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JamSkolan Day 2

Today was a very interesting day.  It started out with our presentations of Jam2Jam from our test sights.  Dr. Eva Saether and Per talked about their experiences with the software in Sweden and showed us video clips of the students actively engaged and even fighting over usage of the program.  Dr. Alex Ruthmann and myself presented Pentucket's findings and video clips.  It seemed that the more ownership our students could put into the program, the more successful they thought it was.  The students uploaded photos of the marching band and jammed with them using the software.  They also particularly enjoyed performing real instruments in conjunction with the software being performed.  Lastly, Dr. Matthew Thibeault and Melanie took us through a jam using an arrangement of a John Philip Sousa March and visuals.  This was a very innovative idea that will help us think of more ways we can incorporate Jam2Jam in to the classroom. 

We ended the afternoon with a frank discussion of where we see Jam2Jam headed.  It seems like the next version of the software is going to be even more student/teacher oriented and offer more chances for ownership within the content that can be uploaded.  


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