Music technology in the classroom

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Tips in Music Teaching Help You Become a Real Mentor

Most teachers dream to become a mentor, who simply inspires his students, enlightens their minds, touches their lives and develops themselves in a successful somebody someday. In here, you will learn some tips in music teaching to make yourself both personally and professionally happy and fulfilled. Here are the following points that you need to acquire and practice: Knowledge • As a music teacher, you must have a thorough knowledge of the individual dispositions, needs and potentials of your… Continue

Added by Earl Marsden on March 19, 2009 at 8:31am — No Comments

Olympic Opening

For any of you out there who are band directors who field a marching band, a new standard was set tonight. I tried to find a you tube video of the opening ceremonies, but instead I found these. These great photos will will give you much to think about as you diagram out next years on-field p… Continue

Added by elderbob Brannan on August 9, 2008 at 1:54am — No Comments

The loss of Lee Baber

Heaven has a new Banjo player tonight. Lee Baber, my friend and associate passed away last Thursday night. Lee was a tremendous influence on a lot of people including me. I am going to continue this network in Lee's memory. You can share your thoughts about Lee and her influence on us all by adding them to this memorial here. Continue

Added by elderbob Brannan on August 4, 2008 at 6:31am — No Comments

This is not the end.

Ok, it's the official end of the TESOL BAW08 EVonline session called "I Got Rhythm: Music in the Classroom"....well, actually, it's not even the end of that. I suppose if I have to mark a date, it might be the end of the EVonline session, but really, everything here, will continue to roll on, until the wheels fall off. I am already working on more interviews, and I promise to be more attentive to the blog part of the site, and I hope that now that things are starting to get back to normal for so… Continue

Added by elderbob Brannan on February 24, 2008 at 3:52am — No Comments

"More than a feeling" - Politics and Copyright

This is not meant to be a political message, but it is about the politicians who have passed the laws that govern the current copyright agenda. The Down with Tyranny blog is carrying a nice piece on how Republican candidates are using tunes written by Democratic band members in violation of copyright laws, to forward their own personal political agendas. And I thought what was good for the goose, w… Continue

Added by elderbob Brannan on February 19, 2008 at 7:00am — No Comments

Almost over...

Finally, I am back at the computer... A few more days and this course will be finished...over...ended - OR - in a few more days this community of learners will continue to grow. That choice is yours. I have already made mine. I am going to continue to try to help teachers bring more music into the classroom, whether that classroom is Math, or English, or Spanish, or Automotive Repair....well, OK, maybe I haven't fully thought out automotive repair. But only you can decide whether you want to jou… Continue

Added by elderbob Brannan on February 19, 2008 at 2:07am — No Comments

Dr. J. Pisano's recorded interview is already up.

Thanks to "Lightnin'" Lee Baber, February 9's recording of our webcast interview with Dr. Joseph Pisano is already up on Lee's MusicBridges Drupal. Quality-wise, it's our best interview so far, and in terms of content, Dr. Pisano was great. We still have some more folks to interview, and I think Lee and I both are so satisfied with the interviews that these will continue well after the EVO 08 sessions are over with. So stay tuned for more. I will… Continue

Added by elderbob Brannan on February 10, 2008 at 1:17am — No Comments

Next Webcast: Dr. Joseph Pisano - Saturday, 02/09/08 at 15:00 GMT

Tomorrow, we have the great opportunity to interview Dr. Joseph Pisano, Assistant Chairman of Music and Fine Arts at Grove City College in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Dr. Pisano will be discussing with several items with us, such as using classical music archives in the classroom, and some of the equipment that can be used, and using more modern music without breaking copyright rules. He can only be with us for one hour, so be sure to have your headphones on at the… Continue

Added by elderbob Brannan on February 8, 2008 at 4:00pm — No Comments

A Thoughtful Video on Music from TED and David Pogue

David Pogue, columnist for the New York Times and correspondent for CBS news, recently presented a really thoughtful video about Music and life today to a TED conference.

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Added by elderbob Brannan on February 6, 2008 at 5:44pm — No Comments

Announcing the "Best Use of Music in a Classroom" Contest

That's right. We are having a contest. Lee and I are sponsoring a contest to liven up the conversation in our course. If you think you might be interested ( and who wouldn't be), then you need to read the contest flier. More information will follow.

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Added by elderbob Brannan on February 6, 2008 at 5:07pm — No Comments

Bad day at ElderUniversity

If any of you have tried to enter the course at ElderUniversity, you have been met with a message that the site will no longer open. Without going into great detail, I can tell you that at present the account is closed while an internal problem gets resolved. The end result will be that the class will either go back on-line just like it was when it was last seen, or the class will be moved to another server, and the data from the first few weeks may be lost. If the data is lost, then it may requ… Continue

Added by elderbob Brannan on February 6, 2008 at 4:30pm — No Comments

...and the Groundhog saw his shadow...

February 2, was Groundhog day here. Folk tradition states that if the Groundhog comes out of his nest in the ground and see's his shadow, there will be six more weeks of winter. It was quite sunny here.

I'm not at all sure about the six weeks of winter...in fact, in Texas terms, that does not mean much at all...we have yet to even have a hard freeze here, and we are not that far from spring. What I do know is that the EVO class is about half over with....where'd it go?

Another… Continue

Added by elderbob Brannan on February 4, 2008 at 1:27pm — No Comments

Thoughts about creativity and the net from Lawrence Lessig

For those of you who found an interest in new ways to consider copyright laws in terms of the internet, here is an opportunity to read fresh materials from one of the great interpreters of internet and copyright law. Lawrence Lessis is a law professor at Stanford U, in California. He has made available, via the net, his latest interpretation of the future of the ownership of ideas in a book, "The Future of Ideas".

"In The Future of Ideas, Lawrence Lessig explains how the Interne… Continue

Added by elderbob Brannan on February 4, 2008 at 11:06am — No Comments

"Week Three - Tools to Use in the Classroom" is finally posted...

"Week Three - Tools to Use in the Classroom" is finally posted in the ElderUniversity "I Got Rhythm: Music in the Classroom" course. There is lots of information about using electronic technology to create your own tunes, recording in the classroom, videos to consider and a section on creating Drum Loops (OK drum loops is not yet complete...but I'm diligently working on it). For MAC users, there is info from Lee on how to use Gara… Continue

Added by elderbob Brannan on February 2, 2008 at 4:47am — No Comments

Another Live Interactive Webcast - Dr. James Frankel - 02/02 15:00 GMT/UTC

Lee Baber's new Live WebBridges site is up and running and to celebrate, we are bringing in Dr. James Frankel as our first guest interview. You can also get to the Live area by clicking on the "Live" tab at the MusicBridges Drupal.

Dr. Frankel is the Managing Director of SoundTree, the educational division of… Continue

Added by elderbob Brannan on February 1, 2008 at 10:43am — No Comments

Live Chat Tonight - 01:15 GMT 01/31/08 (See http://www.timeanddate.com to transpose time to your area.)

This just in: If you are on-line in about two hours, Jeff Lebow and Lee Baber will look at the Musicbridge site's live page tonight. They will be going over RSS settings to make sure participants have up to date news delivered on one page in Musicbridges. They will also discuss how to participate in a live event. You can listen in and chat by going to Musicbridge and click in listen and chat. No sign up necessary just put in a name and go. Time - 1:15 on January 31st GMT. You will find all this… Continue

Added by elderbob Brannan on January 30, 2008 at 5:38pm — No Comments

Cancelation

Attention:

Sorry but this weeks webcast has been canceled. It was just not possible to find a suitable hour for even most of us to be online. In it's place we are planning a one on one interview with Michael Coghlan and will have it online as a downloadable MP3, next week.

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Added by elderbob Brannan on January 25, 2008 at 4:16pm — No Comments

Karen Ellis' Webcast and Weblinks are published.

Karen Ellis of the National Children's Folksong Repository gave us more than an hours worth of insight last Sunday via a webcast. Lee and I both know that it will be impossible for all of you to get together at one time to listen to any speaker we have, so we have done the second best thing. We have recorded the live sessions so that you can download them and listen to them directly as if you were there at the same time.

Ms. Ellis presented us a fascinating look at the links between la… Continue

Added by elderbob Brannan on January 24, 2008 at 2:09am — 3 Comments

Week Two

NOTE: For the last couple of days, this column had been mistakenly labeled Week Three. It really isn't Week Three, it's really about Week Two. I have since changed the subject and corrrected the mistakes to read correctly. - Sorry about that.

Belatedly, Week Two is now open on the ElderUniversity "I Got Rhythm: Music in the Classroom" course. The materials there strive to help us all get an idea of what music really is. Not necessarily what is playing on the car radio, but what m… Continue

Added by elderbob Brannan on January 24, 2008 at 1:38am — 1 Comment

Music is part of our lives

Do you remember a time when music was not there?

All of us have memories associated to a tune. Music is and has always been part of our lives. Has it ever happened to you that you are doing something not paying attention to the music you are listening on the radio, for example, and suddenly, you hear a familiar tune that immediately makes you go back to a moment in you past when you listened to that piece of music?

That has to do with different processes in your brain that ancho

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Added by maria martha on January 22, 2008 at 6:23am — No Comments