Talk:Michael Fortune's Portfolio Page

Instructor's comments on your instructional analysis and objectives -- Jz833665 10:43, 19 October 2009 (EDT)

Hi Mike,

Nice beginning of your project!

I suggest that you think more and make clear what instructional method you'll demonstrate through this case of music teaching. The method can be specific to music learning or general to other areas.

About your objectives

   * Discriminate different musical instruments within a performance of African drum music by listening to and then match the correct instrument with the one in the improvisatory role. 
   * State the technique of Baroque improvisation hand how Bach employed it. 
   * State the qualities that are improvised given two separate performances of the same song 
   * Demonstrate a more clear understanding of the history of jazz improvisation 
   * State a clear understanding of the Music Learning Theory 

It seems that you are covering a lot in this online course. You may think about dropping off a few to make sure that you can finish it for this class (you can always continue your design beyond this class).

"State a clear understanding of the Music Learning Theory" I don't know: is Music Learning Theory a specific theory?

Instructor Comments on your ICM -- Jz833665 20:52, 10 November 2009 (EST)

Great to see this new version of your design focused on Jazz and improvisation.

A few questions/comments

1) The performance objectives and those listed in your ICM are not consistent? Are you going to revise the objectives based on your ICM?

Yes, I am certainly going to revise the objectives

2) Your ICM lists six lesson units. I just want to let you know that you don't have to do this much to meet the requirement of this class. 3 units will be quite enough.

Geez, then I'm going to have to do some deciding there!

3) Do you think "State musical relationship of George Gershwin to jazz music" is really a prerequisite to the other units?

Yes, George Gershwin's catalog are the very songs that the jazz book is made of, for the last 70 years.

4) Do you think there are any important connections sequences among Units 2-6? If yes, you may want to show the connections in your ICM.

I will work on that.

5) Your performance objectives are more specific than those stated in our ICM.

Those will be modified...