Jan 12
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2012 Session Handouts
Session Handouts for 2012 Conference and Workshops
FREE Technology for Musicians and Music Educators: FreeTech HO
iPads in Music Education: iPad HO
Screen Casting for Content Delivery & Assessment: Screencasting Handout
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I am honored to have been selected as the 2012 Mike Kovins TI:ME Teacher of the Year.
Each year, the Technology Institute for Music Educators (TI:ME) recognizes an outstanding music technology teacher at the annual TI:ME conference. This annual award called “The TI:ME Teacher of the Year Award” began in 2005. I am grateful and honored to have been recognized by my peers and be amongst some of the most outstanding
Sep 11
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MENC Gets a New NAfME
As of September 1, 2011, the organization formerly known as Music Educators National Conference ( MENC) changed its name to National Association of Music Educators or NAfME. NAfME traces it’s roots back to 1907 when it was first called the Music Supervisors National Conference according to today’s press release (http://www.menc.org/news/view/press-release-building-on-the-past-to-shape-the-future-of-music-education/).
NAfME sports a great looking new logo and some changes to it’s website. As difficult as it may be for those of us referring to this organization as MENC for so many years, I really like the new name. Everyone knows exactly what this organization does and how it relates to me professionally by calling it National Association of Music Educators. No explanations needed.
Now about that short name… or nafme….
An interesting exchange has been taking place on Twitter. I first noticed this yesterday:
An expected response:
Today we had a few other interactions and an English lesson:
At this point I would have expected a lesson in manners but here’s what followed:
and then:
If anyone was keeping score, I’ll give extra points to NAfME for dropping this!
In spite of the English lessons, I’m still liking NAfME and I, for one, will take the Americanism of the acronym or initialism or whatever you want to call it.
Only time will tell how most music teachers will refer to their organization but no matter. I am looking forward to a new name ringing in a new era for MENC… oops! NAfME!!!!
Don’t forget to follow @NAfME on Twitter and “like” the new Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/nafme?sk=wall
Jul 11
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Protected: TI:ME 1A Materials
Why attend TI:ME 2012
I have been teaching music with technology for the past ten years. I have been to many conferences and attend several each year. The TI:ME Conference is one of my favorites not just because I get to spend time with people who share my passion but because I learn so much from them every time I go. This article was supposed to be my recap of TI:ME 2011 and it still is but it’s really is a testament to why I attend the TI:ME conference every year.
TI:ME had it’s 2011 National Conference in Cincinatti, OH in conjunction with the OMEA & Central Regional MENC Conference. This was a pretty big convention and from what I could tell, well attended. It has a nice big exhibit hall and it seemed busy with business. The most exciting for me was the massive interest in music technology by Ohio music educators. TI:ME sessions overall appeared well attended. I gave two sessions that I considered extremely well attended. I saw some sessions with people sitting on the floor and out the doorway! There were also sparsely attended sessions as there are in any conference.
Even though I have been teaching music with technology for ten years, I always learn a lot at these sessions. I was especially impressed with Will Kuhn and Brian Laasko who took a very different look at music technology in education. They are well versed in several types of technology and bring a very fresh and contemporary approach to teaching with technology.
Will said to me, “Yeah, I heard this thing about Teach music. The technology will follow.. But I approach it the
I am very pleased to announce my first book is finally in print. Published by Alfred Music Publishing and Korg/SoundTree, the Keyboard Lab Curriculum a curriculum/teacher guide for teaching music with technology and the Korg Group Education Controller, a specific technology tool for keyboard lab/classrooms. I was one of six contributing authors to the high school materials and about 40% of the lessons were written by me. Thanks very much to Jim Frankel and SoundTree for this opportunity.
For more information about the Korg Group Education Controller (GECIII), please visit:
http://www.soundtree.com/music-education/korg-geciii
For more information and to see the books available for elementary, middle and high school, please visit:
http://www.soundtree.com/music-education/keyboard-lab-curriculum
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Apr 11
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CMEA 11
I gave two technology sessions at the CMEA 2011 In Service Conference. Click on the links below to download the handouts.
Thursday, April 7, 1:15 PM TeachMusicHandout2
Friday, April 8, 10:15 AM – 12:15 AM GarageBand
Thanks for attending my sessions. Please let me know if I can assist you further. Contact me click HERE.
Thanks!
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Jan 11
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January 2011 Blog Carnival!
Welcome to the January 2011 edition of the Music Education Blog Carnival.
A Blog Carnival is when a host (that’s me this month) pulls together a bunch of related blogs posts/articles and makes them available in a central location (the host blog). The creator of the Music Education Blog Carnival, Dr. Joe Pisano (http://mustech.net/), states, “This carnival hopes to provide a “sounding board” and venue for publication for the Music Education Related Bloggers. Anyone who is writing about topics that are directly related to musicians, music performance, music education, or music technology are welcome to be part of this carnival”. For more information about the Music Education Blog Carnival and how to submit posts for future Carnivals, please visit (NOT NOW! Read this month’s Carnival posts first!): http://blogcarnival.com/bc/cprof_4443.html
How to read this Blog Carnival
Once you start reading the articles, you may find yourself wandering through the author’s website and clicking on links that bring you to many a far away yet useful place. That’s a good thing and it is encouraged! There are dozens of articles and links for information and I do hope you spend many wonderful hours learning from each other. It will be easy to get a bit lost in the web and forget that you were going through the Blog Carnival so I suggest that you book mark this page to easily return to this Blog Carnival. OK, I also want you back to this website, so please book mark me anyway! 
And now, (insert drum roll) the first Blog Carnival of 2011…
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Dec 10
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NYSSMA Handout
On December 3, 2010, I gave a session at the NY State School Music Association Winter Conference in Rochester, NY entitled Teach Music. The Technology Will Follow. The session was about how free or inexpensive entry-level software for Mac (GarageBand) or PC (Mixcraft) can be used to teach music concepts. I ran out of handouts so here’s a .pdf file for those that would like it. Enjoy!
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Oct 10
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Recent Articles & Interviews
I an honored to have been interviewed in the October issue of THE Journal. The article featured three music educators who’s classes focus on using digital technology to teach music. The article link is: http://thejournal.com/Articles/2010/10/01/How-Music-Teachers-Got-Their-Groove-Back-Music-Instruction-Goes-Digital.aspx?sc_lang=en&Page=1
According to their website, “THE Journal is dedicated to informing and educating K-12 senior-level district and school administrators, technologists, and tech-savvy educators within districts, schools, and classrooms to improve and advance the learning process through the use of technology. Launched in 1972, THE Journal was the first magazine to cover education technology.” (http://thejournal.com/pages/about-the-journal.aspx)
Thanks to MENC for referring to my article for this week’s MENC Member Update: News & Opportunities. The article, Future Teachers: Technology 101: Computer Lab to Music Lab can be viewed here: http://www.menc.org/v/future_teachers/technology-101-computer-lab-to-music-lab?utm_source=menc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=10_22update
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