Seesaw and Flipgrid: Leaving Private Feedback
This week, I had challenges trying to leave private feedback for my students in Flipgrid and Seesaw, specifically students’ drafts in the latter. I am thankful to the various groups,…
Continue readingElementary General Music for Various Stages of Return: Ideas and Activities
Teaching has been unique, to say the least, over the past few months. Whether your teaching was asynchronous, synchronous, packets that were mailed to the students, some blended version of…
Continue readingWhen You Have to Teach Elementary Music From Home…
Teaching elementary music online is becoming a reality. Check out this blog post by Amy M. Burns that gives you assistance and ideas for teaching online.
Continue readingWhen The Preschool Classroom Curriculum Naturally Flows Into the Music Curriculum…
Recently, my preschoolers (mixed ages of 3, 4, and 5 year-olds) were learning about rhyming words in their classroom. I was able to discover this as I like to go…
Continue readingTI:ME/TMEA 2020: Part 2
Last week, I wrote about the TI:ME National Conference and TMEA Conference highlighting sessions from the first two days. This post highlights some more technology and elementary music sessions from…
Continue readingTMEA and TI:ME 2020: First Two Days!
The Technology in Music Education’s (TI:ME) National Conference and the Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) had a wonderful first two days of informative and amazing sessions. The presenters are the…
Continue reading5 Creative Ways To Use Book Creator In The Elementary Music Classroom
Book Creator is a web-based and iOS app created by Dan Amos, the founder of Red Jumper. I have used Book Creator for years with my elementary music students. We…
Continue readingASSESSMENT IN THE ELEMENTARY GENERAL MUSIC CLASSROOM
For many elementary music educators, we are asked for data that proves our students are learning. This seems daunting as with our field, data is not the first choice when…
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