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YouTube Fav: Mike Huckabee on Art and Music Education

15 Feb 2011
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Melody Street hits a Home Run with K-2!

19 Jan 2011

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 [...]

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Saw “Waiting For Superman” with mixed emotions…

19 Nov 2010

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 [...]

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Reflections from METOS 2010

12 Oct 2010

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 [...]

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The (Mis)adventures of WiiMote Whiteboard in the Music Room

10 Mar 2010

Well, folks, I finally have a few minutes to sit and compose a blog post! It’s been a crazy past couple months with a successful performance and lots of state testing going on. Things have returned to “normal” and I can finally make music in the music room again! Lately, though, I’ve been using my [...]

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An Advocacy Repost from SoundTree

24 Dec 2009

21st Century Music Education Advocacy Author: Stefani Langol About Author: Assistant Professor, Music Education – Berklee College of Music Use: General Music Skills Type: Using Technology Solution: Classroom Technology, Music Education In these times of unprecedented financial instability, it’s more important than ever to have strong, visibly active, and well-organized music education advocacy groups that [...]

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More on Backwards Designing-Reflections from Teaching

10 Nov 2009

Started teaching the first of my Backwards Designed units today (How to Blues- 5th grade) and I thought I’d reflect on the experience. Up ’til now I’ve just been puttering along, re-designing each “unit”(or rather set of fun, but otherwise meaningless, activities) that I have scrapped together and taught since the beginning of the year. [...]

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An Excellent video about Creativity

13 Aug 2009

This video by Ken Robinson radically and comically redefines the structure of education to educate “the whole being”. An amazing advocacy video for the inclusion of Art, Music, Dance, Drama and other “creative” subjects in the school system. I love the story he tells about Gillian Lynne. Please share with educators and parents alike!

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An interesting video for Advocacy Thursday

24 Jul 2009

Ok, here’s my $.02 on this video: Sure, music helps math and science scores go up, so the studies show. But, where are the studies that say taking math and science will help with one’s musicianship? Why can’t we be the nation that competes with other nations to have the best, highly regarded ARTISTS AND [...]

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Americans For the Arts- a great advocacy website!

18 Jul 2009

This week I’m featuring Americans for the Arts, an organization advocating for Arts Education across the US. From the SchoolMusicMatters website: “Americans for the Arts claims to be the nation’s leading nonprofit organization for advancing the arts in America. With a 40-year record of service, they are dedicated to representing and serving local communities and [...]

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