PRE-+and+POST-CLASS+ASSIGNMENTS+(Villanova)

**FREE & EASY Pre-Class Web 2.0 Site Registrations [2 Hours]**
====A number of the online applications and utilities we’ll use in the course require users to register a personal account. At least some form of all the applications is free to use when registered and logged in. As part of this class, and our exploration of the best free and easy Web 2.0 apps for music teachers, you will need to have (free) accounts by registering with the following sites. All of these resources are FREE! Please complete this before the first day of class. **NOTE:** PLEASE, Please, //please// //record your user name(s) and password(s) at all of these sites. Don’t be that person on the first day of class who laments,// “I know I registered for this site, but I just can’t remember my password!”====


 * **Web App** || **URL** || **Needed to Register** ||
 * **Wikispaces** || www.wikispaces.com || password, email address ||
 * **Google Docs** || www.docs.google.com || password, email address ||
 * **Noteflight** || www.noteflight.com || password, email address ||
 * **UJAM** || www.ujam.com || password, email address (or facebook) ||
 * **Skype** || www.skype.com || username, password, email address ||
 * **Soundation** || soundation.com || username, password, email address ||
 * **SoundCloud** || soundcloud.com || password, email address (or facebook) ||
 * **Optional: Prezi** || prezi.com || name, password, email address (or facebook) ||

**Post-Class Review and Reflection [4 Hours]**
====Following the course, students will write a brief essay (two pages, typed) reflecting on the class, and how they intend to utilize techniques presented in the class during the school year ahead, and later. Other items to address include content students found most helpful/interesting, areas students wish to know more about, content that students found unhelpful or confusing. The essay should be submitted as Google doc link within one week of the conclusion of the class. The instructor will assign a grade based on the thoughtfulness of the essay, as well as the quality of the writing (grammar, language, etc.). Send the link for the Post-Class Reflection to watsons@parklandsd.org.====

**Post-Class Wiki Creation [9 Hours]**
====During the course, all students will begin creation of a music course or program wiki. Following the course, students will continue to develop this wiki, adding pages, content, and student instructions and resources. Students may delete "practice" content (files, pages, links, etc.) from their course wiki OR start a new wiki from scratch. The Post-Class Wiki Creation wiki should have a variety of content, demonstrating the student's ability to integrate pages (organized), text, images, hypertext links, widgets, and more. The instructor will assign a grade based on the quality and number of these site improvements, based on a discussion with students at the conclusion of the class and a supplied list of criteria. Once the update is made, email the instructor at: watsons@parklandsd.org. Students may take up to one week from the close of the class to submit their wiki update. Contact the instructor if a modest extension (a day or two) is needed.====