Microsoft Surface makes teaching music more fun and productive

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Published onFebruary 20, 2016

published onFebruary 20, 2016

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Andrew Fitzgerald has been teaching instrumental music atFranklin Classical Middle School(FCMS) for over ten years.Microsoft Surface has helped himteach his students to help them achieve things he didn’t know were possible. In many ways, being able to read music is like learning to speak a new language; it can be a hard thing to learn. Fitzgerald used to rely on a whiteboard to help his students read sheet music, but with the Surface app,StaffPad, teaching his students has become a breeze.

Fitzgerald found that the Surface Pro 3 provided a viable way to teach his students visually. Many students at FCMS are English Language Learners (ELLs) and being able to show them a visual presentation of music theory concepts works wonders. Fitzgerald noted what led him to use the Microsoft Surface in his classroom:

“A few years ago I watched Microsoft announce a new computer called Surface. It included an integrated digital pen, and I was immediately intrigued and inspired so much that I bought it when it became available. My classroom has never been the same.”

There are a number of reasons Fitzgerald chose the Surface Pro 3 to help him teach in the classroom, here are a few reasons:

Fitzgerald relies on a number of Surface apps to help him teach. While he relies mostly onStaffPad, he also usesPiano Time Pro,Mod Tuner Pro, andModtronome Pro.Drawboard PDFhelps Fitzgerald sort through his school and personal documents and the Surface Pen helps him fill out those documents if need be.

Whether it be creating lesson plans and presentations to watching a movie in his personal time, anything and everything is available at his fingertips with the Surface Pro 3. For Fitzgerald, there is only one all-in-one device for him, and that is the Surface.

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