Well, I’m back home now and I spent a lot of time with my girls today- something I’ve been really missing since being down in the Springs for CMEA 2011 this past weekend. My presentation on “Infusing Technology into Orff Schulwerk” went really well, and despite a few PPT glitches and creating way to many [...]

I just had to post today to share my success with a new website, MelodyStreet.com that I decided to try out on my K-2′s this week. It was the first time I had Kindergarten and first grade in my music tech lab and it was a great opportunity to show them the ropes so we [...]

I just wanted to write a quick note to let you all know I’m still alive and made it into 2011 with everyone else! I seem to have lost the ability to plan and organize, however, so the blogging has been put way down on the list of things to do. December was good. I [...]

We went last night to a special showing of the new documentary Waiting For Superman as a staff after our staff meeting . It was interesting and, I have to admit, a little exciting to be out with my co-workers in the theater, all of us there thinking that we are “great teachers” and yet [...]

Thought I’d update with a few fantastic blogs to check out if you have the time. On this Urban School Reform kick right now being as I was listed on a blog about urban education… Failing Schools- started by a brave former DPS collegue  who was non-renewed and is now fighting to educate society about [...]

I’m sorry to have to do this, but I need an outlet other than my poor husband who has been taking the brunt of my venting lately. So if you’re not in the mood for reading a long venting of emotion, I suggest you click the back button now and return to where you came [...]

Today I virtually attended the first ever Music Education Technology Online Seminar (METOS) sponsored by Soundtree. I was happy that the registration process was so easy, but felt like an idiot when I went to log in to my first seminar with Dr. James Frankel and realized that the sessions were all in Eastern Standard [...]

As some have been having trouble opening the previous version, here is a .PDF of the Circle Seating Chart. Sorry for the confusion!

Hello one and all! Thought I’d take a minute and post some of the documents I’ve been working on for the start of the school year. They are free to download and use as you please, but I ask that you give me credit if you are using them for more than personal or classroom [...]

I worked on my word wall today. Click on any of the thumbnails in this post to see a bigger picture. It is truly a conglomeration now of music and movement words! I started last year with alphabetizing my list of music words and using wet erase markers to write them on the glass of [...]