iPads in Music Lesson

As I recall of a session that I attended in British Education Supplies conference a year ago, I could not help but to think how possible it is to implement ipads into music education here in Malaysia. It was a rather interesting concept for me as it was my first time seeing it, however it was nothing new for the person that was presenting it. The guy presenting is a teacher in London, teaching music using Ipads, simple concepts.

The children in the classroom are identified to play an instrument each, whether they are good with drums, guitar, or other equipment. Then the teacher assign each of them to their group to play the equipment on Ipad. The arrangement in the class was amazing. In each section of instrument there are 3 lines. For example the first line using drums on ipad, the second line using an electronic drum connected to the ipad or computer and the last line on the real drum. 

That is fascinating nonetheless! Check out this webpage showing a few music making apps.

Image from Google Image

Image from Google Image

I am still thinking of the possibility to implement this in classroom in Malaysia. Let's take a lot at the pro and cons of implementing this.

Benefits:

1. Children will be able to be exposed to musical instrument from young and they will get sufficient exposure.
2. Opportunities to develop hidden talent.
3. Learning will be fun and interactive

The only few downside that I could think of would be

1. iPads - the school has to provide for each children and if not the parents, which  leads to
2. parents can't afford to purchase and ipad for the child

What's your take on this? Implementing Ipad for music learning in the classroom. I am waiting to hear!