If you are not able to come to the #PMEA11 music conference there are two ways that you can be a part of it and LEARN from it (from a distance!):
1. Join us on Twitter by following the #pmea11 AND #pmea Hashtag this week
2. Become immersed in the Live-blog experience! Please see the schedule below:
PMEA Live-Blog Session Schedule
All of the sessions that we will be live-blogging at PMEA 2011 are listed below. Simply click on the session title to be taken directly to that live-blog. If you just want to browse the different live-blogs, use the buttons below!
Thursday (4/14)
9:30-10:30
- Advocacy in Action: Winning Tomorrow’s Battles Today,
- Conducting Technique for Music Educator,
- The Power of Performance. . . It’s Showtime,
- Selecting a Music Theory Textbook: A Guide for High School Teachers
11:00 – 12:00
- All Aboard! Techniques for Anchoring Literacy in the Beginning Choral Rehearsal,
- Performance Practice in the Music Curriculum,
- Teaching Improvisation Using What You Already Know,
- Teaching with Technology in the 21st Century Music Classroom,
- The Ten Habits of Highly Effective Scat Singers
12:30 – 1:30
- Beyond the Book: Making Music Visible,
- Creating Your Own Acoustic Guitar Lab from Scratch,
- Cutting Edge Teaching Strategies: Cool Ideas for a Cool Era,
- New Directions for the Male Changing Voice
- How Can We Meet the Complex Learning Needs of Students in a Standards Based Environment
2:00 – 3:00
- Choral Techniques for Young Choirs,
- Jazz Workshop for Music Educators,
- Play! Dance! Sing! Music of the Masters for the Elementary Classroom,
- Raising the E.E.Q. of Your Ensemble
- Using SmartMusic 2011 in Your Music Program
3:30 – 4:30
- A MultiSensory Approach to Teaching Music to MS Students with Autism
- Advocacy through Evidence
- Digital Audio for Beginners: Essential Tips for Teachers and Their Students,
- Listening Journals in Middle School Music,
- Vocal Health 101: Speaking and Singing Voice for Music Educators
Friday (4/15)
8:30 – 9:30
- Classroom and Behavior Management with Children with Special Needs in Inclusion Settings
- Orff Schulwerk: A Winning Way,
- Preparing Your Students for College Auditions and Interviews,
- Vocal Improvisation; and I’m Not Talking Jazz
- Innovative Uses of Technology in the Secondary Strings Rehearsal
9:45 – 10:45
- The Composers Circle: Composition Instruction in Elementary General Music
- Here Comes Treble! What’s New for Two-Part Choirs
- M.U.S.I.C.: Don’t Burn Out
- Transfer of Learning: Students Can Perform the Sforzando Every Time
- You Want Me to do What?!? Creating an Urban General Music Program
11:15 – 12:15
- Advocating for Music Education from the School Board Level
- Bringing the World to an Urban Classroom K-5
- Quality Tried and True: Choral Repertoire for Singers of All Ages
- Sense of Community and Social Intelligence Within Music Classrooms and Ensembles
- Successful Cooperating Teacher Relationships: Student Teacher Perspective
2:45 – 3:45
- How to be a Proactive Advocate for your Music Program
- Inclusion! Rethinking Success in the Music Classroom
- Promethean Boards for the Elementary General Music Classroom
- The Well-Rounded Choir: Something for Everyone
- Utilizing Technology in Percussion Instruction
4:15 – 5:15
- Counting What Really Counts with Performance Assessment
- Going Global: Google Earth as a Tool for Teaching World Music
- Percussion Skills They Don’t Teach You in School
- The Choral Rehearsal: Process to Product
