Author: muzketier
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How to use technology on a budget?
“How can you use technology in your music classroom if you have no, or only a few, digital instruments?“ That’s a question I get at least once a year from my first-year Music Teacher Education students. Usually, it comes with a remark that schools simply don’t have the budget for a classroom full of synthesisers…
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Lessons from Developing Educational Technology
Over the past fifteen years, I have been involved several times in the development of technology for music education. For example, I helped design a website featuring music education apps with accompanying lesson formats and activities, developed music games for an interactive outdoor play installation for playgrounds and schoolyards, explored how teachers might be encouraged…
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From Sheet to Beat in EAS book Vol. 13
A new volume in the book series European Perspectives on Music Education of the European Association for Music in Schools (EAS) has been published recently, called: Liberty – Equity – Creativity: Innovating and inventing Music in the Classroom (Buchborn et al., 2024). Together with European colleagues, I co-authored the chapter From Sheet to Beat. Creativity…
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Higher education AI awareness training launched
“Can students still write essays themselves?” That was one of the questions raised during a recent training session I delivered right before the summer holidays. In the training, I challenged a group of teacher educators to explore the real and growing impact of generative AI on assessment. The participants tested an AI on real assignments,…
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What music teacher trainees can learn from recording drums
Learning how to record drums is one of the “digital skills” I teach my students (pre-service music teachers) at ArtEZ university of the Arts in Enschede (Netherlands). One might ask why learning about drum recording is relevant in music teacher training. After all, the bachelor’s degree prepares future music teachers for primary and secondary schools,…
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How to get ideas for technology in your music lessons
How can you discover meaningful ways of applying technology in your music teaching? One way is to seek inspiration. That may not sound very concrete, so let me make it more tangible. Inspired by music As a music teacher, you will probably recognise what often happens to me when I attend a great concert. If…
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Preparation is Everything
Preparing music lessons with (music) equipment and digital technology can be time-consuming. Teachers often need to gather instruments, cables and adapters, arrange tables, set up devices, start software, connect to projectors or audio systems, and handle last-minute troubleshooting. Beyond this, preparation may involve logging into software, creating digital content, preparing slideshows or DAW templates, and…
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Kick-off Session to Strengthen Technology-enriched Music Education
Within the framework of the MuziekopleidersAkkoord, the foundation Méér Muziek in de Klas is working to strengthen the role of technology and digital didactics in music education in primary education (PO), secondary education (VO), vocational education (MBO) and higher education (HBO). To this end, a professional learning community (PLC) has been launched. As part of a…
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New academic year: What’s next for muzketier?
A new academic year has begun. Time to look ahead at what I will be focusing on with Muzketier in the coming months. Resources This website will be filled with a range of educational resources designed to support music teachers and teacher educators in enriching their music education through the use of technology. Before the…
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Rethinking Assessment in the Age of AI
These weeks, many universities of applied sciences are focused on assessment and completion. The same applies at ArtEZ Conservatory Enschede, where teaching weeks have now been replaced by exam and resit periods. But how do you assess knowledge and skills in a time when AI support is within every student’s reach? Given the extensive capabilities…