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Dear Vivi: I received your email last night and I modified as well as revised some of the information listed on the initial proposal. I assume that April and Bruce will login later today to contribute their input to the proposal. ~Aja 

1. **Project Title** Using Web 2.0 technologies and multimedia to enhance instruction in a Music classroom.

2. **Brief Introduction of the overall project and project team** Technologies are rarely used in elementary school general music classroom. Our project is designed to facilitate musical instructors intergrate varied forms of technologies, such as PowerPoint, Smart Board, or Youtube videos into their lessons in order to strengthen instructional outcomes and promote student curiosity, interest, and engagement. The members in our team are: April Rando, Ajajielle "Aja" Brown, Yufei “Vivi” Wu, and Bruce Williams Jr. 3. **Needs assessment** This will come from the survey instrument that will be disseminated to music instructors district-wide. In addition, the expected lessons will align with the New York state standards for Music.

** Standard 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

Standard 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 arts in various roles.

Students will respond critically to a variety of works in the arts, connecting the individual work to other works and to other aspects of human endeavor and thought. Students will develop an understanding of the personal and cultural forces that shape artistic communication and how the arts in turn shape the diverse cultures of past and present society.
 * Standard 3 - Responding To and Analyzing Works of Art**
 * Standard 4 - Understanding The Cultural Dimensions and Contributions of The Arts**

4. **Goals and objectives of the project**

__Goals__ There are six main goals to this project:
 * First, this project allows student to work on a __**real world,** **authenic** **project**__ which promotes active learning and student engagement.
 * Second, this project enables students to __**work collaboratively**__ with one another as well as with an external client from LeMoyne Elementart School.
 * Third, this project will provides students with an opportunity to __**use web 2.0 techno****logies**__, such as a blog and wiki, for the dissemination of information and training materials.
 * Fourth, this project will lead to students __**designing, creating, and posting training materials and videos**__ to project blog site and Youtube.com Web site.
 * Fifth, this project will offer __**recommendations to Syracuse School District**__ music teacher for intergrating technology into their lessons plans.
 * Sixth, music teachers will have a __**familiarity with Web 2.0 technologies**__, specifically, Smartboards, Blogs, and Wikis.

__Learning Objectives/Outcomes__ A student completing completing this project will be able to:
 * 1) Conduct a needs assessment for intiial research and investigation.
 * 2) Create an instrumental survey using the online service, "Survey Monkey."
 * 3) Design, write, and post "How To" training materials to blog site.
 * 4) Construct a series of lesson plans with integrated technology use.

5. **Target Audience** Musical teachers at LeMoyne Elementary School

6. Technologies to be used <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">In order to finish our Needs assessment, we are going to use Survey Monkey which is a tool for us to gather and summarize ideas of how important and necessary general music teachers consider using technologies in classroom. Also, we are going to use a blog to disseminate information and teach the teachers how to use Powerpoint more effectively in the classroom and to incorporate the Smart Board in lesson planning and class instruction.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">7. **Final Project include** //__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Instructional Material __// //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Blog //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">will be the main instructional material for our project. We are going to update in the blog each week with the content of how to use Powerpoint, Smart Board and Youtube.com videos to strengthen instuctional outcomes and learning objectives. Ultimately, we hope to share and reprint the videos on Youtube to instruct teachers how to use those technologies. //__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Learning Activities __// <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">The communication is based on E-mail and Blog comments. We are going to post some instructional articles as well as reprint or share some of the guidance videos to instruct teacher how to use Smart Board and PowerPoint. //__<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Assessment Learning __// <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">All the comments will be saved and shown in the blog.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">8. Tentative Timetable **
 * October**
 * __3rd week (10/11 - 10/16__): "How To" training materials; blog postings
 * __4th week (10/17 - 10/23__): PowerPoint slide presentations; blog postings
 * __5th week (10/24 - 10/30__): Lesson plans; blog postings


 * November**
 * __1st week (11/1 - 11/6__): Proofread, revise, and edit the above material
 * __3rd week (11/15- 11/19__): Actual lesson conducted by LeMoyne School

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">9. Challenges **
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">__Participation__: Because teachers in LeMoyne Elementary are busy, some may not fillout and return the needs assessment survey.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">__Time & Availability Constraints__: In addition, some teachers may not access the constructed Blog for our posted information about technology integration recommendations and online study.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">__Cost/Purchasing Constraints__: Since a Smart Board may need to be purchased, our project may face an economic stumbling block due purchasing capapbiliities not being a reality during this current economic downturn and the finanical crisis facing the Syracuse City School District.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">10. Expected Result ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">More teachers are able to pay attention to the importance of using technologies in the classroom. Meanwhile, elementary general music teachers can manage their time with the method of blog-instruction. Most importantly, these teachers will use technologies in the class to make their classes more interesting and engaging.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">11. Demonstration ** __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Visuals __ __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Text __
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Multimedia via PowerPoint
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">A series of of 5 minute presentations using the Lawrence Lessig/Dick Hardt method for PowerPoint.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Lesson plan packet with curriculum & standard alignment as well as technology integration.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">"How To" training materials posted to blog site.