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reform is happening to us, rather than by us. Dr. Maury Klein says it this way:
Technology is value neutral. It is nei- ther good nor evil. It does whatever somebody wants it to do. ... An inventor brings something into the world; once that something is there, whole hosts of other inventors look at it and try to figure out how to improve it or how to make it do other things.
Technology in broad terms has two forms: enhanced and replacement. Enhanced technology is something that
improves an existing invention, making it better, faster, or producing more of it. By contrast replacement technology is one in which one technology literally replaces another, using entirely differ- ent principles, and renders the first one obsolete. Often this process causes all kinds of economic chaos.1
We can still influence reform. But it is no longer (never was) a question of whether we will embrace the reality of competing school systems, or the march toward valid teacher accountability or merit pay, or inter-district – inter-world – classrooms through Synchronous Delivery systems. Such innovations are becoming a perma-
nent part of the new landscape, with wide- ranging implications for music teachers.
…and with even greater opportunities. Carpe diem.
Note:
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http://www.fpri.org/footnotes/1318.
200807.klein.techrevolution.html
Rick Townsend is director of instrumental music and director of music teacher educa- tion at Maranatha Baptist Bible College. He also serves as managing director of the Early Childhood Music and Movement Association. Email:
rtownsend@mbbc.edu
Original and Cover Music Welcome in Any Style – Rock, Country, Blues, Jazz, etc.
Four Regional Competitions with up to 15 Bands Competing in Each
• Friday, March 23 – Madison Regional
• Friday, March 30 – Green Bay Regional See results now at
www.launchpadwisconsin.org
Launchpad is back and it’s a great chance for you
to connect with students beyond the music classroom! Help them discover their full music potential by supporting this one-of-a-kind music competition for high school students in bands formed outside of school.
• Friday, April 20 – Eau Claire Regional • Friday, May 11 – Milwaukee Regional
Three Finalists from Each Regional, Plus a “Wild Card” Band,
Advance to One State Finals Competition June 9
Grand Prize: • Prestigious Les Paul Launchpad Award • Professional Recording Time • Summerfest Appearance in 2012
PLUS • Winning band designates equipment prize package to their school, courtesy of Yamaha Corporation of America!
For more information, visit
www.launchpadwisconsin.org.
Brought to you by: Wisconsin School Music Association“Celebrating the reach of music education” Produced by Dennis Graham Associates
12 April 2012
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