Green+CIG+Entries+2009-2010

 ====   ==== ====**__**[|Next Year!] **__** ==== posted Aug 2, 2010 11:39 PM by Bethany Hughes  (__**[|Edit post] **__)  ====**__**[|PMEA Idea #2] **__** ==== posted Jun 9, 2010 6:35 PM by Bethany Hughes Focus:  ** Arts Educator 2.0 – Professional Development that Matters **  This session includes information about the Arts Educator 2.0 project, which provides a variety of meaningful professional development to the Arts teachers in IU 1. This now 3 year old program began as a way to in-service arts teachers in low income school districts, but has spread to include more teachers in IU1. This project focuses on the use of technology to support and reflect on learning in the music classroom, using collaboration and inquiry in the music and arts classrooms while keeping in mind limitations of low budgets, time, space and support. ||  (__**[|Edit post] **__) | __**[|6 comments] **__  ====<span style="color: #495900; font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 4px;">**__**<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; url(https: //ssl.gstatic.com/sites/p/993e64/system/app/themes/solitudeolive/bg_link.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; color: #495900; font-size: 18px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;">[|PMEA Ideas] **__** ==== posted Jun 9, 2010 6:33 PM by Bethany Hughes Focus: Classroom Music <span style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; text-align: center;"> ** Anchoring Music to the Language Arts Curriculum ** <span style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; text-align: center;"> <span style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; text-indent: 0.5in;"> Focus on the state standards and anchors do not have to be time consuming or burdening in the music classroom. This session focuses on using a variety of vocabulary, reading and writing techniques that Language Arts teachers have know about and that Music teachers can access without much effort; improving students vocabulary and comprehension skills in music while supporting the PSSA driven focus in Reading. <span style="margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; text-indent: 0.5in;"> This session includes a variety of usable, adaptable worksheets and activities to stimulate classroom learning using methods like: cloze passage, non-fiction reading, plot mapping, graphic organizers, and differentiated vocabulary techniques. These activities focus on teaching Music using Reading and Language Arts tools – not teaching Reading in Music Class. || <span style="clear: both; display: block; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> (__**<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; url(https: //ssl.gstatic.com/sites/p/993e64/system/app/themes/solitudeolive/bg_link.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; color: #495900; font-size: 12px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;">[|Edit post] **__) | __**<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; url(https: //ssl.gstatic.com/sites/p/993e64/system/app/themes/solitudeolive/bg_link.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; color: #495900; font-size: 12px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;">[|4 comments] **__ <span style="border-bottom-color: #333333; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; clear: both; display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px;"> ====<span style="color: #495900; font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 4px;">**__**<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; url(https: //ssl.gstatic.com/sites/p/993e64/system/app/themes/solitudeolive/bg_link.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; color: #495900; font-size: 18px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;">[|Score!] **__** ==== posted Jun 2, 2010 10:29 PM by Bethany Hughes btw - My stuff for next year has stabilized a bit! Check out my Opera Academy Portfolio which is almost complete at: __**<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; url(https: //ssl.gstatic.com/sites/p/993e64/system/app/themes/solitudeolive/bg_link.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; color: #495900; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;">[|http://msoperaland.wikispaces.com/Opera+Academy+2009-2010] **__ || <span style="clear: both; display: block; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> (__**<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; url(https: //ssl.gstatic.com/sites/p/993e64/system/app/themes/solitudeolive/bg_link.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; color: #495900; font-size: 12px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;">[|Edit post] **__) | __**<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; url(https: //ssl.gstatic.com/sites/p/993e64/system/app/themes/solitudeolive/bg_link.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; color: #495900; font-size: 12px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;">[|2 comments] **__ <span style="border-bottom-color: #333333; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; clear: both; display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px;"> ====<span style="color: #495900; font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 4px;">**__**<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; url(https: //ssl.gstatic.com/sites/p/993e64/system/app/themes/solitudeolive/bg_link.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; color: #495900; font-size: 18px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;">[|Looking Onward and Upward?] **__** ==== posted May 19, 2010 12:14 PM by Bethany Hughes **[ updated May 20, 2010 10:37 AM ]** <span style="clear: both; display: block; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> (__**<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; url(https: //ssl.gstatic.com/sites/p/993e64/system/app/themes/solitudeolive/bg_link.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; color: #495900; font-size: 12px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;">[|Edit post] **__) <span style="border-bottom-color: #333333; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; clear: both; display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px;"> ====<span style="color: #495900; font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 4px;">**__**<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; url(https: //ssl.gstatic.com/sites/p/993e64/system/app/themes/solitudeolive/bg_link.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; color: #495900; font-size: 18px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;">[|PMEA Conference] **__** ==== posted May 17, 2010 10:03 AM by Bethany Hughes
 * I just applied for next year! I think by the end of the project they'll have to call it AE2.1 Beta :) ||
 * Presentation Style: Multi-Media Lecture w/Q&A
 * Presentation Style: Lecture w/participatory examples and activities
 * Just found out that the Tech Ed and my STEAM Proposal was funded! Score!!
 * <span style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande',sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px;">Trying to think about being compassionate, calm & inspiring these last days of school is like chewing on Grapenuts Good for you but not easy ||
 * Some reflections and thoughts about the PMEA Conference and the workshops that I attended that are relevant to our collaboration:

Keynote address X 2 - both speakers talked about the intrinsinc value of music and students natural desire to listen to, produce and use music to communicate in a way that is unique to music

MS Choral Reading -

Boomwackers -

Poster Research -

Music and Movemnet -

Poster Research -

Discussing and Collaborating with colleagues, peers and AE2.0 collaborators - ||

<span style="clear: both; display: block; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> (__**<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; url(https: //ssl.gstatic.com/sites/p/993e64/system/app/themes/solitudeolive/bg_link.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; color: #495900; font-size: 12px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;">[|Edit post] **__) <span style="border-bottom-color: #333333; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; clear: both; display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px;"> ====<span style="color: #495900; font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 4px;">**__**<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; url(https: //ssl.gstatic.com/sites/p/993e64/system/app/themes/solitudeolive/bg_link.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; color: #495900; font-size: 18px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;">[|Donorschoose] **__** ==== posted May 14, 2010 11:35 AM by Bethany Hughes **[ updated May 14, 2010 11:36 AM ]** __**<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; url(https: //ssl.gstatic.com/sites/p/993e64/system/app/themes/solitudeolive/bg_link.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; color: #495900; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;">[|http://www.donorschoose.org/donors/proposal.html?id=358148] **__ __**<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; url(https: //ssl.gstatic.com/sites/p/993e64/system/app/themes/solitudeolive/bg_link.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; color: #495900; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;">[|http://www.donorschoose.org/donors/proposal.html?id=306460] **__ My current project: __**<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; url(https: //ssl.gstatic.com/sites/p/993e64/system/app/themes/solitudeolive/bg_link.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; color: #495900; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;">[|http://www.donorschoose.org/donors/proposal.html?id=385875] **__ || <span style="clear: both; display: block; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> (__**<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; url(https: //ssl.gstatic.com/sites/p/993e64/system/app/themes/solitudeolive/bg_link.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; color: #495900; font-size: 12px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;">[|Edit post] **__) <span style="border-bottom-color: #333333; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; clear: both; display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px;"> ====<span style="color: #495900; font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 4px;">**__**<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; url(https: //ssl.gstatic.com/sites/p/993e64/system/app/themes/solitudeolive/bg_link.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; color: #495900; font-size: 18px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;">[|Looking Back - a summary of my inquiry process] **__** ==== posted May 11, 2010 8:24 AM by Bethany Hughes What did I do to explore student inquiry in my classroom? Researched Hypothesized the possibilities Though, discussed, collaborated Created classroom lessons Reflected on the teaching, collaborated Modified lessons Acted in the classroom on modifications Reflected || <span style="clear: both; display: block; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> (__**<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; url(https: //ssl.gstatic.com/sites/p/993e64/system/app/themes/solitudeolive/bg_link.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; color: #495900; font-size: 12px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;">[|Edit post] **__) | __**<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; url(https: //ssl.gstatic.com/sites/p/993e64/system/app/themes/solitudeolive/bg_link.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; color: #495900; font-size: 12px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;">[|4 comments] **__ <span style="border-bottom-color: #333333; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; clear: both; display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px;"> ====<span style="color: #495900; font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 4px;">**__**<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; url(https: //ssl.gstatic.com/sites/p/993e64/system/app/themes/solitudeolive/bg_link.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; color: #495900; font-size: 18px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;">[|wow] **__** ==== posted May 10, 2010 6:36 PM by Unknown user
 * Here are some examples of successful grants that I had from Donorschoose.org!
 * If I were to make an outline of my experiences this year as a process, I think it would look something like this:
 * Bethany-your page is awesome! ||

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All CIG member share their experience.    How are you exploring student-centered learning with your students? How have your students responded? What is the next step for you? Are you video taping, writing reflections, taking photographs? How will your share your work with us so that we can learn with you?   1) After completing some research about inquiry based music education, some ideas for how to apply these techniques in my music classroom developed. I was especially interested and motivated by an article that insists on musical exploration through sounds... Though this seems obvious at first, it is challenging for a music teacher to allow students to make musical sounds freely, while creating an organized and effective classroom environment. Music is very personal to each student and each student has a very different concept for how loud and what timbre there sounds should be. In addition to that, middle school social politics also allow for some sound making to drive displays of inappropriate behaviors. In addition, a musicians goal to create a piece that 'sounds good' or at least put-together makes free music/sound making a challenge. I should note that it was important to me that students be allowed to describe things with sound BEFORE any formal instruction about beat, pitch. etc. so that their response was purely aesthetically driven, instead of rehearsed. Students were shown a variety of images from different Western and Non-western cultures. Students were then broken into groups of 3 or 4 and asked to describe these images through sound. (Images on__**<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; url(https: //ssl.gstatic.com/sites/p/993e64/system/app/themes/solitudeolive/bg_link.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; color: #495900; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;">www.browsvillemsmusic.wikispaces.com **__) Students were able to use 'found objects' to make sounds, as well as, use some rhythm sticks, accessory instruments (rain stick, maracas, cow bell, etc.) and their voices. During the first exercises almost all of the groups across all 3 periods created a 'piece' of music that they could perform. Some groups were more confident than others, but all groups completed the project. During the second exercise, student groups were assigned a new piece of music and encouraged to use only VOCAL sounds to describe the piece. Students were allowed to make any kind of sound, as long as they used only their mouths to make the sounds. This was more difficult for the students, but they were still successful in creating a 'sound piece' to describe their image. I am in the process of posting video and audio of this experience and some student reflections of the process. After this first exposure to open music making, students read about and explored some examples of African Music and culture. Students learned about call and response and its use in some of the cultures of Africa. Students were then given formal, 'hands-on' instruction on drumming techniques and accessory instrument techniques. Students were then taught rote rhythms in call and response form. Students were also given the opportunity to respond to rhythmic questions using improvised answers. Students were then taught an ensemble piece and explored a formal approach to music making (drumming). Listening and comparing - Some students were easily able to create rhythmic patterns that fit into the exercise, while some giggled and randomly tapped away. When we moved on to learned patterns, students were more able to shift patterns from past pieces into new improvised spaces and felt confident about their musical decisions. We continued playing and discussing musical options, and students were allowed to experiment in groups with different sounds and combinations of sound. Students really enjoyed playing the instruments and were surprised at how well they did by the end. They comments specifically about how they were surprised how able they were to create their own rhythms and sounds, when at the beginning they were so unable. It was a nice project and progression of skill was clear to the students and to me. ||
 * __**<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: initial; color: #495900; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;">[[image:https://sites.google.com/site/ae20greencig/_/rsrc/1273500922595/participant-pages/bethany-hughes/classroompicturesofstudentsparticipatingininquirybasedprojects/studentswbooks.jpg?height=214&width=320 height="214" link="https://sites.google.com/site/ae20greencig/participant-pages/bethany-hughes/classroompicturesofstudentsparticipatingininquirybasedprojects/carmen5a.jpg?attredirects=0"]] **__

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This program offers custom-fit, curriculum-based residencies for classrooms which allow students to discover how music can illustrate setting, mood and character in a story and perhaps create an original opera themselves. Coaching on healthy vocal technique is available for musical ensembles as well. Opera Ignite Founding Director Christina Farrell received a BFA in vocal performance from Carnegie Mellon University. She has performed with Washington National Opera and Baltimore’s Opera Vivente, and has served on the voice faculties of Peabody Preparatory and Washington D.C.’s Levine School of Music. Other residencies that I thought were great were The Renaissance Percussion and their use of World Music, which is a theme I am exploring with my 7th graders, and a song-writing residency with Liz Berlin! __**<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; url(https: //ssl.gstatic.com/sites/p/993e64/system/app/themes/solitudeolive/bg_link.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; color: #495900; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;">[|http://www.gatewaytothearts.org/index.php/programs/k-12/residencies/212] **__ <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; url(https: //ssl.gstatic.com/sites/p/993e64/system/app/themes/solitudeolive/bg_link.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; color: #495900; padding-bottom: 2px; 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 * While I was considering an artist residency in my classroom, my mind jumped right to Christina Farrell who was fantastic last year and who I would love to have again. Her program inpired me to allow students to explore music making through their own devices and is specifically student driven... <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;">===<span style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #a6ce39; font-family: Frutiger,'Frutiger Linotype',Univers,Calibri,'Gill Sans','Gill Sans MT','Myriad Pro',Myriad,'DejaVu Sans Condensed','Liberation Sans','Nimbus Sans L',Tahoma,Geneva,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Artist: Christina Farrell ===

<span style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Resonance Percussion engages students with their passion and knowledge of music from all over the world. These culturally-specific residencies guide students in hands-on exploration of the significance of music in society and may culminate in a performance by the students. Offerings include: <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; url(https: //ssl.gstatic.com/sites/p/993e64/system/app/themes/solitudeolive/bg_link.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; color: #495900; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;"> <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; display: block; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">==<span style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #000000; font-family: Frutiger,'Frutiger Linotype',Univers,Calibri,'Gill Sans','Gill Sans MT','Myriad Pro',Myriad,'DejaVu Sans Condensed','Liberation Sans','Nimbus Sans L',Tahoma,Geneva,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 2.1em; line-height: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 70px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">**Every song was written by somebody, right? Why not us?!?** == <span style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline; width: 65px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; url(https: //ssl.gstatic.com/sites/p/993e64/system/app/themes/solitudeolive/bg_link.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #f68b1f; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; url(https: //ssl.gstatic.com/sites/p/993e64/system/app/themes/solitudeolive/bg_link.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #f68b1f; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">   <span style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; display: block; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">===<span style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #a6ce39; font-family: Frutiger,'Frutiger Linotype',Univers,Calibri,'Gill Sans','Gill Sans MT','Myriad Pro',Myriad,'DejaVu Sans Condensed','Liberation Sans','Nimbus Sans L',Tahoma,Geneva,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 1.4em; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Artist: Liz Berlin === <span style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Join Liz Berlin- performer, recording artist, entrepreneur, educator- as she guides students through a study of songwriting, recording, performance and the music industry from the inside out. After years honing her skills in the music business, Liz shares her unique insights with aspiring musicians. The workshop culminates with a CD of a collaborative song and a student performance. Residency offerings include: Elementary Songwriting (2-5), Middle School Songwriting & Recording (6-8), High School Songwriting & Recording (9-12). After many years with her band, Rusted Root, Liz Berlin has put her experience and success to good use in her other ventures—Mr. Smalls Theatre, Recording Studios, Skateparks and Creative.Life.Support where she’s been teaching and mentoring young musicians and students through the development of Community Songwriting & Recording Classes, Real.Life.Music & Skate Camp and the Mr. Smalls College Internship Program. ||
 * <span style="background-color: initial; background-color: transparent; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-size: 14px; height: 19px; line-height: 1.4em; list-style-position: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: none; list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.3em; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;">Afro-Brazilian Drumming
 * <span style="background-color: initial; background-color: transparent; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-size: 14px; height: 19px; line-height: 1.4em; list-style-position: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: none; list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.3em; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;">World Rhythms Applied to the Drum Set
 * <span style="background-color: initial; background-color: transparent; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-size: 14px; height: 19px; line-height: 1.4em; list-style-position: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: none; list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.3em; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;">Steel Band (Basic – Advanced levels offered)
 * <span style="background-color: initial; background-color: transparent; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-size: 14px; height: 19px; line-height: 1.4em; list-style-position: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: none; list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.3em; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;">History of Steel Drum & Caribbean Music
 * <span style="background-color: initial; background-color: transparent; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-size: 14px; height: 19px; line-height: 1.4em; list-style-position: initial; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: none; list-style-type: square; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.4em; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-left: 30px; padding-right: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0.3em; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; vertical-align: baseline;">Western Percussion Ensemble (Basic – Advanced)
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====<span style="color: #495900; font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 4px;"> <span style="border-bottom-color: #333333; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; clear: both; display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px;">  ==== ====<span style="color: #495900; font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 4px;">**__**<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; url(https: //ssl.gstatic.com/sites/p/993e64/system/app/themes/solitudeolive/bg_link.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; color: #495900; font-size: 18px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;">[|Cello Fury] **__** ==== posted Jan 15, 2010 10:35 AM by Bethany Hughes **[ updated Jan 15, 2010 1:20 PM ]** I really loved how Cello Fury combined classical elements of music with an updated feel of modern popular 'rock-like' music. The group told us that they recently added a drummer, which I could take or leave. 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The article discusses the intentions of the authors of the standards with the actual implementation; conveying that the national standards were meant to be tool to include all students in diverse programs through interacting with music, in comparison with the realized action of outlining academic goals. Conway compares this action/intention cycle with No Child Left Behind through an interview with one of the standards authors, Paul Lehman. Lehman stated that No Child Left Behind was created with the greatest of intentions, but falls short because of issues like assessment and assumptions like teachers could simply 'try harder' for student achievement to rise. Lehman also stated that wide-spread, systematic improvement of teaching strategies overall is a must. Regardless, Conway assures that focus on assessment and instruction, and reflection on the standards is a must. Conway addresses the intention of the National Standards as 'The Spirit of the Standards." In this, Conway describes the intention not as a compartmentalized music education for all students, where each standard is met in a define course offering (e.g. Standard 2 = chorus), but that each student should encounter some of each standard in their coursework prior to graduation. The article continues on to examine each of the standards and possible strategies to incorporating them into a variety of music courses. <span style="line-height: 19pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"> I found this article to be relevant to our CIG question because it addresses concerns with including standards-based education into the music classroom. Though the article is a little older than the other articles I researched, I found that its message is a constant; quality vs quantity education. Conway also discusses concerns with reaching instructional goals while students interact with music and music making. I feel that this is the center of our inquiry; students interacting with music in a meaningful way while reaching instructional goals. <span style="line-height: 19pt; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px;"> Hinckley, J. (1999) **__ Are Our Composers All Decomposing? __** . Music Educators Journal: 85(6), p6. <span style="line-height: 19pt; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px;"> Hinckley addresses the concern that students perceive composers as old, dead experts that students are unlikely to relate to. The article advises teachers to consider that students are capable of becoming composers and that members of their community may be actively composing. Hinckley questions the excuses of constraints of time and the focus on performances as poor explanations for the avoidance of composition lessons, contending that the investment of time in composition will pay off in performance and musical dividends. Hinckley suggests redefining the method by which composition is taught; suggesting following a method by Alfred Whitehead to teach composition skills. This method focuses on beginning exploration of sound without the technical restraints of theory. Hinckley simplifies the method into 3 stages: 1) romance stage - students are attracted to an area of knowledge and want to explore and acquire knowledge and skill, 2) precision stage - students develop skill and practice in the area, & 3) generalization stage - students synthesize their knowledge and make artistic decisions. This method amplifies the natural progression of student interest in composition and progresses through skills that they need to acquire to artistic freedom to do so. Students who interact with music through composition are not passive learners, but active learners who take the time to experiment with pitch, timbre, melody and harmony which creates a more meaningful experience with music.  <span style="line-height: 19pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"> I found this article to be relevant to our CIG question regarding teachers acting as guides through the educational process. Though this article is nearly a decade old, I found that the methodology described is usable and I am going to try to incorporate some of the author’s ideas in my classroom. Also the author is very concerned with students' interests and progress driving the learning process while accomplishing content area goals; both are concerns that our groups shared. I hope that implementing some of these ideas can help create a student driven musical experience in my classroom. <span style="line-height: 19pt; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px;"> Micah, V.D. (2005). __Improvisation Begins with Exploration__. Music Educators Journal: 92(1). <span style="line-height: 19pt; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px;"> In this article Micah explores the possibilities for improvisation in all levels of music classes. By comparing the creation of improvisation to learning to drive a car, the author states that music teachers often expect students to improvise at NASCAR speeds, instead of on a traffic free country road. Micah contends that the rules and variables of music theory are too complex for students to grasp and too difficult for beginners; that expecting this type of experience equates to a car crash. Micah feels that students must be granted the opportunity to explore sound thoroughly before expecting any type of organized improvisation and that students must be granted that opportunity to make musical nonsense. Through exploratory learning students are unable to break rules because none have been placed before them; expressiveness is then at the center of the student lead exploration. Micah also recommends a variety of methods for beginning improvisational discovery and impresses the idea that exploration eventually produces improvisation. <span style="line-height: 19pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"> I found this article to be particularly interesting because it confirms the idea that students need a safe space to make noise before they can explore what music sounds like. This research is directly related to our CIGs exploration because improvisation can be the essence of student lead exploration and expression, but is complicated and can be overwhelming in the music classroom. I also think that the author recommended methods are realistic and applicable to most music classrooms regardless of the student population and that the techniques described are well practiced. <span style="line-height: 19pt; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px;"> Blair, D.V. (2009). Stepping Aside: Teaching in a Student-Centered Music Classroom. __Music__ <span style="line-height: 19pt; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; text-indent: 0.5in;">__ Educators Journal __ : 95(3). <span style="line-height: 19pt; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px;"> This article highlights the importance of hands-on student centered activities as the key to teaching students independent thinking and problem solving skills. Blair contends that music educators have been promoting this concept for a long time; that music education promotes both mindful engagement activities and the opportunity to serve as part of a larger whole. <span style="line-height: 19pt; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; text-indent: 0.5in;"> Blair is concerned about environments where the teacher makes all of the musical decisions and endorses the practice of allowing students to collaborate in the decision making process. The author feels that the practice of allowing students to make collaborative decisions does not have to be complicated. Students can make appropriate decisions about tone color, texture, dynamics and phrasing without any additional knowledge and without having to learn new concepts. Students can also represent their new arrangements using images and charts, not necessarily using standard music notation. Blair feels that the process of allowing students to be at the center of their creations creates understanding, instead of ‘uniformed doing. <span style="line-height: 19pt; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; text-indent: 0.5in;"> Finally, Blair feels that the role of the teacher is to create activities that highlight student-centered learning. Teachers must share their love of music, but students must be granted the opportunity to have their own personal experience with music in order for them to develop their own love for the form. <span style="line-height: 19pt; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px;"> I found this article to be directly related to the work I am doing with AE 2.0. It highlights the process of learning and understanding music, and the author provides great insights and activities that are easily adapted to the classroom. Truly, this article was directly about the process that we are going through as educators and has helped me to grasp a better idea of what Inquiry Based Learning looks like in a music classroom. || <span style="clear: both; display: block; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> (__**<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; url(https: //ssl.gstatic.com/sites/p/993e64/system/app/themes/solitudeolive/bg_link.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; color: #495900; font-size: 12px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;">[|Edit post] **__) <span style="border-bottom-color: #333333; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; clear: both; display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px;"> ====<span style="color: #495900; font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 4px;">**__**<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; url(https: //ssl.gstatic.com/sites/p/993e64/system/app/themes/solitudeolive/bg_link.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; color: #495900; font-size: 18px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;">[|Budget Ideas] **__** ==== posted Dec 5, 2009 2:13 AM by Bethany Hughes PMEA Conference - Pre-Registration Fee: 125, 2 days Sub: $180, 1 night stay: $180 Digital Audio Recorder w/video capabilities: Zoom Q3: $249, SD card 8gb: $32, Zoom Q3 case: $12.99, Q3 powercord: $24.99 A tripod - About $40 The PMEA conference will help increase my knowledge and support my ability to teach standards-based lessons in my classroom in a way that supports student exploration, where the teacher serves as a facilitator. The Zoom Q3 will enable me to collect data that will show my progress and adaption of lessons to reach the end goal of guiding student learning vs. directly providing it. || <span style="clear: both; display: block; font-size: 11px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"> (__**<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; url(https: //ssl.gstatic.com/sites/p/993e64/system/app/themes/solitudeolive/bg_link.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; color: #495900; font-size: 12px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;">[|Edit post] **__) | __**<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; url(https: //ssl.gstatic.com/sites/p/993e64/system/app/themes/solitudeolive/bg_link.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; color: #495900; font-size: 12px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;">[|3 comments] **__ <span style="border-bottom-color: #333333; border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; clear: both; display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 5px;"> ====<span style="color: #495900; font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 4px;">**__**<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; url(https: //ssl.gstatic.com/sites/p/993e64/system/app/themes/solitudeolive/bg_link.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; color: #495900; font-size: 18px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;">[|Teaching Reflection] **__** ==== posted Dec 1, 2009 7:27 PM by Bethany Hughes **[ updated Dec 9, 2009 8:00 AM ]** I think it really is a challenge to motivate student's inquiry in the direction of standard based content... ||
 * Cello Fury was a fantastic group that performed for us today. . Our theme was how does the relationship between the musical lines and the musician tell a story? David led us through some exercises and discussion using music creation as a tool for using and understanding musical concepts in order to create our own original piece (within each CIG then in the whole group)...
 * I have really been thinking about our question and what it means to me in my classroom. This week students are doing presentations about world music, composers, and operas - this 9 weeks I really only provided them with a checklist of things to complete instead of a process and for some groups it work really well, while other struggled....
 * <span style="line-height: 19pt; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px;"> Conway, C. (2008). __****__
 * Things I would like to have to support my collection of evidence and progressing my teaching skills:
 * I have really been exploring the standards and trying to utilize a variety of improvisation techniques in my 7th grade music class; 7th grade music has a 'world music' focus. In a way this is inquiry based, but at the same time, students are not exploring their own ideas at length.

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 * How do we listen to music? How do we hear music? How do we know that we like a specific type of music? How can we appropriately consume music?

I think that students should know that there are many types of music that exist and that their choices are not limited to what is right in front of them; that exploration and critical listening can guide aesthetic choices. || ====<span style="color: #495900; font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 4px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 4px;">**__**<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; url(https: //ssl.gstatic.com/sites/p/993e64/system/app/themes/solitudeolive/bg_link.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; color: #495900; font-size: 18px; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;">[|resources to look at before our November meeting:] **__** ==== posted Oct 21, 2009 6:52 PM by Mary Elizabeth Meier
 * <span style="font-family: verdana,sans-serif;">October 21

2 resources that I thought were pretty good...

__**<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; url(https: //ssl.gstatic.com/sites/p/993e64/system/app/themes/solitudeolive/bg_link.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; color: #495900; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;">http://www.youthlearn.org/learning/approach/inquiry.asp **__

__**<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; url(https: //ssl.gstatic.com/sites/p/993e64/system/app/themes/solitudeolive/bg_link.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; color: #495900; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;">http://www.youthlearn.org/learning/activities/howto.asp **__

__**<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: initial; url(https: //ssl.gstatic.com/sites/p/993e64/system/app/themes/solitudeolive/bg_link.gif); background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; color: #495900; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-left: 2px; padding-right: 2px; padding-top: 2px;">http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Inquiry-based+learning+and+technology:+designing+and+exploring...-a0162832907 **__

The last one is about how webquests fit into inquiry based instruction, which is maybe what I will start with, but I do have some ideas for 'sound-scaping' and story telling through sounds which I am thinking about... ||