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 music [...]

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!
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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 [...]