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Arts & Communication Interactive whiteboard in solfeggio teaching

If there are materials for these contents in digital form, Educational games and quizzes can be used to process
they can help with processing them in class. The primary musical-theoretical concepts. Today, there are several
function of digital content is to reduce writing time. The online quiz platforms, such as Kahoot and Wordwall.
interactive board is also very useful for repeating and Considering the specificity of solfeggio as a subject, if a quiz
determining the various contents of the musical-theoretical or game for a certain topic does not already exist in online
field. The previously mentioned possibilities of the website, or digital form, it is possible to independently design and
where one can practice aural examples, also feature various create it on most quiz platforms. Playing an educational
tasks for testing and practicing theoretical concepts such as game, such as a quiz, always improves the dynamics in class.
intervals, chords, tone positions, and keys. Despite the fact In educational quizzes and games, it is a great advantage
that these exercises are mostly in English, students are able that the teacher immediately sees feedback on the average
to learn the English names of musical terms within a short accuracy of students’ answers. For educational games and
period of time. In this case, it is crucial for the teacher to quizzes, the smart board serves as a projector, but the most
be familiar with these terms to effectively communicate important aspect here is the speed of switching from the
them to the students. It is evident that students prefer this traditional way of working on the board to multimedia
method to practice tasks over traditional writing or copying activity. For instance, the teacher can write several tasks in
because it transforms learning into a game and encourages the traditional manner, followed by two clicks to transition
interaction with the surrounding media world. The benefit to a Kahoot quiz for further practice. Typically, students
of these tasks is that they are all randomly selected from accept this kind of transition from conventional to modern
the curriculum and not subject to the teacher’s ideas. The digital learning, often requesting its repetition to practice
feedback is immediate, and any errors are addressed by the the lesson through an educational game or quiz.
teacher or sometimes the entire class during a discussion
(Figure 4). 3. Conclusion
The aim of this work was to demonstrate the possibility
of using an interactive board in the teaching of solfeggio.
The results of the research showed that the interactive
whiteboard can primarily be used without its multimedia
capabilities, that is, as the most ordinary whiteboard. The
advantage of such use is that the written content can be
preserved. Regarding the singing of musical examples, the
advantage of an interactive board is that the teacher can
effectively show the students the problem areas that require
more attention while singing. As for dictation, instead of
the teacher playing the dictation, the example can be
played from the computer, and after writing the dictation,
it is possible to project the example on the screen using
Figure 3. The testing of the recorded melodic-rhythmic dictation.
the interactive board to check the accuracy of what was
written. An interactive board can also be used to repeat
and determine musical-theoretical content, as numerous
websites offer examples for checking and practicing
intervals, chords, septachords, tone positions, and keys.
The implementation of digital technologies in solfeggio
and other educational processes is still in the preliminary
stages of research, with the aim of determining its feasibility
in the classroom. Digital technologies are developing
faster than education, and it is necessary to use them to
complement traditional work methods. Students of the
21 century are accustomed to using digital technology
st
from a young age, as they are frequently exposed to screens
from mobile phones, computers, tablets, and televisions.
They have access to a variety of information instantly,
thanks to devices that are always online around them. One
Figure 4. Interval and chord recognition exercises at the ToneSavvy site. of the problems of integrating digital technologies into

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