Mobile Teaching and Learning Technologies: Ukrainian Dance Instruction in Canada

This paper explores the process of introducing iPods into the context of Ukrainian dance instruction. In particular we focus on how one teacher incorporated these tools to support student and instructor learning. Further we explore the affordances of the tool identified by the teachers to support da...

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Main Authors: Ostashewski, Nathaniel, Reid, D., Ostashewski, M.
Other Authors: Inmaculada Arnedillo Sanchez
Format: Conference Paper
Published: IADIS 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/25886
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author Ostashewski, Nathaniel
Reid, D.
Ostashewski, M.
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Ostashewski, Nathaniel
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Ostashewski, M.
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description This paper explores the process of introducing iPods into the context of Ukrainian dance instruction. In particular we focus on how one teacher incorporated these tools to support student and instructor learning. Further we explore the affordances of the tool identified by the teachers to support dance instruction and learning. In this research, the teacher identified a focus on demonstration and mobility strategies as a meaningful starting point for the use of the technology. They acknowledge that dance choreography and composition are complex and often identified as difficult to teach. The incorporation of iPods solved many long-standing challenges for the teacher who incorporated these within meaningful educational experiences. However, the planning and incorporation of these in educational contexts was a long and challenging process. This paper explores this planning and implementation process and the challenges it overcame to support the incorporation of the technology within the dance class context.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-258862022-12-09T06:09:41Z Mobile Teaching and Learning Technologies: Ukrainian Dance Instruction in Canada Ostashewski, Nathaniel Reid, D. Ostashewski, M. Inmaculada Arnedillo Sanchez Pedro Isai�as pedagogy implementation iPods dance mobile technology This paper explores the process of introducing iPods into the context of Ukrainian dance instruction. In particular we focus on how one teacher incorporated these tools to support student and instructor learning. Further we explore the affordances of the tool identified by the teachers to support dance instruction and learning. In this research, the teacher identified a focus on demonstration and mobility strategies as a meaningful starting point for the use of the technology. They acknowledge that dance choreography and composition are complex and often identified as difficult to teach. The incorporation of iPods solved many long-standing challenges for the teacher who incorporated these within meaningful educational experiences. However, the planning and incorporation of these in educational contexts was a long and challenging process. This paper explores this planning and implementation process and the challenges it overcame to support the incorporation of the technology within the dance class context. 2009 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/25886 IADIS restricted
spellingShingle pedagogy
implementation
iPods
dance
mobile technology
Ostashewski, Nathaniel
Reid, D.
Ostashewski, M.
Mobile Teaching and Learning Technologies: Ukrainian Dance Instruction in Canada
title Mobile Teaching and Learning Technologies: Ukrainian Dance Instruction in Canada
title_full Mobile Teaching and Learning Technologies: Ukrainian Dance Instruction in Canada
title_fullStr Mobile Teaching and Learning Technologies: Ukrainian Dance Instruction in Canada
title_full_unstemmed Mobile Teaching and Learning Technologies: Ukrainian Dance Instruction in Canada
title_short Mobile Teaching and Learning Technologies: Ukrainian Dance Instruction in Canada
title_sort mobile teaching and learning technologies: ukrainian dance instruction in canada
topic pedagogy
implementation
iPods
dance
mobile technology
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/25886