Teaching during a pandemic made many music educators find different ways to assist with their student’s learning and practice. Having students being able to access videos where they can follow…
Continue readingOne of the most fun and cross-curricular activities that we performed this past year, and in previous years, was creating new verses for the traditional song, Down by the Bay,…
Continue readingThese exact words, “Once you go Canva, you never go back!” were stated by a Midnight Music Community member about the graphic design program, Canva. I 100% agree with the…
Continue readingThis week’s YouTube episode explored assessing the five voices of young students. In a variety of standards or Grade Level Objectives (GLOs) or Student Learning Objectives (SLOs), many music educators…
Continue readingA few years back, I wrote a post about ideas for the “Hour of Code” week, which takes place each year during Computer Science Education Week. Here is another idea for…
Continue readingThis 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 readingTeaching 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 readingTeaching 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.
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