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(More)…]]> Many of you know the talented and gifted students, just want time and software to create. I have many of those students in class, I try to create an environment of collaboration, with time and software. “Allow” is more important than the final project. I “allow” students to take risks and create. Recently I came across three websites created by college students as experiments. They are truly gifted and talented.They all have a common thread – games. Yes, gaming is becoming mainstream in the classroom.

Interactive Music – www.muxicall.com

picture-9This is an incredible site that you can create music by clicking. It is a project developed my Diana Antunes, University of Averiro, to explore sound and colors. It was an experiement and the notes do not follow a stepwise matter, so I am going to have to look at this more closely so students can be successful in creating compositions.  I plan on using the site for collaboration, by playing sounds together in class.

Interactive Games http://www.kwarp.com/

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Greg Leiberman, a computer science major at University of Southern California. He originally got started creating comics. What you witness is a a development of comics into gaming. I think this site will be one of my student’s favorite because you can see his early work and how he developed into gaming. You could spend hours looking at all his drawings and his games. The site is very user-friendly.

Inpicture-6teractive Math Game - http://www.planarity.net

Created by John Tantalo, a computer science major at Case Western Reserve. This is a math game using a planer graph. The first time I was on this site, I spent a half-hour trying to get past level four of ten levels. (I am still working on level four) Math students are really going to enjoy this one. Highly addictive.

I hope you marvel at these incredible sites with idea that talented and gifted students love to create and “allow” your students to experiment within your classes.

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(More)…]]> This year has been beyond my dreams, and I dream wild!

I am getting ready for ICE (Illinois Computing Educators) in St. Charles.I am presenting five times on a variety of subjects: GarageBand, Podcasting, Communication, Flash, and Classroom 2.0 (Create, Share, Post, and Comment) Then I travel to Milwaukee to present the ABC’s of GarageBand at MENC (Music Educators National Conference) I conclude the year of my dreams with a presentation at NECC (National Educators Computing Conference) in San Antonio, TX. My presentation is Music 2.0: Create, Share, Post, and Comment) NECC in conjuction with Apple Computers has decided to video podcast me as one of the twenty presentations. I am so excited about having the opportunity to showcase music within technology.  The expanding internet has networked me with so many “techheads” my mind is spinning. Can’t wait to share my knowledge and create.

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