Collaborate with Students on Music Lesson Practice Records with Numbers for iPad

The Original Resource

In 2020, I developed and shared a robust Numbers for iPad document to serve as a collaborative music practice record to improve documentation, communication, and reflection between music student and teacher. Although the practice record document led to great success with most students, other students found the level of planning and reflection required from that resource to be challenging, preventing them from practicing simply because they were averse to collecting their data and providing reflection. This was particularly the case with non-music majors who did not seek a career in performance, but simply wanted to improve some basic skills.

The Revision

Hearing their needs, I developed a ‘lite’ version of the collaborative record that would continue to collect important data and provide room for basic reflection without the more robust interface of the initial resource. Because this new version uses the Forms feature of Numbers for iPad, full functionality is only available on Numbers for iPad.

Students can now simply enter the date, time, and practice goals at the start of their practice session and provide a brief reflection with a rating of practice effectiveness and the time of conclusion of the practice session.

Practice record form, to be completed by students during each practice session.

Practice record spreadsheet illustrating all practice sessions on one page.

This streamlined process has been well-received by many of my students, enabling increased practice time while continuing to collect date, set goals, and encourage reflection.

Download the attached Numbers document and distribute to your students to get started today!

Attachments

Basic Practice Record.numbers

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