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October 10, 2018

STEAM in the Music Classroom

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Looking for ways to integrate STEM or STEAM into your music room? In this podcast episode, I talked with my friend and colleague Emily Anderson Karst about ideas for STEAM, coding, and more! Listen to the podcast here: Free resources: Instrument design worksheet Instrument design lessons by Emily Silent film project Links mentioned: Coding Websites: Scratch Music Website Code Combat Blockly games Code Avengers Coding Toys: Code-a-pillar Code and Go Robot Mouse Sphero Mini What we're consuming: Angela Watson's "Truth for Teachers" Podcast David Row's "Make Moments Matter" Podcast …

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May 01, 2018

Quizizz in the Music Room

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Recently, I took a class about different web apps to use in the classroom. During that class, I discovered Quizizz, and was immediately excited about the possibilities! In this post, I'll write about how to use Quizizz, how to create a Quizizz, and how to find quizzes I've made on the platform! So what is Quizizz? Quizizz is a website that allows students to take quizzes. It is similar to Kahoot (which I wrote about in this blog post ) but you are allowed to give the quiz as homework, instead of having all students take it live. Additionally, the quiz doesn't have to be timed, and st…

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September 24, 2017

Using the SeeSaw App to assess

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Are you looking for an app to both assess students AND communicate with parents? Check out SeeSaw ! I heard about SeeSaw a couple years ago and had it installed on my ipads, but it wasn’t until this past spring that I was finally able to check it out. SeeSaw is known for being a great advocacy tool, in that parents can see what’s going on in the music room! Whether you post a snapshot of a student’s completed worksheet, a video of him/her singing, or a video of the entire class performing, it can be a fabulous way to communicate with parents. Last year, at a technology workshop with my friend An…

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September 14, 2017

Specdrums: A fun techie tool for your music room!

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I am SUPER excited today to blog about a new piece of technology I have in my music room...a Specdrums ring! I first learned about Specdrums from Katie Wonderly's awesome Instagram page . Then I found out that Amy Abbott had a ring coming, so I reached out to the Specdrums page and was able to get one for my classroom too! So what is a Specdrum ring? It is a ring that you can put on your finger, or students can put on their finger, and they can make music with it by touching different colors. So for example, if you touch red, it might play C, if you touch orange, it might play D, if you touc…

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April 10, 2017

Reflecting on your year

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I know it seems crazy to think of the school year in past tense, but with only seven weeks remaining in the school year, I'm already thinking about what worked well this year, and what I'd like to improve for next year. Reflection is, to me, such a huge part of my development as a teacher, so I like to reflect at the end of each school year (before summer, when everything seems so distant!) Here are some thoughts about my year. Teaching: What I loved: I was able to streamline my data tracking and intervention processes even more this year, and was very happy with the results! I was able …

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March 22, 2017

Social Media for Music Teachers

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The way that social media is used has changed tremendously over the last few years. In the past, I used social media as a way to simply catch up on the lives of friends, follow celebrities, or look at pretty pictures. Although I still do those things, I'm now using social media as a form of professional development. In this blog post, I'll detail how to use social media to learn from other music teachers, gather ideas, and even learn new songs! Pinterest When I first happened upon Pinterest, I found tons of pins about home decor and women's fashion, and I wasn't all that interes…

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November 27, 2016

Tips for assessing with Plickers

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A few years ago, I discovered an amazing free app called Plickers, which allows you to quickly and easily assess your students with ONLY ONE device! Today, I thought I'd discuss tips for using the app. I just got done with an assessment for third grade recently, and realized there were some steps that make using the app much easier! Before using Plickers, you'll need to do the following: Decide what assessment you want to use  (anything with multiple choices works; see some suggestions at the end of this post) Get your students' class numbers from their classroom teachers (I would st…

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July 07, 2016

Guest Post: 7 Great educational apps to occupy your children this summer

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Hi everyone! I'm excited to have Caroline from Culture Coverage guest post for me today! Caroline will be writing about 7 great educational apps to occupy your children this summer. Make sure to check out Caroline's bio at the end of the post. Image: Shutterstock The Summer Slide is a well-documented phenomenon, researched by everyone from the University of Missouri to Johns Hopkins University, that puts students who continue their studies throughout the summer as a huge indicator on whether they will continue the college prep track. So for parents eager to see their child graduate co…

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