MUSIC ACE MAESTRO
Educator Version
Product Specs
Music Ace Maestro combines all 48 lessons from Music Aceand Music Ace 2 with Maestro Manager a suite of educator-focused
student assessment and curriculum management tools.
Key Features
Available in educator version only
Includes all 48 Music Ace and Music Ace 2 lessons sequenced in a recommended pedagogical order
Newly revised Educator's Guide
Maestro Manager, a suite of educator-oriented tools that can be used to:
create, manage, and customize the instructional lesson sequence
import assessment data from earlier Music Ace or Music Ace 2 installation
centralize management of student and group instructions options
export assessment data in industry-standard format
archive student and group assessment data
System Requirements
Music Ace Maestro ships on a hybrid CD-ROM that runs on both Windows and Macintosh platforms.
WINDOWS
- Windows 98/2000/Me/NT4/XP
- Pentium 166 MHz or faster
- 32 MB free RAM
- 640x480 256-color display
- 60 MB free hard disk space
- 16-bit sound
- CD-ROM drive and mouse
- General MIDI keyboard OPTIONAL.
MACINTOSH
- PowerPC/iMac/G3/G4
- System 9 and OS X
- 32 MB free RAM
- 640x480 256-color display
- 60 MB free hard disk space
- CD-ROM drive and mouse
- General MIDI keyboard OPTIONAL.
Lessons
Combines the 48 lessons of Music Aceand Music Ace 2into a single product. Topics covered are:
- the staff
- ear training
- pitch recognition
- scales
- rhythm
- tempo
- melody
- harmony
Maestro Manager:
Student Management
Maestro Manager:
Syllabus Management
Maestro Manager:
Import Databases
Maestro Manager:
Archive Assessment Data
Maestro Manager:
Group Option
Instructional & Appearance Settings
Maestro Manager enables educators to assign clef instruction (treble and bass, treble only, bass only or alto only), rhythmic stringency (relaxed or strict), game difficulty (novice or advanced), and the appearance of the notes and instruments (with or without faces) on a group or individual basis.
Points of Distinction
- Ideal for educators desiring the flexibility to create customized lesson content and ordering
- Enhanced student progress data management
- Ideal for beginning and intermediate music students, young or old-any instrument
- Accelerates learning music fundamentals-develops and reinforces essential aspects of learning music
- Exceptional value-affordable combination of lessons, games and a composition feature
- Excellent motivational tool-excites students about learning music
- Users develop real musical skills, not just an introduction to music
- Entertaining, highly interactive, easy to use-point and click navigation with the mouse
Games
Each lesson contains an exciting multi-level game to sharpen music skills and improve retention of important lesson concepts. Colorful animated 3-D graphics, digitized sound effects, bonus points and high scores provide fun, interactive entertainment. Users can select novice or advanced difficulty settings.
Music Doodle Pad
This unique feature allows individuals to easily compose their own music using a variety of instrument sounds. These creative compositions can be saved and played back for others, showcasing the knowledge and skills acquired from the lessons and games. Users can also listen to and modify popular music selections from the Jukebox section of the Music Doodle Pad.
Tracking Progress
Special feature tracks an individual's progress through lessons and games. A "completion count" provides the number of times the user has gone through each section of a lesson and "games progress" provides high scores.
EDUCATOR VERSION
Designed for the teaching classroom. Tracks the progress up to 240 students. Licensed for a single computer. Includes 1 CD-ROM, 1 User's Guide and 1 Educator's Guide*.
Educator Lab Packs - These are pre- packaged standard educator versions with a license for multiple seats. Educator Lab Packs are available in 5, 15, and 30 seat configurations. More seats can be added to any of these configurations at an additional charge (see price list). Includes 1 CD-ROM, 1 Educator's Guide* and 1 User's Guide.
Network Version - These versions are designed to run in a networked lab environment. Tracks the progress of up to 3600 students on the network - 60 students per class x 60 classes. Includes 1 CD-ROM, 1 User's Guide, 1 Educator's Guide*, and 1 Network Installation Guide. Additional information is available in the Network Version Fact Sheet. *Educator's Guide - Designed by music educators to maximize the usefulness of Music Ace in an educational setting, this Educator's Guide comes in a three-ring binder and includes a comprehensive User's Guide, activity ideas, black-line masters and a detailed matrix of Music Ace lesson content.
Educator versions of Music Ace products come with a comprehensive Educator's Guide and offer the ability to track student populations of virtually any size, from the one-computer classroom to a local area network.
EDUCATOR'S GUIDE
Each educator version comes with a helpful Educator's Guide. Designed by music educators to maximize the usefulness of each Music Ace product in an educational setting, the Educator's Guide comes in a three-ring binder and includes the following features:
- reproducible black-line masters-lesson progress sheets, award certificates, spelling games with note names, various staff activities, and many other fun tools to enhance the students' music education process
- suggested activities for more creative uses of Music Ace
- detailed matrices of concepts explored in each lesson and game
- suggestions for ideal classroom instruction methods
- general Music Ace user information
STUDENT TRACKING
Allows educators to track each student's progress through lessons and games; includes a "completion count" for each student and "games progress" for high scores. Progress sheets can be printed for each user.
GROUP PROGRESS
Feature unique to network version enables educators to define and arrange up to 60 groups to track the progress of a maximum of 60 students per group. Students' high game scores are compared within each group and progress sheets can be printed as a group.
ACCESS PRIVILEGES
Security feature works with school's pre-determined network password access and login. Allows each student access to their own private Music Ace file. Provides educators special access to all student files and capability to add and delete user files.
MUSIC DOODLE PAD
Unique feature allows students to easily compose their own music using a variety of instrument sounds, or listen to and modify popular music selections from the Jukebox. The creative compositions can then be saved and played back for others.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
File Server:
100 MB free hard disk space
10 Megabits/second LAN speed or faster
Workstations:
Windows 98/2000/Me/NT4/XP:
- 166 MHz or better processor
- 32 MB RAM
- 640x480 256-color display
- 60 MB free hard disk space
- 16-bit sound card or General MIDI required
- CD-ROM drive, mouse
Macintosh:
- PowerPC, iMac, G3 or G4, Intel MAC
- System 9 and OS X
- 640 x 480 256-color video (13" monitor) or better
- 60 MB of free hard disk space
- 32 MB of available RAM
- CD-ROM drive and mouse
CHOOSE FROM:
Single Computer Version - Tracks progress of 240 users. Music Ace and Music Ace 2, for a single computer. Includes 3-ring binder, 1 CDROM, User's Guide and Educator's Guide.
Lab Pack - Designed for use in schools with many non-networked computers. Tracks progress of 240 users per computer. Student tracking data is stored on each of the individual workstations. Includes 3-ring binder, 1 CD-ROM, User's Guide, Educator's Guide, and a license to install the software on multiple computers.
Network Version - Designed for use in schools with a local area network. Tracks progress of up to 3,600 students and comes with a license to use the software on multiple computers at one location. Student tracking data in the network version is saved in a single location on the network server for easy access by the educator.
