Tuesday, August 13, 2013
A Good article about 'Music Together'
This is a good article about 'Music Together,' an early-childhood music program:
Friday, August 9, 2013
Sprucing up my Classroom Teacher Web-Page
Every August I begin to catch 'Back-to-School' fever. I really do enjoy my summers off, especially now that I have my wonderful little boy (20 months-old) to share them with! Now I feel refreshed, rejuvenated, and full of great ideas to implement for the new school-year!
I took an online PLN (Public Learning Network) workshop this summer and have many new resources for ideas. For my first project, I have begun to update and spruce up my Classroom Teacher Web-Page... and YES, BEFORE school has officially begun! It's nice to get started now because I don't have the added pressure of a zillion projects like I normally do during the school-year, so I've been able to focus better on how I wanted to change things. (This is through TeacherWeb; my school principal pays for this account on a yearly basis, but you can create your own teacher web page for free using Google or another free site.)
Announcements
I've updated my homepage to include a First Day Back to School and Making Music welcome. I plan on continuing to utilize this home-page-tab to announce anything important throughout the school-year, sort of like a blog... :)
Concerts
I created this new tab - it's where I'll post the title, date, and practice web-site* for grade-level concerts. Each grade I teach has one concert per year. Typically we have themed concerts- we have so much fun with them! (*I create these pages using Glogster, where you can create posters online and imbed audio, video, images, etc. Here's an example of a first grade concert Glog I've created). These concert links were placed under grade-level tabs in the past, but I thought it would be better to keep them separate now so I can focus on writing grade-level specific items in 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, and 3rd Grade. I would like to spend some time typing up grade-level-specific goals of our curriculum and year-long activities in these areas.
Recorder Karate
I have this tab that I would also like to update and add a little more to, as well. We start recorders in the third grade. They can earn 3 belts per year: 3 in 3rd grade, 3 in 4th, and 3 in 5th.
Links for KIDS! and Links for PARENTS!
I previously had only one tab labeled 'Links.' I thought it would make better sense to divide them into two separate links. I would like to spend a little more time researching more links and adding them to these sections.
About the Teacher
I updated this tab a little more.
Wish List, Why Music Matters, and Summer Activities
I didn't change (nor do I have plans to change in the near future) the last 3 tabs.
Questions for YOU:
Do you have a classroom teacher web-page? If so, what updates have you made or do you want to make and why? What are some ways you get your students and their parents to visit your web-page on a regular basis?
Let me know what you think!
Roxanne
aka
Mrs. Rene
I took an online PLN (Public Learning Network) workshop this summer and have many new resources for ideas. For my first project, I have begun to update and spruce up my Classroom Teacher Web-Page... and YES, BEFORE school has officially begun! It's nice to get started now because I don't have the added pressure of a zillion projects like I normally do during the school-year, so I've been able to focus better on how I wanted to change things. (This is through TeacherWeb; my school principal pays for this account on a yearly basis, but you can create your own teacher web page for free using Google or another free site.)
Announcements
I've updated my homepage to include a First Day Back to School and Making Music welcome. I plan on continuing to utilize this home-page-tab to announce anything important throughout the school-year, sort of like a blog... :)
Concerts
I created this new tab - it's where I'll post the title, date, and practice web-site* for grade-level concerts. Each grade I teach has one concert per year. Typically we have themed concerts- we have so much fun with them! (*I create these pages using Glogster, where you can create posters online and imbed audio, video, images, etc. Here's an example of a first grade concert Glog I've created). These concert links were placed under grade-level tabs in the past, but I thought it would be better to keep them separate now so I can focus on writing grade-level specific items in 1st Grade, 2nd Grade, and 3rd Grade. I would like to spend some time typing up grade-level-specific goals of our curriculum and year-long activities in these areas.
Recorder Karate
I have this tab that I would also like to update and add a little more to, as well. We start recorders in the third grade. They can earn 3 belts per year: 3 in 3rd grade, 3 in 4th, and 3 in 5th.
Links for KIDS! and Links for PARENTS!
I previously had only one tab labeled 'Links.' I thought it would make better sense to divide them into two separate links. I would like to spend a little more time researching more links and adding them to these sections.
About the Teacher
I updated this tab a little more.
Wish List, Why Music Matters, and Summer Activities
I didn't change (nor do I have plans to change in the near future) the last 3 tabs.
Questions for YOU:
Do you have a classroom teacher web-page? If so, what updates have you made or do you want to make and why? What are some ways you get your students and their parents to visit your web-page on a regular basis?
Let me know what you think!
Roxanne
aka
Mrs. Rene
Saturday, August 3, 2013
What Every Music Teacher Wants You To Know
I just read this article that was re-posted on another music teacher's blog and thought I'd share it with you all:
I don't think I am cynical about my profession, but I could certainly appreciate the author's points. I view teaching music to be just as important as teaching any other subject. It is nice to hear from others who agree and support music education.
What are your thoughts?
Roxanne
aka
Mrs. Rene
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