In and around educational and instructional technology circles, one of the trendiest terms being talked about is authentic . We all know what the word means, but does it really make a difference in education? Yes. When learning is authentic, students learn more. The educational tails trailing "authentic" often include problems, questions, audience, and feedback. In a musician's world, authentic is normally associated with performing a piece beautifully with the right notes, tone, precision, balance, and emotion for family, friends, and judges ( authentic audience ). Now to the reason I wrote this blog. What I saw this past Friday in L. Michelle Howard's orchestra classroom took authentic to another level! Watch this video (apologies for sound quality...just imagine my recording sounded great!): What did you see? What was authentic? Well, hopefully you noticed the projection screen and a man named Darol Anger (via Google Hangouts...
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