Westwood
Middle School is proud to be able to introduce an innovative
and helpful approach in teaching students positive home practice
habits.
In the past, we have asked instrumental music students to record
their practice time on sheets of paper now stapled in the front
cover of their lesson books. We have found this process cumbersome
and it does not represent the end goal of practicing, to allow
students to become independent learners. Middle level instrumental
music education is involved in teaching effectiveness and efficiency
when playing at home and Lesson Logs provides a much better direction
for our students. We will pilot this system for the third quarter
and if everything works correctly, we will switch to Lesson Logs
as our primary practice accounting method. If you are an instructor
from another music program interested in hearing more about this
application, please click here.
Begin to use Lesson Logs by clicking on the graphic above. You
have received your username and password from class. Once you
are logged in, you will be brought to the page you see below. You
may click on areas in the Navigation Menu for
instructions and comments.
Lesson Log Home
The calendar will display Practice Logs created by
students for the current month. This is explained below. When
students have a lesson in school a Lesson Log is created. When
clicked,
this link will show points, grades, and comments earned from
that lesson. The upper right hand box displays practice time totals
and weekly average. It also compares the student to averages
in
the band they play in and the sections in that band. Contact
information for the lesson teacher in found in the lower right
hand box.
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Adding a Practice Log
By clicking on the "Add Practice Log" link in the
Navigation Menu, students are brought to the screen below:
This page allows students to enter information about
a home practice session. Make sure the date, start, and end time
is set correctly. Check the box(es) of the categories you spent
time in. For each category, provide a short explanation of the
work you did. Click "Submit" when you are finished and you will
be given a positive or negative statement at the top of the page
indicating whether or not you did it correctly.
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Editing a Practice Log
By clicking on "Edit Practice Log" from the Navigation
Menu you will be given the option of changing and deleting Practice
Logs you have created.
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Lesson Grades
By clicking on "Lesson Grades" from
the Navigation Menu you will be given a list of the grades given
to you in Lesson Logs. The list will include points, grades, and
comments from your lesson instructor.
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Edit Profile
By clicking on "Edit Profile" from the
Navigation Menu you will be given the option to change your contact
information. Please keep this information accurate as you continue
to use this application. You may not change information about your
username, password, band, instrument, or section.
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Logout
This function is used to end your session with Lesson
Logs.
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Credits
Lesson Logs is an application
developed by Noah Keitel at .:AugmentJ:..
Concept and development was done with Jeremy
Mann and the Westwood
Middle School Band Program. Please feel welcome to contact either
of these people for further information about Lesson Logs and its
possible use in other instrumental music programs.
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