Budget+Justifications

(Dorfman, J. 2008) || (O’Neil, S. 2010) || (O’Neil, S. 2010) ||
 * **Budget Item/Area** ||  || ** Justification ** ||
 * Student Seating ||  || Seating arrangement provides a versatile modification of a semi-circle formation, which promotes student interaction and communication. This also promotes a clearer line between student-teacher interactions and communication and also student-student interactions. By having a closer proximity between students and source of learning it enables students with a better probability to succeed. This arrangement can also be easily modified to a circle arrangement depending on the activity. (Fernandes, Huang & Rilnaldo, 2011) ||
 * Interactive Whiteboard ||  || Students are able to communicate ideas and theories due to proximity. Technology that is implemented into the classroom facilitates and enhances learning and has the ability to ensure higher levels of Blooms Taxonomy with its aid by specifically using media that helps give immediate feedback and allows the learner to develop discernment skills that are difficult to convey without that particular media. (Fernandes, Huang & Rilnaldo, 2011)
 * Collaboration Station ||  || This Seating arrangement provides students with a less intimidating area to collaborate and explore content with peers and with the inclusion of a small whiteboard and access to quality music resources this room provides a tool to see how music is in relation to the outside word for global learners. Also enables students to be self directed learners. (Fernandes, Huang & Rilnaldo, 2011)
 * Music Collection ||  || Facilitates and enhances learning by allowing the learner to (Dorfman, J. 2008)
 * Music Magazines ||  || Music transcends between social, emotional and educational realms and technologies explodes the boundaries for traditional music education. (O’Neil, S. 2010) ||
 * Binders ||  || Allows students to visualize progress and successes and also allows the teacher to have a formative assessment resource available. ||
 * Computer Station ||  || This allows students to learn through exploration with web quests, the use of music software and the ability to create projects. This also allows students to acquire skills that can be transferred in the overabundance or standardization testing. This also allows students to expand their audience by sending class work and projects to parents and share with peers. (Wolk, R. 2010) ||
 * Recording Studio ||  || This station will also help assist with distracted and disruptive student behaviors. (Fernandes, Huang & Rilnaldo, 2011) ||
 * Keyboard ||  || Allow students to create or demonstrate knowledge as an alternative tool to those that have that skill. Also allows the teacher to provide examples of concepts as an additional resource for aural and also spatially inclined students. ||
 * Binders with Challenges Work Sheets ||  || Enables a student to be remediated, challenged or give an outlet to discover other relevant material that the student would not have a chance to in the regular classroom. ||