
using garage
band.
Musical
1 & 2
Nat Stds.
3-6
1. T gathers classes attention. Today we will create
an original piece using garage band.
2. We will take opinions of the class and some
choices we can vote on and others I will make the
call to insure that we finish on time.
3. T asks class if they have any ideas of how the
piece should begin. T takes into consideration the
class opinions and then asks what music of that
style includes.
4. T may also use the computer to find examples of
songs in that style.
5. T makes the example in 4/4 for simplicity of the
Teacher informally
assesses students
former knowledge
of writing music,
garage-band, and
creativity.
Teacher formally
assesses students
thoughts on the
notecards.
Teacher formally
assesses
Daily Lesson Plan Music Through Technology (MTT) Mr. Ken Nyland
first class.
6. T expands on the piece taking the classes ideas
and incorporating them into the piece.
7. T gives students options to add in new ideas to
the piece by showing them a variety of features
that garage band offers them, and then asks their
opinion if that feature will be useful to the piece or
not and sometimes why they think that. T also
asks what that feature could be useful for.
8. T helps move the class along in an efficient
manner so class time does not go to waste.
9. After piece is completed T asks students how they
feel about the final product and has them write
their opinions down on an index card.
10. T writes on the board things that worked and
didnt worked based on students responses on
their cards.

participation.
(OPT) Students
will go on their
individual
computers and
create a 16
measure piece
using
garageband.
1. If time is left over which is unlikely, T has students
go on their computers and begin creating their
own pieces on garageband.
2. For this project T only gives the guideline of 16
measures because the piece is meant to be a
dive-in sort of experience just to get used to
using the program.
3. T may use examples of students songs with their
permission and discuss with the class strategies
that they used to create it.

Teacher informally
assesses students
former knowledge
of writing music,
garage-band, and
creativity.
Teacher formally
assesses student
creativity,
compositional
skills, and
computer skills.
Participation