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Welcome to MusTech.Net 2.0!
Welcome to MusTech.Net 2.0! I’m very excited to announce the launch of MusTech.Net into this new format and to inform you all of a number of new changes with the site! To start with (insert drum-roll…), please join me in welcoming Amy M. Burns and Richard A. McCready as full-time contributors and partners with MusTech.Net! This is [...]
CCSU Summer Music Institute
This summer I will be heading back to Central Connecticut State University (CCSU) Summer Music Institute to teach a course titled, “Integrating Technology into the Elementary Music Classroom: A Course For Elementary Teachers Taught By An Elementary Teacher.” CCSU Summer Music Institute is an excellent program that has been around for numerous years. Music educators from [...]
Building a Web Site – A Class Project
The school year is coming to a close at River Hill High School. Seniors are finding out where they are going to college, and finishing their AP exams, and as anybody who has taught high school knows, this is the time of year when those seniors tend to “check out.” Many teachers [...]
Some Wonderful Pinterest Boards for Elementary Music Educators
As I completed two more concerts this past Friday, I reminded myself that it was time to update my pinterest page and add a new board titled “Music from 2012-2013 Concerts.” In 2011, Pinterest became a hot social media network with TIME magazine listing it as one of their “50 Best Websites of 2011.” People were [...]
Interactive Music: New Resources for Today’s Classrooms
A few of weeks ago, I had the pleasure of presenting “Interactive Music: New Resources for Today’s Classrooms” at the 53rd NAfME Eastern Division Biennial In-Service Conference in Hartford, CT. I adore this area of CT as I earned my Masters of Science in Music Education at Central Connecticut State University (CCSU) in New Britain, CT, and [...]
2nd Graders Podcast About Beethoven
During the winter trimester, my second grade music classes studied the composer, Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827). They performed a variety of activities to learn about the life of Beethoven and to experience his music. When the unit ends, the students and I created podcasts about Beethoven’s life. The students were divided into groups, they wrote [...]
Pennsylvania Music Educators Association 2013 Conference – #PMEA2013
So, what’s new PMEA 2013? -plenty as always. Going to a conference is always a great way to recharge your “excitement battery” -this is true for any conference. Over the years, I’ve built up a number of relationships with conference folks both locally and nationally. The conferences are now almost like a “homecoming” to [...]
Integrating With 3rd Grade Social Studies: “Adventure America”
This week, the third graders will be presenting their annual “Adventure America” where the third graders present about facts of the states that they researched and studied. The students will each set up their info at a table set up in our Performing Arts Center as parents and older students filter through to stop, listen [...]
