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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Here is the debut post for my newest blog feature “Advocacy Thursday” where I will unveil a new article, website, or tidbit about Music or Education advocacy in my district, city, nation, or perhaps the world! This week features a website sponsored by Music K-8 Magazine called SchoolMusicMatters.com. The site contains many helpful resources for [...]

I just added a Fliggo site to my repertoire of Web 2.0 tools. Check out MrsJ’s Musical Oddities at http://urbanmusiceducation.fliggo.com. I will post funny and amazing videos that I find while browsing YouTube and also use the site to post videos from my classroom projects! Enjoy and feel free to leave comments! ~S

So I have been in the process of uploading documents into my Media Gallery for future posting and came across a “paper” that I had done for my independent study in “Web Resources for the General Music Educator”. I designed this course in 2003 to fulfill my requirements for a music technology minor at CU-Boulder [...]