Becta video transcript
Digital creativity and 'hard to reach' learners
Building confidence through music
New Rush Hall School
Teacher:
The idea was for them to create some files, convert them into mp3s and upload them onto the net and then have a go at logging into the website in their class lists as it were and listen to the music.
Pupil:
What we’ve been doing is just making, like, base and joining it all up together. It’s pretty simple. Well actually no it ain’t. Then I do my own kind of beats onto it by using the recording so, but once you get it, you get the hang of it so, so it’s alright. Do you wanna listen?
Teacher:
The object has been to kind of work with pre-made loops, media loops and audio loops, but to examine those loops with the students and get the students to understand that they can modify them and in fact completely change them, if you like, personalise them, produce their own sounds and loops, and eventually produce their own music track.
Teacher:
So I was just amazed at how motivated the children were, I mean quite early on, you know, kids were saying, “god this looks really good, I didn’t know you could do that”, so yeah the sign of a skillful teacher showing, you know, teasing children into new activities.