Contemporary Technologies and Digital Media in Music Education — Kroustofono Seminar

On 21 November 2020, an online seminar takes place within Kroustofono’s annual professional-development series “Music and the Arts in Contemporary Education.” The session addresses the integration of contemporary technologies into music teaching and learning and considers applications suitable for both online and face-to-face settings.

The seminar “Integrating Contemporary Technologies and Digital Media into Music Education: New Perspectives, New Challenges” includes Scratch, BandLab and Sonic Pi, web applications such as Chrome Music Lab and Synth4Kids, and interfaces including Makey Makey, micro:bit and Arduino. Activities connect the design of music applications, improvised electronic musical instruments and contemporary forms of digital and multimodal musical literacy.