Portable Productivity – A Case Study

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Thinking about using technology in your classroom but not sure where to start? This article is a case study in using an iPod in the music classroom. The Maine Music Educators Association publication, The Bulletin is available as an online magazine at:  http://tinyurl.com/y8usvwf

Technology is no longer the wave of the future. Technology is now. Dramatic changes have come about in how we access, store and disseminate information. Education needs to make the same types of dramatic changes in order to compete in a global market. Over 150 million iPods have been sold worldwide as of March 2008 (Gaba, 2008) Bridge Ratings, LLC predicts that by 2009 approximately 250 million MP3 players will be in use. (Bridge Ratings, 2007).


Download workshop sessions

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Looking for workshop sessions on Assessment, Podcasting, Google Earth or GarageBand?

More information and ideas can be found at:

Visit: http://www.vinehallcomputing.com/education.htm

A parent’s guide to standards based grading

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Educators hear the words assessment, rubrics and standards all the time. But what do those things mean for you as a parent? Assessment is the ability to measure your child’s progress towards a particular goal. Usually those goals are set by your state and/or by your school district. Read the entire article at:

A parent’s guide to standards based grading

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Will Parents Need To Take Over Education?

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How comfortable are you with educating your own children? If your local school can’t afford to educate your child, are you willing to step up and take on that responsibility? Read the entire article:

Will Parents Need To Take Over Education?

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Google Earth in the Music Classroom

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Providing a link to the real world attributes of geography and topography can be very beneficial through Google Earth. Several tutorials exist to help you and the Google Earth application can be downloaded from http://earth.google.com.

Google Earth in the Music Classroom shows the basics of how to get started. It is available for download in both pdf and as a slideshow.

Have ideas as to how else Google Earth might be used in the music classroom? Is this just technology for the sake of technology, or are there some real advantages to using this type of program?

Podcasting: A Beginners Guide

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Following my wonderful visit at the NC Music Educators Conference in Winston-Salem, it became apparent that there is a need for a forum to share ideas for podcasting in the music classroom.

Some of the ways I’ve used podcasting in the classroom are:

  • A Radio Show
  • Interview of faculty, staff or students
  • Comedy skits
  • Composer “interviews”
  • Fashion tips for 5th graders
  • “Welcome to Our School” for new students
  • How to play the recorder
  • Substitute plans
  • Tutorials – “How To”
  • Reader’s Theater
  • Chapter books for younger students
  • “How to Survive 5th Grade”

If you need a tutorial on how to Podcast, here are a few links for you:

Soundtree.com

http://www.how-to-podcast-tutorial.com

radio.about.com/od/podcastin1/a/aa030805a.htm

http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-11293_7-6246557-1.html

http://computer.howstuffworks.com/how-to-podcast.htm