The three articles on notation software offered a nice overview of Finale and Sibelius. Many ideas shared are used by music teachers, from creating transcriptions to accommodate unique instrumentation to creating missing parts. Worksheets and practice sheets are more beneficial to the ensemble when the teacher can focus on specific concepts for a piece.
The Watson article from Music Education Technology discusses early versions fo Finale and Sibelius. I was reminded of FInale's ability to export graphics for use outside the program. This was a great benefit. The scanning capabilities have improved since Finale 2003 and Sibelius 2. And Sibeius nwo has worksheets and the ability to create custom worksheets.
Tom Rudolph offers ideas for student compositions and compares the use of music software for composing to using a word processor for writing. Niether application does the work, but assists the student in creating a legible, printed page. He suggests using student music librarians to create parts that may be missing or parts that need to be transcribed.
Floyd Richmond reveals several ways he has used notation software in his classroom. The ability to assign computer projects would be determined by the equipment available to the student. In class projects may be difficult if there is a limited number of computers available for use.
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This is a good summary of these articles. How do you see notation software as benefiting your current and future teaching practice? Rather than just relating what the authors' wrote, what do you think are the implications for music teaching and learning?
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