Boom

1. CITATION AND GENERAL INFORMATION
 * Boom
 * Author: Craig Gonci
 * Publisher: http://www.themusicinteractive.com/TMI/The_Music_Interactive_-_Welcome.html
 * Copyright 2008
 * Platform: Macintosh & PC
 * Peripherals: Mouse, Speakers, Sound Card
 * Grade/Age: Early Childhood Early Elementary
 * Type of Class: General Music, Theory

2. TEACHER SUPPORT
 * Documentation: There is no overview of the program, it just has a special preference menu.
 * Objectives: This program is to have students create boom whacker compositions using chords or single note.

3. INSTRUCTIONAL CONTENT 2. Performing on instruments, alone and with others, a varied repertoire of music. 4. Composing and arranging music within specified guidelines.
 * Specific Musical Content: This program is great for interactive whiteboards or individual computers.
 * National Music Standards that could be addressed through this software:

4. INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN AND PEDAGOGICAL SOUNDNESS
 * This program is a useful tool using the ta ti ti Kodaly method for rhythms and the diatonic style of C major.
 * The directions are not useful, because there is no tutorial, just basic directions. One has to really use trial and error to figure out how to get the rhythms to show up.
 * Hearing the pitches of the boom whackers is too short for ears that young to discern and actual chord, let alone chords in a four bar passage.
 * The program is user driven. Students have unlimited time to compose and manipulate the rhythms.
 * The structure of the program is
 * Sequence of Materials: Poor
 * Pace of Instruction: Poor
 * Quality of Interaction: Fair
 * Motivation for Students: Fair

5. RECORD KEEPING
 * N/A

6. OVERALL EVALUATION 7. REVIEWER
 * The pitches are set in treble, colors are vivid, trash can is obvious. Rhythm creation is unclear, as is the navigation. This would be a good "filler" in the Boom Whacker, but for Kodaly, it is a good tool for solfege pitches of fixed do.
 * Rating -- *Fair
 * Robyn N. Lanier 25 October 2010