From Making Music from Found Sounds
How to evaluate completed student work will depend on the school's curriculum priorities and assessment methods. Listed below are different considerations that may inform how you choose to implement student assessment and feedback.
āGiving genuine positive feedback is essential to building a trusting learning space. I always try to find a very targeted and specific element to refer to in a studentās work, and talk to what is great about that.āĀ ā Matt Ridgway
Lesson 1 ā Creating Field Recordings
Understanding and demonstration of effective sound recording techniques
Inclusion of a variety of tone and timbre within their sound recordings
Effectiveness within a collaborative team
Lesson 2 ā Creating Sample Instruments
Ability to articulate ideas and thoughts on sound recordings
Use of filtering and sound manipulation for creative and corrective intentĀ
Effectiveness of combinations of sound choices within the Drum Rack
Lesson 3 ā Create and Perform Musical Works
How effectively musical and stylistic conventions have been demonstrated
Musicality and musical intention of works
How effectively the completed work was presented
Self reflection demonstrates ability to explain musical choices made
Consider viewing the elements of this project through the following learning lenses
Collaboration, communication and social skills
Critical thinking
Critical listeningĀ Ā
Technology literacy
Creativity and musical exploration
This rubric covers how you may assess students in these areas.
