ED4134 Task 2 Sound File: Ave Maria

The Song file that I have chosen from Sonific is a Church Hymn sung by the Benedictine Nuns in France. This ICT supports the following learning styles, as presented by Gardner in his theory of Multiple Intelligences:

Musical/Rythmic: the melody, back round instruments and sounds attract students who have an appeal to learning through music and rhythm.
Interpersonal: listening to the audio as a class and then having an open group discussion on Church music and its significance in their own spirituality.
Interpersonal: students can also have time to listen to the audio individually and reflect on how they understand it to tie into their own spirituality. (Smith, 2002)

This ICT is an engaging way of bringing the lesson to life and exposing the students to a variety of Church music as a part of the Christianity unit in Studies of Religion. Moreover, in line with Bloom's Taxonomy, this ICT can also be used as an evaluative task where students can contrast and compare the value of Church music to secular music. (Smythe, 2007)

Students can also develop their own thoughts and create personal connections to Church music and its relevance to their own spirituality. Implementing audio into the classroom is a great cognitive tool which encourages higher order thinking in that learners are utilising their thinking to evaluate the role of Church music in the expression of their faith. Similarily, just as described in Vygotsky's constructivist theory students can bring their own knowledge and experiences into the classroom discussion and recreate new meaningful knowledge from the social interaction of the students.