Archive for the 'Music Technology in the classroom' Category

The Wiki phenomenon

Friday, April 25th, 2008

I’ve now got the hang of Wiki. For me, it’s easiest to think of it as a large filing cabinet in the office that everyone has access to. Just got done setting one up for a recording project. So far, so good… TH

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Tech, and the future of education

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

http://www.techlearning.com/blog/2008/03/web_20_is_the_future_of_educat_1.php
A blog entry for the future of education- TH

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How to… well, you gotta practice!

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

So I’m fully ensconced in learning various online tools.  The previous post has an embedded video that I created using jing (jingproject.com), a very slick utility that allows you to create videos using screenshots from your desktop + audio from your built in microphone.  Very cool - suffice it to say, I did not format [...]

History of the Guitar lesson

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

Hi folks - here’s a lesson plan that I used recently with my 4th graders on the history of the guitar.  I’m still getting the hang of embedding video, so I apologize for the gargantuan proportion of the video.  Also note that YOUR controls are at the very bottom of the video screen - don’t [...]

A slick lesson (if I do say so myself)

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

I had a great time presenting my fourth grade lesson on the history of the guitar yesterday.  I’ve presented this lesson before, but I added some content to the lesson that really kept the students engaged.  I created a slideshow presentation showing photos and facts about early string instruments (it only took about 40 minutes to create).  The slideshow sparked some [...]

Need current techie help?

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

Need  help understanding what all the fuss is about RSS readers, wikis, blogs, and other techie internet stuff?  Check this out!  They make it easy to understand stuff that’s new!  TH
http://commoncraft.com/

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