An educational technology software that does not fall neatly into the taxonomy is Musicator. Musicator functions as "word processor" for both choir and band directors, providing them with a means to put in and print out notation. (B1) Musicator also functions as a creative environment in that it is also a sequencing program. If a teacher plugs in a keyboard the program becomes a recording and editing device. This allows educators to use it for composition. (D) And lastly, Musicator can also be used as a teaching tool. (B4) One of my recent assignments was to create a "interactive" learning tool using this program. (See screen shots). This assignment seemed to be somewhat of a test - the taxonomy is broad and most programs are covered in it.

What the students hear is one of the three songs at the bottom. They have learned these songs in class. Their first step is to aurally recognize the song. The second step is to visually recognize the song. For most of my classes, they would have only seen about 50% of the songs. This exercise would help reinforce their application of solfege reading/singing.