SUMMER 2021
All online Summer MECA
courses begin on June 7
and conclude on August 1,
except as noted.
Registration for
all online courses
closes at 12:00 noon CST
on May 28, 2021.
Questions?
Visit our MECA FAQs page.
Add, drop, change or withdraw
using the Add/Drop Form.
For all other MECA-related
questions, contact us at
meca@vandercook.edu
or 312.788.1139.
Digital Assessment Tools
for the Band, Orchestra
& Choral Director
ONLINE
June 7–August 1, 2021
Integrating technology can save time, enhance the learning experience, and be used as an assessment tool for your music students. Not only can these tools be used in an online format, but they are flexible enough to integrate into your in-person music rehearsal. In this course, we’ll focus on free online tools to help assess student learning in your ensembles and learn how to effectively integrate technology. You’ll leave this course with fresh ideas and tools to utilize as a more innovative music educator.
There is a video chat component to this class. Dates & times will be determined the first week of class.
Instructor: Keith Ozsvath
Keith Ozsvath has been sharing his lifelong passion for music with the students at Rotolo Middle School in Batavia, IL, a six-time NAMM Best Community for Music Education, since 2000. He currently co-teaches band and orchestra, directs the Jazz Ensemble and Symphonic Band while finding unique ways to integrate technology to enhance his students’ learning.
In addition to being a dedicated middle school teacher, Ozsvath teaches graduate courses at VanderCook College of Music. He has presented numerous webinars and professional development sessions for music educators at the The Midwest Clinic, Virginia Music Educators Association, Illinois Music Educators Conference, VanderCook College of Music, and the Association of Middle Level Educators. His dedication to teaching has been recognized through the Chicagoland Outstanding Music Educator award in 2015 and twice by “Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers.” In 2017, Ozsvath was honored with an “Exemplary Educator Award” from the Batavia CANDO parent organization. Most recently, he was inducted to the Nazareth Academy Fine Arts Hall of Fame in 2018. Keith is part of the ILMEA Clinician Network which provides professional development to music educators across Illinois. Ozsvath has had the distinguished honor of being an Illinois Summer Youth Music conductor at the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana and is the co-founder and coordinator for the Middle School Concert Band Camp at the Music for All Summer Symposium held at Ball State University.
Course Details
Digital Assessment Tools
for the Band, Orchestra &
Choral Director
Course Code 7691
Instructor
Keith Ozsvath
kozsvath@vandercook.edu
3 Graduate Credits
Tuition
$1,065, due in full with registration
Chat Sessions
TBD
Prerequisites
TBD
Required Text(s)
Learning First, Technology Second
by Liz Kolb
(ISTE)
Students are responsible for purchasing all required texts and materials.
Software/Hardware Requirements
Access to a Mac, PC or Chromebook, connected to the Internet.
MECA Online
is powered by Schoology
Schoology is a learning management system that allows you to interact directly with your instructors, fellow students, and members of the greater VanderCook community.
Summer 2021 MECA courses officially begin on Monday, June 7. Soon after you register, be on the lookout for an email from Schoology with log-in instructions. Once you receive credentials, visit online.vandercook.edu to login. On the morning of June 7, you'll have access to your classroom and course material.
Some courses have specific online chat meeting times (please see course descriptions), while others have a flexible meeting schedule. You can expect all courses to meet together in a live online chat. If a live meeting time doesn’t work, you can work with your instructor to make other arrangements.
Online grades will be reported by mid-June. If you need a transcript, please visit the online transcript request page. For faster turnaround time, please submit the transcript request to the registrar prior to the end of your course(s).
More information about Schoology can be found at www.schoology.com.