"Piano lessons go digital." Globe & Mail [Toronto, Canada] 5 Oct. 2013: A12.Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 16 Oct. 2013.
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Canada is launching a program to develop educational apps that specifically will teach music and piano. This is targeted at an early childhood audience. Music teachers for the app can be certified in a 60 hour program from relatively anywhere in the country. This comes at a time where many schools are foregoing their music program.
I have to admit, I actually read this article, scrolled onto another one, then came back to this. I did this because I realized how awesome this is. Canada, piano lessons, apps, Canada, what's not to love? If you're me this is the best thing ever, not only because Canada is involved, but because this means someone is using technology to solve a major problem. Music programs are being cut despite, as the article says, more and more evidence is piling up that suggests music programs are nothing but beneficial to education.
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ReplyDeleteBradshaw works for The Globe and Mail, a Canadian newspaper. He writes about secondary education and national news. He's also been a cultural reporter for Globe Arts.