2003 TI:ME Conference
Call for Proposals - Information & Logistics

Conference Site & Equipment

The 2003 TI:ME National Convention will be held in the Pasadena Convention Center (300 East Green Street). The technology area will consist of 7 rooms, including Hands-On Labs and Lecture/Presentation/Performance Rooms. We intend to equip each room with the following:

data projector
projection screen
MIDI Keyboard
sound reinforcement

Presenters are required to provide their own presentation CPU.

Hands-On Labs will be single-platform (Mac or Wintel), and will include the following:

10 - 20 User CPUs
Internet connection for all CPUs (if sponsorship is obtained)
data projector
projection screen
sound reinforcement

All required software will need to be provided and installed by the presenter prior to the beginning of the conference (Tuesday, March 11).

Conference Sessions

The following categories are of interest:

Computer Assisted Instruction
Notation Software
Sequencing Software
Electronic Musical Instruments
MIDI Performance Ensembles
Digital Audio
Internet
Multimedia
Productivity
Administrative Concerns
Research
TI:ME Strategies and Certification
Miscellaneous/Other – Please be specific with your proposal

Session Formats

Within each category we would like to receive proposals for lecture/presentations, hands-on tutorial sessions, and industry showcases/product demonstrations.

We are also extremely interested in presenting live performances utilizing MIDI or other music technologies.

Emphasis should be placed on competency acquisition so that attendees will leave with new skills in addition to the knowledge and the enthusiasm normally generated by technology presentations.

Sessions will have a maximum 60-minute time slot, with 15 minutes between sessions for setup and tear-down.

Sample Sessions

Please do not limit your proposals to the ideas given below as these sample sessions are intended merely to stimulate your thinking:

Computer Assisted Instruction

Lecture/Presentations on ways to use this technology to improve teaching and learning in elementary school, middle school, high school, or college.
Industry Showcases (lecture, hands-on, or both) demonstrating new CAI products.
Hands-on CAI experiences in a lab setting with the presenter providing guidance as attendees work through exercises on selected CAI titles.
Hands-on creation of basic CAI using authoring software. This might be a double session with presentations alternating with hands-on experiences.

Notation Software

Lecture/Presentations on ways to use this technology to improve teaching and learning in elementary school, middle school, high school, or college.
Industry Showcases (lecture, hands-on, or both) demonstrating new notation software products.
Hands-on session - attendees will learn basic notation software skills, complete a one-page example, and print it.
Hands-on session - attendees will learn to create notation examples, export them to graphic file formats, and insert them into word processing documents for tests and worksheets.
Hands-on session - attendees will learn advanced techniques in notation software such as cross-staff beaming, nonstandard notation, ossia staves, and dropout scores.

Sequencing

Lecture/Presentations on ways to use this technology to improve teaching and learning in elementary school, middle school, high school, or college.
Industry Showcases (lecture, hands-on, or both) demonstrating new or existing products.
Hands-on session - attendees will learn to use a sequence to control the playback and instrumentation of existing standard midi files.
Hands-on session - attendees will learn to use auto accompaniment software.
Hands-on session - attendees will learn to create basic but musical sequences.
Hands-on session - attendees will learn to combine digital audio with midi sequences.

Electronic Musical Instruments

Lecture/Demonstration on ways to use this technology to improve teaching and learning in elementary school, middle school, high school, or college.
Industry Showcases (lecture, hands-on, or both) demonstrating new or existing products.
Hands-on session - attendees will learn rehearsal techniques for electronic ensembles. This could be a double session combining an open rehearsal and performance of a MIDI-based electronic ensemble

MIDI Performance Ensembles

Live performances by MIDI-based ensembles of any size and constitution.
Presentations or Panels regarding creating, rehearsing, performing, funding, and/or justifying MIDI ensembles.

Internet
(We hope to have Internet connectivity available in all labs)

Lecture/Presentations on ways to use this technology to improve teaching and learning in elementary school, middle school, high school, or college.
Lecture/Presentation on Internet basics - attendees will learn the principles behind the Internet (URLs, client/server, ISPs, IP addresses, e-mail, etc. ).
Industry Showcases (lecture, hands-on, or both) demonstrating new or existing products.
Hands-on session - attendees will learn to use a web browser in detail, managing windows, improving browser performance, navigating, and ways to use Internet directories and search engines.
Hands-on session - attendees will learn to configure a web browser for e-mail and multimedia.
Hands-on session - attendees will learn to create basic pages for the web.
Hands-on session - attendees will learn to add multimedia objects (graphics, midi files, digital audio files, and movies) to web pages.
Hands-on session - attendees will learn to add interactivity to web pages through JavaScript and QuickTime.

Multimedia
CD-ROM Software, DVD, Digital Audio, etc.

Lecture/Presentations on ways to use this technology to improve teaching and learning in elementary school, middle school, high school, or college.
Lecture/Presentations introducing the basic elements of multimedia (text, still images, sound, and moving images).
Industry Showcases (lecture, hands-on, or both) demonstrating new or existing products.
Hands-on session - attendees will learn to create and edit digital audio files.
Hands-on session - attendees will learn to edit digital video files.
Hands-on session - attendees will learn to create a basic multimedia presentation.
Hands-on session - attendees will learn to create more advanced, interactive multimedia presentations.

Productivity Software
Word Processing, Databases, Spreadsheet, Music Management, etc.

Lecture/Presentations on ways to use this technology to improve teacher effectiveness in elementary school, middle school, high school, or college.
Industry Showcases (lecture, hands-on, or both) demonstrating new or existing products.
Hands-on session - attendees will learn to create mail merge documents.
Hands-on session - attendees will learn to create basic marching band charts using software.
Hands-on session - attendees will learn to create spreadsheets for grades and budgets.
Hands-on session - attendees will learn to use presentation software.

Administrative Concerns

Lecture/Presentations specifically aimed at administrators (principal, district coordinators, etc. ) regarding the need for technology in the music class room and the cross-curricular advantages of such technology.
Presentations or Hands-on Sessions featuring software that is appropriate for both musicians and non-music administrators (see "Productivity Software" above).

TI:ME Certification

Lecture/Presentations on Technology Strategies for Music Education and the TI:ME Certification process.

Research

Lecture/Presentations on the use of technology as a tool to further research on teaching and learning in music.

Miscellaneous/Other

Lecture/Presentations on ways to secure funding for technology purchases.
Lecture/Presentations on computer lab management.

Proposals