Technology Standards - Oregon 1B

I respond to 1B from the Oregon Technology Standards, which states, “Create original works as a means of personal or group expression.” I have 4 Macbooks in my music classroom. I use one for my group instruction and the other 3 are setup as stations on the side of the room. I rotate students in grades 3-5 so that they can all have time using Garageband, a program for creating original compositions using loops and recorded material. Unfortunately, the class sizes of 28-30 make the rotations very time-intensive, so that each student is only getting 20 minutes of access every 6 weeks. This is not acceptable when it comes to creating original works where students need to create, revise, edit, and finalize. Even if students have Apples computers at home, it is very difficult for me to email them their large files. I need to find a web-based tool for creating original works. I could use the mobile cart with 30 netbooks and even open up access to all students K-5. I have 30 piano keyboards, so perhaps I could use USB cables to connect them to the computers via MIDI. One thing is clear in that all students should have equal access to materials to create original works. If digital composition is my preference, there must be technology out there for all students to benefit.