{"id":3502,"date":"2011-01-03T18:40:06","date_gmt":"2011-01-04T01:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ilearntechnology.com\/?p=3502"},"modified":"2011-01-03T18:40:06","modified_gmt":"2011-01-04T01:40:06","slug":"rock-our-world-using-music-to-collaborate-and-change-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ilearntechnology.com\/?p=3502","title":{"rendered":"Rock Our World: Using music to collaborate and change the world"},"content":{"rendered":"

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What it is:<\/strong> Rock Our World<\/a> has one goal, to give students authentic global collaboration opportunities by connecting them with music. \u00a0Rock Our World<\/a> has been doing just that since 2004. \u00a0Students and teachers collaborate in composing original music, making movies, and meeting each other in live video chats. Using GarageBand (Apple), each country creates a 30 second drum beat. \u00a0Every Friday, the drum created rotates to another country, where the bass guitar is added. It gets passed from country to country with another instrument added at each stop. \u00a0When it gets back to the original country, it is an original piece of music that has been created with the help of kids around the world.<\/p>\n

While the music is being passed from country to country, students have opportunities to meet and discuss various topics of curriculum in live video chats. \u00a0Incredible companies have been involved in this project including Apple, Fablevision, Discovery, American Film Institute, Smart Technologies, NASA, Visual Learning Company, Lintor Publishing, Mariner Software, actor Will Smith and more. \u00a0Pretty impressive!<\/p>\n

Applications for Rock Our World<\/a> will be accepted for pre-kindergarten through university \u00a0in January. You can sign up for membership by providing your email address to be alerted to the exact date you can begin applying.<\/p>\n

How to integrate Rock Our World<\/a> into the classroom:<\/strong> This is an incredible opportunity for your students to work and collaborate with other students around the world. \u00a0Not only will your students be learning and interacting with new cultures, they will also be learning more about music. \u00a0Your students will be a part of creating a unique song by adding their piece to it. At the end, each country will have a song touched by students around the world. \u00a0How cool is that?!<\/p>\n

It would be really neat at the end of the project to create an iMovie of the final song that includes the globe animation zooming into each country as their bit of the song is played and including a slideshow of students from each country.<\/p>\n

Tips:<\/strong> Take a look at previous projects by clicking on the “Media” tab.<\/p>\n

Please leave a comment and share how you are using Rock Our World in your classroom.<\/strong>
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