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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Finally summer time (yay!), and I have time to jot down a few end-of-the-year thoughts on the wiimote whiteboard that I have been using for the past few months. Since my last post on the subject, I had my $25 pen stolen by one of the kids- looked too much like a Sharpie I guess, [...]

Is Tagxedo the new Wordle? I tried it out and found the expanded features(arrange your words in shapes, custom colors and themes) exciting and fun to waste time with! Didn’t like having to load another Microsoft plugin onto my computer, but it was worth it for the amount I paid for it (nothing!) Check out [...]

Here’s a few photos of the two arrangements in my room for the Wiimote Whiteboard(WW). First arrangement, up in the “front” of the room by the real whiteboard. My room is longer than it is wide, so I originally installed my projector screen on the little overhang on the side so I could have the [...]