Week 2: Little Kids Rock

This post on the NAfME tells about a program called Little Kids Rock that offers professional development for music teachers and provides them with sets of classroom instruments. The workshops are a little far away from me, but it definitely seems worth looking into.

Check it out.

Week 2: SLOs and Assessment

I just read this post about writing Student Learning Objectives. It also had a couple ideas for quick informal assessments.

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Week 1: Really Interesting Article About Music and Thinking

I just discovered this article about music and thinking. "The arts are the cognitive base for thinking in abstraction." That pretty much says it all.

Click here to read the article.

Week 1: Danse Macabre Listening Map

I've been using this listening map for Danse Macabre for years, and I was very surprised and happy to see it show up in my PLN. My students really love using it.

Click here to see the listening map.