When looking around www.supportblogging.com at the links to school bloggers I found a couple of interesting blogs relating to music education. Both blogs are created by a woman named Brenda Muench, a rural school music teacher.
Tech Tempo seems to have a lot of neat ideas about how music teachers can incorporate technology into the music classroom. At first glance I noticed a couple of entries about iPods in the classroom and composing online. I also like that she has audio clips of herself discussing these ideas. The first few are recaps from IMEC (Illinois Music Educator Conference) and were recaps of things she saw or presented there. OMEA's conference is coming up soon and I'm hoping that I will be able to see someone with similar ideas.
Her second blog, Music with Mrs. Muench, is a blog that serves as a place for her students to share what they are learning. She keeps their privacy by using only initials but posts audio clips of the students explaining new concepts as well as other examples of student work.
Lot's of good ideas here! I've got a lot to ponder.
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Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Sunday, January 29, 2012
New Blog!
I'm creating this blog in response to an assignment for a class that focuses on learning to use technology in the classroom. However, I hope to continue this blog after the course is complete as a place to share ideas relating to music education, and more specifically, teaching orchestra.
We've already learned about a couple of tools in this class that could prove useful to educators everywhere, musically inclined or not.
To begin with, SymbalooEDU is a very interesting concept. It's a place where a teacher can store all of the links, widgets, RSS feeds, videos, etc. that he or she feels may be helpful to students for a particular project or course. I've started my own webmix that I intend to tweak in order to provide resources for my students. I think that in terms of an orchestra program it would be great to have one page with links to information about the program and policies, a calendar of events, and perhaps videos of the students performing. Additional pages could be created that focus on specific skills and techniques needed by different levels of players. For example, a page for beginning students might have links to videos or websites that cover posture and bowholds as well as links to information about learning to read music.
Speaking of learning to read music, I was also able to create a neat tool focused on this skill through the use of GlogsterEDU. This tool allows teachers and students to create online interactive posters. Teachers can use them to help teach new topics and students can use them to help express what they are learning. My glog focuses on learning to read music and provides both videos and links to sites that enable the students to practice reading skills. I really had an enjoyable time putting the whole thing together.
Check them out and enjoy!
We've already learned about a couple of tools in this class that could prove useful to educators everywhere, musically inclined or not.
To begin with, SymbalooEDU is a very interesting concept. It's a place where a teacher can store all of the links, widgets, RSS feeds, videos, etc. that he or she feels may be helpful to students for a particular project or course. I've started my own webmix that I intend to tweak in order to provide resources for my students. I think that in terms of an orchestra program it would be great to have one page with links to information about the program and policies, a calendar of events, and perhaps videos of the students performing. Additional pages could be created that focus on specific skills and techniques needed by different levels of players. For example, a page for beginning students might have links to videos or websites that cover posture and bowholds as well as links to information about learning to read music.
Speaking of learning to read music, I was also able to create a neat tool focused on this skill through the use of GlogsterEDU. This tool allows teachers and students to create online interactive posters. Teachers can use them to help teach new topics and students can use them to help express what they are learning. My glog focuses on learning to read music and provides both videos and links to sites that enable the students to practice reading skills. I really had an enjoyable time putting the whole thing together.
Check them out and enjoy!
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