SPRING 2021
All online Spring MECA
courses begin on February 8
and conclude on May 9, 2021,
except as noted.
Registration for
all online courses
closes at 12:00 noon CST
on January 31, 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.
Using Soundtrap in the
Music Classroom
ONLINE
February 8–March 7, 2021
Note: This is a 4-week course.
The online music production app Soundtrap is a powerful yet fun and easy-to-use music creation tool, and provides students with endless creative music-making possibilities. From beat-making to podcasting to songwriting, this course will provide strategies and lesson ideas to encourage all students, regardless of their musical knowledge, to become active creators. This course is suitable for music teachers at all levels, and free access to Soundtrap EDU will be provided during the course.
Instructor: Stefani Langol
Stefani Langol is a music educator, clinician, author and education technology consultant. She is an associate professor of music education at Berklee College of Music and also serves as the technology coordinator for the music education department. In addition, Langol is an adjunct assistant professor at the Boston Conservatory of Music, where she teaches music technology classes for the Master of Music Education degree program.
Langol is a certified instructor for the Technology Institute for Music Educators (TI:ME) and offers graduate credit and TI:ME national certification courses at numerous sites throughout the Northeast. In addition, Langol served as editor-in-chief of the TI:MEs newsletter from 1997-2004 and the technology editor for the Massachusetts Music Educators Journal from 2004-2012. For over 20 years, Langol has designed and delivered technology training to K-12 and higher education music educators, and has been a featured presenter at numerous state, national and international music educator conferences in New York, Pennsylvania, California, Ohio, Rhode Island, Florida, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Texas, Illinois, Toronto and Nelson (Canada).
Langol is a co-author of the Alfred Music Tech Series, which includes Playing Keyboard, Music Production and MIDI Sequencing; and Composing with Notation Software as well as the accompanying Teacher’s Guide: Book 1. In addition, she has published several articles on music technology in the Music Educators Journal, Music Education Technology Magazine, Music and Computers, Artists House, and the Massachusetts Music Educators Journal.
Using Soundtrap in
the Music Classroom
Instructor
Stefani Langol
slangol@vandercook.edu
Dates
February 8–March 7, 2021
(4 weeks only)
Tuition
No Credit
$199, due in full with registration
Course Code 7161 A2
1 Graduate Credit
$355, due in full with registration
Course Code 7161 B2
Chat Sessions
Optional
Prerequisites
None
Required Text(s)
None
Software/Hardware Requirements
Access to a Chromebook or any computer connected to the internet with adequate Wifi access. IPads are not recommended for this course.
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.
Spring 2021 MECA courses officially begin on Monday, Feb. 8. 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 February 8, 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.