What kind of music course can address ALL students?

The difference between a hybrid classroom and traditional approaches such as music theory, is that it’s much less customary, and encourages multiple ways of engaging in music in one setting. Also, a hybrid classroom has much more digital media incorporated into the classroom assignments and activities than a music theory or band class. The hybrid approach is essentially a way for music educators to examine and evaluate how utilizing technology in the music class can assist students to engage in music & learning innovatively. Overall, I like to think of it as being much more musically accommodating.

A hybrid classroom could be extremely beneficial to most students. Because the class involves numerous ways of learning and engaging in music to occur in one class setting, one student could be participating in one aspect of music making, while another in a completely different aspect. For example, a student could be creating a song in an app, on an electronic device, while another is composing on an acoustic instrument. That’s just one example, but the possibilities of what students can do in a hybrid class are endless. The hybrid approach eliminates the possibility of every student to be required to be a part of the same activity throughout the entire class period. You could consider it a much more open minded class environment, where many different musically engaging activities and creative learning is taking place. In addition, I think a hybrid class allows for students to be more connected with the music because they had a say or choice in what they created or chose to participate in. Furthermore, if anything, it can be an enjoyable experience with music they will always remember.

Though this class might be beneficial for students in a lot of ways, I think there might be some serious difficulties for music educators to overcome. For example, keeping up to date with technology, knowing how to use certain media devices, and electronic instruments that the students might use, and then being able to teach them how to use them as well. These things alone can require a lot of time and effort and be challenging to grasp. In closing, it would be challenging as an educator, but not impossible and even worth adapting to and getting involved in.