E.M.M.S.A.
Educational, Musical and Multimedial Software Archives

 What is  E.M.M.S.A. ?

EMMSA is an educational, musical and multimedial    software archive.

EMMSA computers can be used to consult software on the spot. The EMMSA database is arranged according to category, subject, age, school level, allowing you to find the software which is most suitable for your needs.

There are articles, magazines and books about the use of educational information technology, text-books about educational psychology and music teaching.

There is a collection of projects developed by Schools, Educational Institutes and Associations.

 How and when did the EMMSA project start?

The EMMSA project is an Integrated Regional Plan for the Right to Study of Centro Studi Musica & Arte in collaboration with the Florence Town Council Educational Authority and the District of Florence. The project designer is Stefania Di Blasio, the collaborators are Nicola Angiolucci and Pietro Rossi, all from Centro Studi Musica & Arte.

 What are EMMSA's aims?

• Make the most useful educational musical software  available to teachers, educators, students and families

• To give help and encouragement to teachers and operators in carrying out experimental musical projects based on new experiences concerning active learning assisted by computer technology.

• To update educational methodologies through appropriate and creative use of technology in Education.

 Who is EMMSA aimed at?

EMMSA is aimed at Educators of every level and order including Music Teachers at Elementary, Middle and High School, University and Conservatory level, Cultural and Social Workers and Therapists,Students, Parents and Families.

 How can you get access to EMMSA ?

• Full access to our service can be had on Tuesday afternoons and Friday mornings in the EMMSA workshop, it is by appointment (telephone or e-mail)

• Via Internet: on the EMMSA web site it is possible to find information, access the online general catalogue and particular records or book appointments and seek help for experimental projects by e-mail.

 EMMSA Services

• Consultation and research service in the general catalogue

• Computer laboratory for experimenting software selected

• Tutoring while projects are underway: programming, experimentation and verification

• EMMSA gathers material (Cd Rom, papers, web site) produced by Schools, Educational Institutes, Music Schools...

• Consultation of the published material concerning the use of computer technology in teaching and in learning.

Why Technology in Education?

Computer technology forces us to revise our thoughts concerning teaching in order to embrace the complexity of a learning process in which there are as many cognitive styles at work as there are ways of gaining knowledge.

In a computer assisted pedagogic pathway, traditional and multimedial teaching collaborate in order to develop consistency in integration between the different dimensions - cognitive, emotional and creative - within the knowledge gaining experience.

Why should Technology be used in Music Education?

Educational software help to plan out constructionist music lessons where teachers and students collaborate actively for carrying out research experiences through play, simulation and experimentation.

Computers allow children to manipulate sounds and to create musical structures even if they aren't able to play a musical instrument. Musical technology is efficient in developing musical skills and in improving the child's multisensorial dimension.  

     The presence of computer in music education may have different goals: to broaden children's perception capabilities and musical memory. To help children to create sound structures with the same immediacy with which they draw or paint. To carry out multimodal experiences alongside reflection on what they are doing, seeing and hearing.

How technology is used: children work in groups with a computer linked to a projector. The children take it in turns to use computer, the others participate actively by watching the image projected on the screen and carrying out related activities. The whole group interacts. In pairs or individually in the computer laboratory when there are particular requirements.

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