I spent four hours yesterday at The University of Michigan Center for Vocal Health. For the last 5 years or so I have been having trouble with hoarseness and loss of range due to overuse in the classroom setting. I finally waved the white flag and just decided to have it checked out. I met [...]
Last night, I was in the mood to be “geeky” so I decided (and I use that word very loosely!) to set up a Vimeo account to upload our videos to. I then added a widget to our school website and I am very excited to see the students be able to watch themselves! I [...]
As a music teacher, I have had a tough time trying to figure out where to incorporate Wordle into my classroom. In the elementary class it would be great to import song lyrics in to decipher meanings. In the high school level it could be used for the same, but I had a fun idea [...]
For the last two years or so, one of our 4th grade teachers has worked with our students to create a Poetry Slam. He works with them during recess and gets them prepared for two rounds: preliminary and finals (Top Ten). Today was the third “somewhat annual” Poetry Slam at Ashley Elementary and the kids [...]
In one of my previous posts I spoke about the ridiculous amount of podcasts I have been downloading lately. One of them is a group of podcasts from presentations that Amy M. Burns has done at different MENC/TI:ME conventions. In the presentation she gave on technology in the elementary classroom she introduced her book and [...]
So, like all educators (or at least most that I know) I have decided to take the summer for Professional Development. I have enrolled myself in a few webinars and such, but the one I am most excited about is the PBWorks Summer Camp. The “Camp” consists of 5 weeks of webinars which take place [...]
I have become a podcast junkie as of late, getting my hands on anything I possibly can relating to either technology in music education, administration (principalship) or leadership. While conversing on Twitter the other day, 7th_tone thanked me for retweeting a music education tweet by Dr. Frankel from the MENC 2009 Convention podcasting the Opening [...]
