OOOoooo a topic that feels very interestingggg!!!!!
Today we were blessed with a presentation by Rowena Stewart and Renee Noble on coding. We had a look at microbits and were able to code our own games using the mircrobit and kookaberry. I have had experience with block coding, since that was mandatory to learn at my school. The important message I took away was the importance of women in STEM and in particular coding. There isn't a lot of female representation in the STEM department. So here my major project idea has been born and begins more journey into coding. Out of all the STEM subjects coding wasn't my strong suit. I was better at Chemistry and Biology rather than physics and IT. But it gave me a challenge that would last for the next 7 week till the big day. Follow my journey of my project in my "TME FINAL PROJECT" tab under "Technology in Music Education". Ok enough self promotion... In this lesson we followed a tutorial on the use of the microbit and how we could use it as mini receivers. Since I have had experience in Block coding it wasn't too bad to follow along. After we follwed templates on how to make the kookaberry play notes. I coded the kookaberry to play C, D, E and F which you could then play a song with. Below is a link to what I did which was posted on our very own Dr. James Humberstone's twitter. I would also like to thank both Rowena and Renee on their presentation and talk on coding and how we could use it in Music Education. It gave me new perspectives on what I deem to be relevant in Mued and hope to use the skills I have learnt in my classroom teaching. Template for Kookaberry: https://docs.google.com/document/d/11uCs-tD_cVqq4ezz-uGTqmPOULAp-iwUPC0T0x-I8jg/edit?usp=sharing Here is a link to what you could do with a kookaberry https://twitter.com/JamesHumbers/status/1381469957406433282?s=20
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