Category: Teaching
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
“Bring Your Parents* to Music Class” Recap (Grades PreK through One)
Last month, I held our week-long “Bring Your Parents* to Music Class” week where parents of students in grades PreK Youngers (3-year-olds), PreK Olders (4-year-olds), Kindergarten, and Grade One can participate in a designated music class. I started this week-long event back in 2007 after talking with Christine Nowmos, an amazing music educator in South [...]
When You Begin to Add Technology into Your Classroom…
This past month has been a wonderfully busy one as I prepared sessions about iPads, internet resources, and technology integration for the elementary music teacher for three difference state conferences. After my presentations, I thoroughly enjoyed meeting numerous music educators at various tech levels. Some described themselves as novices, some as “dabbling with technology,” and [...]
Looking at the Future TI:ME
I have just returned from San Antonio, Texas, where I attended the 2013 TI:ME conference in conjunction with the Texas Music Educators’ Association. What an amazing experience it was! I got to connect and collaborate with the top flight of music educators using technology [...]
