Technology Integration Plan

My lesson plan looks at the hip-hop music genre  from a culture and technological standpoint.  The goal of this unit is to give students a deeper understanding of hip-hop music from the roots of its creation to how its created in todays world.  Though hip hop was once part of a specific racial group and geographical location, it is now a world wide genre.  Students are not only exploring the cultural influences of hip-hop but how the creation of hip hop music can be used to map out its history. Students will learn the use of several digital programs and music production software and equipment.  Students will research, map out and recreate the history of the hip hop genre using to technology to facilitate and guide their understanding along with summative and formative assessment provided by the teacher.  Student will create a digital map of hip-hop history and cultural influences and perform and hip hop piece of their creation.  At the end of the unit students will have an understanding of every aspect of hip-hop from past to present

The first row of my matrix maps how students will access the information needed to complete the unit.  This will start with the teacher showing an video documentary of hip hop along with several music examples hip-hop music from different points of its history to present day hip-hop.  This video presentation and listening will followed by a group discussion about hip-hop history and speculations as to why the social and political views of hip-hop has changed over time.  Students will then do independent internet research using a list of sites given to the by the teacher and two other sites of their choosing.  Students will the reflect on the information discovered and what was covered in the in class portion of that days assignment.  Using some type of word processor, students will log the important information and important concepts and prepare to use that information in the next section of the unit.  All information and reflective materials will be stored in some type of digital storage source such as google drive.

The second row maps how students will analyze the the music the listened to from a  cultural and technological standpoint.  The teacher will give a presentation about the different technological developments used in hip-hop and those specific to hip-hop.  An example would the the drum pad used to make hip-hop beats.   During this same lecture student will learn hip hop specific language to better help them understand the information they uncovered.  Students will then individually listen the the hip-hop song "everyday people" by Arrested Development.  The lyrics will be projected on the smart board  for student to follow a long with.  After listening student will then brainstorm ideas on how to create their own hip-hop song.  As student talk with one another the teacher will create a thought web on the smart board to to give students a visual of the their thoughts.  Students will then reflect on the lyrics and the language used specifically the us of the N-Word in hip-hop.  This reflection will but graded based on the students research of the word and its influence on hip-hop culture.  They will answer question such as; why is it used?  why is it offensive is certain groups use it?.   This can also be the basis of a sociology discussion as a cross curricular topic and activity.

The third row of the matrix show how students will peer edit and review the responses they produced and begin to learn how to use the music software that the will use.  After they form groups they will in groups work on creating a website or wiki page the maps out the history of hip-hop and the music specific technologies that are used in most hip-hop songs.  The goal here is for student to demonstrate not only their understanding of the genre but also how and why certain technologies were used.  While students are creating the web page the teacher will give each group an era/time period within hip-hop they must accurately recreate through a performance.

The fourth row of the matrix is the presentation portion where student present the wiki page to the class and show how they mapped out the history of hip-hop.  Teacher will also present to show his/her mapping of the history to create a learning environment where student and teacher are all participating.  The teacher will also show students the inner workings of a hip-hop song the teach created as an example for student so see.  Students will then their feeling of the hip-hop genre and their overall finding and use all they learned in the final step

The fifth row in where student will demonstrate their understanding through performance.  From the set up of the digital equipment to the inner working of the hip hop song they created.  Each group and the teacher will listen to every performance and be able to accurately evaluate the performance, the music, and the appropriate  Use of the musical technologies. Hip-hop is a genre that is always been "bashed" for many reasons however at the end of the unit students will have an understanding of a very misunderstood  genre.
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