Muxicall
From the Tech Savvy Educator, Thinking Past The Square and many other bloggers comes information about a collaborative music site.
Muxicall is an excellent example of one of those sites that pulls you in, and eats up your time with just a simple concept; click on a button to play a note. Now click on a few more and try to put together a tune or short musical phrase. Now imagine 6 or 7 other people doing that same thing at the same time on their computers, with all of the notes and tones played at the same time on the website. The result can often be a bit deafening, a bit maddening (when someone cuts in on your solo), but ultimately the site is a lot of fun.
Thankfully, the notes are arranged so that discord among the various players is few and far between. And what results is actually a rather pleasing new-age jazz type of music. Some times a bit haunting, while other times being very bright and bubbly. How is that useful to you as a classroom teacher? Well…you could use it as n anchor activity in the morning, or after a transition; the students would definitely sit down much more quickly and quietly to be picked as the person that gets to “make music” on the internet with Muxicall. You could also use it for moody background music during quiet reading time. Since other people are always on the site making noise, you just have to turn on your speakers. OR, you could find a progressive music teacher willing to introduce their students to some collaborative digital music ideas.
From Amanda,
When you get there it loads easily – hold the shift button and run your mouse over the different block notes. Soon you will start to hear the notes you are selecting and if others are on the site you will hear the notes they are selecting also. Jump into the chat room and have a chat with the others online to collaborate more musically on a piece of work.
Have a play and let us know what you think!
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