The Progression of Technology Integration in the Music Classroom to Support Student Engagement: Part I-Using Google Keep

Abstract

Pre-pandemic, technology integration into music lessons was helpful but not a necessity for effectively teaching elementary music. Those who believed technology integration was important for student engagement, as well as those comfortable with their technological skills, were experimenting with tools on an interactive board or through a website within a whole group. This article presents solutions to the challenges of integrating technology in the general music classroom setting. Specifically, this article explains a music activity using Google Keep, a note and list application not typically used to teach music, and the steps for integrating technology and providing feedback using student discourse.

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general music Google Keep special education technology integration collaboration English Language Arts

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