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Engage Your Elementary Music Students with Today’s Technology
I had the pleasure to author an article for the Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) August’s issue of Southwestern Musician Online. My article titled Engage Your Music Students with Today’s Technology addresses how to enhance your elementary music classroom with technology for a one computer classroom, to a music classroom with an interactive whiteboard, to [...]
Leading Notes Online Music Education Magazine: New Issue
I’m excited to report that Leading Notes, an online music education magazine, has just published its latest issue. The July 2012 edition is full of great articles related to the theme, “Educating the New Educator”and is related to their previous issue which “took a look at Educating the New Musician”. The current issue is divided [...]
Reflections on Teaching SMART Board Levels One and Two
Last week, I had the pleasure and honor of teaching two graduate courses at the Summer Music Institute at Central Connecticut State University, the university where I received my Masters of Science in Music Education. This is my fourth summer teaching on the campus in the Welte Hall music lab, but my first time teaching [...]
Scheduling An Appointment With Vlingo And The iPhone Four
I don’t have Siri because I don’t have an iPhone 4s. I don’t plan on getting an iPhone 4s just because I don’t have Siri -I’m going to wait until the next “big” iPhone release… I do, however, have the need to schedule appointments into my Apple Calendar via voice with my iPhone 4 [...]
Mid-week Listening: Finding New Music
I am always on the lookout (or listen-out, maybe) for new music to inspire my students and give them some direction in their explorations. Music is an organic art form, and that’s a blessing. New music is being recorded every day, as well as new interpretations of music that’s been around a while. Keeping pace [...]
Heading to Central Connecticut State University
Next week, I will be heading to Central Connecticut State University (CCSU) to teach two separate courses titled, SMART Board in the Elementary Music Room Levels 1 and 2. I am excited to be returning to CCSU. CCSU is where I earned my Masters of Science in Music Education. I chose this program due to [...]
Mid-week Listening: Heart of Philip Glass
I use listening examples at least once a week in many of my classes. I encourage very active listening, where we really try to get to the heart of the composer’s, performer’s, or producer’s intentions. Listening exercises also usually spark off great discussions, and get students very engaged about learning more. I spend a [...]
