Noteflight



===**Noteflight is a interactive music composition webprogram. Users can compose or arrange music on the website. Viewers can review other works and provide feedback and comments. The program has a variety of subscription levels including a classroom level for educators. **===

Resources: How to set up a Noteflight Classroom: [] Noteflight basic editing tutorial: [] Noteflight homepage: [|http://www.noteflight.com]

SWOT

Strengths: - Free version available to students - Noteflight Classroom software - Web based…nothing to download! - User friendly input controls - Immediate feedback through playback controls - Multi color text, note, and expression tools. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Teacher feedback put on student scores. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Classroom management software (input student info) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Student created pages <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Assignment feedback <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Share with public for feedback by clicking share or embed <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Listen to large assortment of publicly created songs. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Foster a musical community <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Classroom website

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Weaknesses: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Cost for teacher subscription is $295/ year. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- There could potentially be a large learning curve with the technology for beginning students. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Not for non-musicians.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Opportunities: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Create a global community of composers. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Foster web sharing, critiquing, and editing among classmates. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Develop musical knowledge in basic composing rules and practices. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Create lessons about musical form. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Teach scales, modes, and simple melodic dictation.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Threats: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Possibility of Copyright violations with students uploading existing material. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Can take a great deal of time in class. Problem for performing ensembles. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Not everyone has free access to computers for assignments. Could potentially be problematic.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Ideas for the classroom: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Use for composition and theory class assignments and homework. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Foster creativity among performing members who may not regularly compose in non-hostile web environment. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Create a performance night of original compositions. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">- Combine compositions with film class.