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Practical Classroom Tech: Looking ahead

With the future of music education being discussed against the impending expiration of Music Hub funding in 2020, Tim Hallas shares his thoughts on how technology might be included within the next national plan for music education.
Music is changing and education needs to keep up
Music is changing and education needs to keep up - Matthew Walder

In June, I attended the Music Mark Summer Summit and listened to a range of perspectives about what music education might look like after 2020, when the existing Music Hub funding runs out. Cameron Bray and I wrote a little bit about the day for the August issue of Music Teacher. The event got me thinking about how music technology will fit into future plans.

The idea of the summit was that, at the end of the day, a range of music education professionals could share their experiences and make some proposals regarding the roles of Music Hubs going forward. The topics that were discussed included a wide range of different elements of music education, yet technology was not covered as a specific item. I understand that part of this can be explained by the fact that the summit was about the bigger picture, but we do need to ask – what might technology in music education look like in two years’ time?

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