Monday, August 2, 2010
Week 7
KidPix Deluxe was a great site and had some ideas that I could use in my music classroom. Most of the time I find it hard to come across music lessons on the computer, but KidPix showed me that on teach.net, there were neat simple ideas. It kind of made me think, "Now why didn't I think of that?" For example, on Fridays, I could do a Bach & Books day, where students bring their libray books to music class and while listening to music by Bach, they would get some extra reading time. This would be beneficial to students and classroom teachers. Students have more reading time, and I could possibly do some tutoring during this time. Classical music could also be a way to help with creative writing and art projects.
Wordle is a neat tool, but for me as a music teacher, it would be difficult as i don't have any computer lab time with my students. Great for the regular classroom teacher.
The Terra Clues aid could be helpful in musc, but done as a whole class, not indiviually. As a class, we could do scavenger hunts about where composers came from and places where they traveled through or lived. This idea could be a lot of fun!
Alot of these ideas are better suited for the regular classroom teacher, but a number of them could be adpated to fit the music classroom, as well as integrate with the regular classroom.
Wordle is a neat tool, but for me as a music teacher, it would be difficult as i don't have any computer lab time with my students. Great for the regular classroom teacher.
The Terra Clues aid could be helpful in musc, but done as a whole class, not indiviually. As a class, we could do scavenger hunts about where composers came from and places where they traveled through or lived. This idea could be a lot of fun!
Alot of these ideas are better suited for the regular classroom teacher, but a number of them could be adpated to fit the music classroom, as well as integrate with the regular classroom.
Thursday, July 15, 2010
week 6
Some of the classroom aids probably would not work in my music classroom; however, on the Kid's Zone I could use the Word of the Day with musical terms or even as a way of helping classroom teachers with vocabulary and context clues in something other than their classroom setting.
I also think the Scribble Maps could be beneficial in my classroom for identifying where different composers are from, as well as the different cultures of music and where that particular culture's music originated.
I also think the Scribble Maps could be beneficial in my classroom for identifying where different composers are from, as well as the different cultures of music and where that particular culture's music originated.
week 5
Blogs and Wiki's are similar in that they are both ways to communicate with others. I think I am finally getting the blogging thing down a little, but I'm not really sure which one would be easier. At least not until I really got in to trying out the wiki.
They are both excellent ways to communicate with others, sharing ideas and other information.However, for someone like me, who is not always on the computer, there are so many "gadgets" and "things" to get used to. It is almost overwhelming to me.
I don't know if the wiki would be beneficial to me for my music students as well as it would be for a regular classroom teacher, but I do think it could be a very useful too among colleagues, especially among committees and grade levels. I might possibly be ablt to set up a wiki for my parent volunteers when it's time to make props and decorate the stage for programs.
They are both excellent ways to communicate with others, sharing ideas and other information.However, for someone like me, who is not always on the computer, there are so many "gadgets" and "things" to get used to. It is almost overwhelming to me.
I don't know if the wiki would be beneficial to me for my music students as well as it would be for a regular classroom teacher, but I do think it could be a very useful too among colleagues, especially among committees and grade levels. I might possibly be ablt to set up a wiki for my parent volunteers when it's time to make props and decorate the stage for programs.
week 4
This video and song would be great to use in my class as a way of integrating music with science. My 5 year old loved it!
Thursday, July 1, 2010
week 3
Setting up igoogle was neat. I'm amazed at what you can create to suit your interests. there is so much helpful information and places to find it. Google Earth is also very interesting. I was able to look up the neighborhood that we are moving to and actually see our house. This item would be very beneficial in the classroom, especially when I am talking about some of the different places that composers/music artists are from.
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