Allyson Wedel

ET347

Soundscape Matrix
Colorado Academic
Standards

ISTE
Standards
for
Teachers

ISTE
Standards
for Students

Blooms
Taxonomy

Constructivism

Gamification

Flipped
Classroom

Example 1:
Students will get
into groups while
they do math and
turn the white
noise app on so
that those around
them cannot hear
them as they talk
about their
soundscape and a
way to explain their
concept to there
students.

Students will
play a game
using
soundscapes. It
might be
something as
simple as
Guess the
Sound or
something silly
like, What do
you hear? They
will identify
sounds while
playing so that
they are able to
investigate
further into the
patterns.

While the
students are at
home they will
research
different
soundscapes
and math
patterns and
brainstorm
ideas of how
they can put
them into play.
When the
students come
to school we will
talk about it and
they narrow
down their ideas
and then go
back home and
record it.

Students will
play a sound
Jeopardy game.
They will have
different
categories that
will represent
descriptions of
sounds and talk

Students will
collaborate on a
discussion
board at home
and talk about
ways that they
can include
math into a
soundscape.

Mathematics
1. Number Sense,
Properties, and
Operations
2. Patterns, Functions,
and Algebraic
Structures

ISTE Standard:
1A

ISTE Standard:
1D

Example 1:
Teachers will
have students
listen to
different
soundscapes
and look for
the patterns
that show up
inside the
different
soundscapes
they listen to.

Example 1:
Students will
identify trends
within the
soundscapes
that are played
at the beginning
of the unit. They
will then have a
class discussion
and talk about
where else they
see patterns in
the world.

Example 2:
Teachers will
try to find a
way to invent
a soundscape
assignment
that will help
students use
math patterns
in a
soundscape.

Example 2:
Students will
create their own
soundscape
using the
guidelines that
they have to
create it for
Math. They
could talk about
the mood they
might feel while
doing math or

Create
Example 1:
Students will
investigate the
possible patterns
that take place in
patterns and
figure out why
they happen.
They will then use
that knowledge
and create a
soundscape
about it.
Example 2:
Students will
apply what they
have learned
about patterns
and soundscapes
and try to create
a soundscape all
about math.
Maybe it will
include the
clicking of the
pencil, the
erasing of the
pencil, the groans

Example 2:
Students will
continue to create
the patterns and
have the other
classmates talk
with them and
think about how
patterns work. It
will strictly be a
student lead
conversation and
they will talk with
each other about
each aspect of it.

the
environment in
the classroom
that they need
to learn math.

and frustration
and then
eventually the
click when it
starts to makes
sense.

about what they

think they are.
They will use
the sounds then
to create their
own
soundscape and
incorporate
math into it.

Together they
will come up
with a fancy
way to talk
about it and go
from there.

Example 1:
Students will
create a game
out of their
soundscapes
and will play a
game of
memory. Where
they have to
listen to each
others
soundscapes
and figure out
what part of the
story is being
played.

Example 1:
Students will
work at home
and come up
with their
soundscape
ideas. We will
challenge them
to take their
favorite picture
book and create
sounds to tell
the story.

3. Analysis, Statistics,
and Probability
4. Shape, Dimension,
and Geometric
Relationships
Reading, Writing, and Communicating
1. Oral Expression and
Listening
2. Reading for All
Purposes

ISTE Standard:
2A

ISTE Standard:
2A

Example 1:
Teachers will
think of ways
to incorporate
soundscapes
into the
reading
lessons for
their students.
They will get
together and
brainstorm
ideas.

Example 1:
Students will
collaborate with
other students
and come up
with ways they
can use their
soundscapes to
help them
create a story.

Example 1:
Students will
remember parts
of the story that
were significant
to them. They will
then start
applying what
they learned to
the parts that
make up a story.

Example 2:
Students will
take their idea
and think of a
childhood
memory and
create a
soundscape

Example 2: They
will go through
the rising action,
the setting, the
climax, the falling
action, and
conclusion. They
will figure out

Example 2:
Teachers will
decide that
having
students

Remember

Example 1:
Students will come
together as a team
and wok on their
soundscapes
together. They will
tell each other their
stories and what
they mean and see
if they can identify
the different parts
of the story.
Example 2:
Students will
identify the parts of
their peers stories
and help them pick
the appropriate
sounds for their
soundscapes.

Example 2:
Students will
play a game
where they
have to identify

Example 2:
Students will
take their
favorite picture
book and work
on the sounds
at home and
then come to

create a
soundscape
based on the
phases of the
story will be
very
beneficial.

that
incorporates
both parts of
the story and all
the sounds that
comes from it.

what part is
which and start
finding sounds
that correlate to
them.

the sound. As
they listen to
the situation
above at the
same time they
will try to figure
out what the
sign name will
be.

school and put

two and two
together and
create the
soundscape.

Example 1:
Students will
work together
and create a
soundscape
game using the
events in
history. They
will create a
soundscape that
has events out
of order and
they have to put
them back in
the correct
order.

Example 1:
Students will
work on
researching and
picking their
event at home
and then come
to school and
pick out the
certain sounds
that are the
most beneficial.

3. Writing and
Composition
4. Research and
Reasoning
Social Studies
1. History

ISTE Standard:
3B

ISTE Standard:
2A

Example 1:
Teachers will
collaborate
with
community
members and
have them
send
significant and
historic events
for the area
around them.

Example 1:
Students will
talk with each
other and come
up with sounds
that they think
of when they
think of history.
Maybe it was a
major war battle
that took place
near their house
or what it might
have sounded
like when they
had people
come invade
their area.

Example 2:
Teachers will
use those
events to help
the students
come up with
sounds that
they think of
when they
think of these

Example 2:
Students will
continue to
work with each

Apply
Example:
Students will
apply and ask
questions about
why the people of
this situation had
to suffer. Why
they went
through the
circumstances
that they went
through. Students
will pick a time in
history and stick
to it to create a
soundscape.

Example 2:
Students will
create their
soundscape and
focus on more of
the hardships the

Example 1:
Students will work
together to create
a situation that
based on their
event and teach
the class about that
event all at the
same time. Putting
the sound through
the speakers and
seeing if the
classmates can
identify it.
Example 2: As the
students have their
classmates figure
out the situation
they will take into
consideration the
history that is
behind it. They will
try to ask questions
that will help the
students create

Example 2:
Students will
play a jeopardy
game. The
soundscapes
will be the clues
and the
students will
either have to

Example 2:
Students will
create a their
soundscape at
home and
incorporate
different ideas
into it, then
come to school
and present the
idea to the class
and have them
play some of

events.

other and
create a
brainstorming
list of ideas that
will help them
create their
soundscapes.
Asking
themselves
questions along
the way about
what part of the
wars they want
to talk about.

people faced.
Perhaps in WW2
when the people
were getting
thrown into
concentration
camps and the
sounds they hear
there, sadness,
anger, fear.

their own
soundscape for the
future.

name the event

or the date it
occurred based
on the category.

the games.

Example 1:
Students will take
charge of their
activities and make
sure that each
classmate can
identify the plant
cycle at the same
time. What will
they do that will
help or prevent
them? How will
they learn to work
with each other to
better understand
each aspect?

Example 1:
Students will
create a plant
cycle game.
Each
designating a
different sound
to a different
part of the
cycle. They will
then put all
these into the
soundscape and
see if each
sound makes
the same
representation
of the cycle.

Example 1:
Students will
work on
learning the
parts of the
plant cycle at
home and then
come to school
ready to gain a
better
understanding
of each part.

2. Geography
3. Economics
4. Civics
Science
1. Physical Science
2. Life Science

ISTE Standard:
4C

ISTE Standard:
4A

Example 1:
Teachers will
come together
and talk about
how to
incorporate
the plant cycle
into being
good digital
citizens online.

Example 1:
Students will
work on figuring
out what the
plant cycle is.
What does it do,
what does it
have to do with
nature? They
will think of
sounds that
relate to nature
and see if any
of the
soundscapes
the teacher
showed relates.

Example 2:
Teachers will
talk with
students and
see if they can
come up with

Create
Example 1:
Students will
create their
soundscape
about the plant
cycle. How will
the sounds be
similar or
different from
each other, how
will they
incorporate all
the parts of the
cycle into one
aspect of it?
Example 2:
Students will

Example 2:
Students will
continue to create

Part 2: Students
will continue to
grow seeds at
home and talk
about what part
of the cycle its
in and then

ideas of how
to use the
plant cycle in
a different
way using
soundscapes.

Example 2:
Students will
learn what the
plant cycle is
and what the
different parts
that help create
a seed and
brainstorm
ideas for a
soundscape
thats different
from the
teachers.

continue to grow
in their
understanding
and appreciation
for the plant cycle
and how it helps
us. They will
create their
soundscape
based on the
many examples
that have been
set before them
in order to do so.

their soundscapes
based on the things
they have learned
and the things that
their classmates
have taught them.
What has changed,
and what is
different?

Example 2:
Students will
play a jeopardy
PowerPoint
game that has
nature as the
theme and the
categories are
the
soundscapes.
So with each
category they
have to listen to
the soundscape
and guess what
it is before
moving on to
the clue.

come to school
and work on the
soundscape that
they feel the
plant is going
through.

Example: Students
will collaborate
with each other
and ask each other
what their
soundscape for the
end of the year will
be and how special
of a place it will
become to them.

Example 1:
Students will
pick their
favorite
soundscape
game that they
liked from the
year and
incorporate the
soundscapes
they are
working on to
help change it

Example 1:
Students will
think of the
memory that
they want to do
for their
soundscape and
then they will
come to school
and work on it
so that it makes
the most sense.

3. Earth Systems
Science
Differentiation
Learning Disabilities EEOs
Physical Disabilities
Gifted/ Talented
Other

ISTE Standard:
4B

ISTE Standards:
2D

Example 1:
Teachers will
think of a
unique way for
students to
use
soundscapes
as a end of
the year
project for all
the things that

Example 1:
Students will
create original
works using the
memories that
have created
this year and
find a idea they
like best and
brainstorm
sounds that go

Create
Example 1: As the
students are
creating their
original
soundscape they
will also think of a
soundscape that
would be good for
a specific
member of their
family. They will
see if the

Example 2:
Students will draw
closer to each

they have
learned.

along with that

memory.

Example 2:
Teachers will
have students
demonstrate
the above
activity by
having them
brainstorm
some of their
favorite
activities that
they have
been a part of
their lives
through the
school year.

Example 2:
Students will
use the original
works that have
been created to
come up with a
situation that
allows them
show their
parents their
favorite
memory from
the year.

soundscape for
school will help
spur any ideas for
other projects.
Example 2: As the
students create
the soundscape
they will work
together to
remember the
special reasons
they are going
about life. They
will grow and see
the journey that
they are on and
then why we are
having them
investigate it.

other as they share

these memories to
remind each other
yet again how
special and unique
they are in their
own special way.

all.
Example 2:
Students will
come up with a
game all on
their own that
will allow them
to share what
they have
learned this
year. Talking
about how they
picked that
memory and
why it relates to
their
soundscape at
all.

Example 2:
Students will
talk with their
peers on a
discussion
board and talk
about the ideas
they have and
the sounds they
might use and
then come to
school ready to
collaborate with
them and then
create the
actual
soundscape and
such.

Reflection: I found this matrix very hard. I did not like that we constantly had to come up with soundscape ideas. The hardest one
for me was thinking of a way to incorporate this into Math. That is something that you usually like to think about and not really
listen. It was a good thought I think to think about the frustration for the students learning Math but that does not really have
much to do with the actual lesson or standard in Math. Overall, the ideas got easier but did seem a little reparative and that
might show in my grade of this matrix.