Identifying Copyright Infringement in Art. Students will research prominent cases of infringement, fair use, and appropriation of images in the arts.

Students explore copyright and intellectual property standards as they relate to music, music technology, and digital citizenship. Students research copyright laws, investigate the trends of copyright throughout history, and make connections to how copyright laws impact music as a creator, performer and consumer. Students can also collaborate to propose their own “Copyright Act'' for the future based on current trends and predictions for future technology.

Students exercise creative thinking skills including, but not limited to, identifying and testing solutions, developing multiple solutions to problems, and participating in an interactive design process through the use of music applications. Students will create and explore interactive experiences designed to facilitate learning in a game-like environment.

Students include both process and product documentation as well as reflections of learning. The portfolio could take the form of a website, slidedeck, interactive PDF and more.

Tracking Self-Assessment Over Time. Students use interactive digital tools to document progress over time. A common rubric can be used for self-assessment and reflection, based on teacher-established criteria and/or personal learning goals set by the student.

Video Conference With Professional Artists. Use video conferencing tools to engage with and interview professional artists about their creative processes and career pathway.

With the onset of the global Covid-19 pandemic, dancers and choreographers found themselves confined to their homes and unable to meet and work together in common spaces. Creative solutions for dance rehearsal and performance were developed over the months of quarantine as dance companies found ways for their members to collaborate in the virtual world. Dancers rehearsed at home and recorded their performances. Choreographers created and directed from afar, instead of in-person. These adjustments resulted in innovative solutions such as the use of the split-screen, remixing digital work, or the layering of video performances into one final product.

Students will take segments of their recorded performances to create an acting reel that demonstrates physical and vocal techniques for theatre performance.

Students work together to write a simple story and create characters using clay, while working on theatrical skills outlined in the Theatre Arts Standards of Learning.

Students contribute to a class blog to share the creative processes involved in acting and production.

Students can be introduced to a story and create a scene individually or in small groups. Scenes can be acted out in front of projections of student-created background scenery, and discuss how scenic elements impact the meaning of the performance.

Students will explore available assistive technologies, including how they have been utilized by the professional theatre community to create and present inclusive theatrical productions for those with special physical, mental, visual, auditory, and other sensory needs.

Students can explore new musical genres and cultural traditions with music and movement using Carnegie Hall’s Musical Explorers Map. This interactive map includes audio and visual examples featuring different artists from around the world. Students are able to independently explore historical and cultural aspects of music, or a teacher can utilize the provided lesson plans for a more in-depth unit.

Students will use digital  research skills to Find Basic Information (F.B.I.) about a composer.  Through Classic for Kids: Composer Explorer, students will learn about a specific composer, or composers from a specific geographic area, culture, genre, or time period.

The teacher directs a short class performance of a story of local, state, or national significance. The performance is recorded and then sent to a similar class in another community, state, or part of the world.

K-2 Visual Arts Digital Learning Integration. The teacher can facilitate a project where students create drawings of landscapes from observation, then a final project based on landscapes of the area where students live using any media or techniques of the teacher’s choosing.

The teacher can direct a short class performance of a dance of local, state, or national significance. The performance is recorded then sent to a similar class in another community, state, or part of the world. The exchange school will send a performance back. When students receive the recording from the other class, they can respond to what they “see, think, and wonder” about the work they have viewed.

This interactive Instrument Bingo introduces students to the sounds of the instruments in an orchestra. Similar to traditional bingo, each card contains the picture and name of an instrument. 

Interview with an Artist. Using a video conferencing platform, facilitated by the teacher, students can meet a local artist. The artist can discuss their creative process and give a tour of their studio, show what they are currently working on, and ask questions to the artist.

Students create a listening map while actively listening and reacting to music. Students develop a deeper understanding of music literacy terms through making connections to visual images.