Do students use the Internet for their music studies? How is this managed by music teachers?
The computer in my classroom has two login possibilities.
The first login goes to the local computer where students can access a variety of music programs from the desktop. ‘Childlock’ software from Visionsoft prevents access to anything that has not been approved by the teacher. This means that students cannot waste time fiddling with changes to the desktop, screensaver or playing games from Microsoft such as ‘Solitaire’ and ‘Minesweeper’.
The second login uses the whole school Intranet, with individual username and password. Having reached their login, students may then decide to use an Internet search engine such as ‘Google’. The school uses an Internet filter to keep students safe online.
Will an Internet search with ‘Google’ be musically productive? With no prompts from the teacher it could mean that students simply waste their time exploring websites that are not relevant to their music education. This is where ‘Tanbur Music Education Links’ can be useful. With this website students are guided to explore music links that have been vetted for educational and musical content.
Tanbur Music Education Links: Music interactive Internet links for primary and secondary music and homework. Pages include LISTEN, PLAY, SONGS, QUIZ.
