Garage+Band+Assignment

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Z AND B FIRST SONG

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TECHNO

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COOL SONG!!!!!!!!!!

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Area of Interaction: Health and Social Education Unit Question: How does music change me?

Requirements: -Spend 6 days creating your own songs with GarageBand. -You need to create 4 songs. (25 points for each song) -Each song needs to be at least 1 minute long. (10 points) -Each song must have at least 5 tracks. (10 points) -All of your songs must have at least one edit. (3 points) -All of your songs must have at least two "pan" changes. (2 points) -At least one of your songs must have your voice recorded on it. -There is a total of 100 points for this assignment. -You will receive an IB grade and a letter grade.

Day 1: Take the Test on <span style="background-clip: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: 100% 50%; padding-right: 10px;">[|Skyward].

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">INVESTIGATE: <span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">(Write in complete sentences) __<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Identify the Problem: __ <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">1. What is the problem you need to solve? <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> Make a garage band <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">2. How does the Design Cycle apply to the real world? Applying for college <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">3. How does music change me. Changes my mood. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">4. What are the requirements for this assignment? Up above in green <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">5. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">What is GarageBand? <span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;"> Music maker <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">6. Spend 15 minutes experimenting with GarageBand. List three new things you learned about GarageBand:

__<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Design Brief: __ <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">7. Write a short statement of what you are going to make, why you are going to make it, and for whom you are making it for. A song for myself.

__<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Formulate a Design Specification: __ <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">8. What are the requirements for this assignment? Up above in green. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">9. What are the limitations you have with this assignment?

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">PLAN: <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Day 1: Take the test on Skyward, answer the questions under "Investigate", and start GarageBand. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Day 2: Finish Day 1 and start GarageBand. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Day 3: Work on GarageBand. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Day 4: Work on GarageBand. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Day 5: Work on GarageBand. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Day 6: Work on GarageBand. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Day 7: Send your songs to iTunes, upload your songs to your Wikispace, and burn your song to a CD if you choose.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">CREATE:
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Use appropriate software to create your songs . (and be nice to my computer!)
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Follow your plan.
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Pay attention to the quality of your songs!

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">EVALUATE: <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">10. How many songs did you create? <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">﻿4 <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">11. How could you improve your songs? <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">﻿More volume changes. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">12. Did you meet all of the requirements? <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">yes <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">13. Reflect on all the steps of the Design Cycle. What did you do well? What do you need to improve? <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">14. Were you responsible in using the software, Internet, pictures, and computer? <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">15. How does music change the way you act and feel about yourself? <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">Changes my mood. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">16. What grade do you deserve on this project? (1 - 6) <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">5.8
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Investigate: <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">I investigated all the beats and sounds.
 * Plan: ﻿I planned out what to put in the song
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Create: <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">I created the song
 * <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Evaluate: Listened to the song and fixed some things. Made some edits.

<span style="color: #800000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">ATTITUDE: <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">17. Reflect on your attitude on each step of the Design Cycle. Did you completely answer each step without complaining, being a whiny baby, or saying "it's too hard". Explain your answer: <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">I thought it was fun. <span style="color: #000080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">18. What grade do you deserve on your attitude? (1 - 6) <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">6