May 2010 Music Education Blog Carnival

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Posted on 3rd May 2010 by Andy Zweibel in Blog Carnival

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It is my distinct pleasure to present to you the 14th Edition of the Music Education Blog Carnival! This post will highlight the best and brightest in blog posts from the month of April. There were many fantastic submissions this month, and you can find them below. This is the last edition of the Carnival for the 2009-2010 school year; we will resume posting with an issue in September. In the meantime, consider checking out the main landing page for the Music Education Blog Carnival over at MusTech.net. Enjoy reading, and be sure to share this post with any fellow music educators (or future music educators!) you know!

Music Education

Andrew Ritenour presents The Educational Beauty of Twitter posted at Future Music Educators.

Janice Tuck presents Music Primary Singing Resources posted at The Music Teachers Blog

Zoe Toft presents Stories in tune – The Magic Flute; Part 1 posted at Playing by the book, saying, “I’m not a music educator per se but a mum who wants to introduce my young kids to more classical music and so I’ve started a series called Stories in Tune where I review picture book versions of classical music pieces and write up the play and response they inspire in my children.”

Susan Haugland presents Why, not What or How posted at Susan Haugland’s Blog.

Brenda D Muench presents BoomWhacker Mysteries in First Grade: Part One posted at Tech Tempo.

Wendy Stevens presents To Give or Not Give Makeup Lessons posted at ComposeCreate.com, saying, “Since many music educators also teach private lessons, this article gives them a list of options for making the most of their valuable time. Many independent music teachers will also find this information helpful.”

Thomas J. West presents PMEA In-Service Conference 2010 – Live Blog posted at Thomas J. West Music, saying, “The Pennsylvania Music Educators Association’s annual conference and All-State Ensembles Festival took place in Pittsburgh, PA on April 22-24. This live blog features the story of attending the conference while serving as an All-State chaperone, as well as “pearls of wisdom” from conference sessions as tweeted by music educators and music ed. undergraduates.”

Steve Baker presents The World’s Greatest Band Director posted on Facebook.

Evan Tobias presents Open scores and music students: An invitation to compose from Jason Freeman posted at Catalysts & Connections.

Joseph Pisano presents Jazz Appreciation Month: Celebrate Women Jazz Artists -Lesson Plan posted at Music, Technology and Education: Mustech.net

Music Advocacy

Craig M. Cortello presents FROM THE BAND ROOM TO THE BOARDROOM?The 9 Common Lessons of Music Education That Translate into Success posted at Business Musician’s Blog.

Andy Zweibel presents Collegiate Leadership Academy at MENC’s Music Education Week posted at MusicEdMajor.net.

Music Pedagogy

Cary Stewart presents Measures of Success – First Look posted at Third Stream Music Education.

Cary Stewart presents Measures of Success – Second Look posted at Third Stream Music Education, saying, “Part Two of the method book review”

Jenny Boster presents The Importance of Beginning Technique posted at The Teaching Studio, saying, “The Teaching Studio is a relatively new blog all about teaching piano lessons. This was an article I wrote during the week we focused on the topic of teaching beginning piano technique.”

Music Performance

Chad Criswell presents Is Beta Blocker Use By Musicians A Form Of Doping? – Opinion | Music Education Magic – Music Education Magic posted at Tales From The Podium.

Music Technology

Samuel Wright presents iPad & The Future of Music Education posted at Wright-Stuff Music

Theresa White presents Group SMS Program – Swaggle.mobi posted at Education in Music, saying, “Also could go in education. It’s used as an educational technology :) ”

Jim Frankel presents The Other 80%: An Industry Perspective posted at Music Technology in Edcation.

Other

John Bogenschutz presents Dissection of a College Music Education Major posted at Tone Deaf, saying, “This is a comic I draw and this comic is based on College Music Education Majors.”

REMINDER: Last Week for Blog Carnival Submissions

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Posted on 26th April 2010 by Andy Zweibel in Blog Carnival

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We have officially made it to the last week in April, which means it’s probably crunch time for most college students/teachers out there, and the end is in sight for those of you in the public schools. However, don’t forget about an incredible opportunity to share your thoughts with the music education community which ends this Friday-the 14th Edition of the Music Education Blog Carnival! This carnival will be a showcase of the top blog posts related to Music education in the month of April, and will be hosted right here at MusicEdMajor.net on the first of May. Not only is this the last week to submit your posts for this month’s carnival, but it’s your last chance to submit until September, as the Music Ed Blog Carnival will be taking summer vacation with the rest of us! Don’t miss your chance!

Here’s What to Do:

Here are the steps to take in order to submit your blog post to this month’s carnival:

  1. Write or find a post! It can be on any topic related to music education, and doesn’t have to be written this month (you can use old posts), but it must be your original work.
  2. Take note of the permalink to this post. The permalink is the direct URL to the post, and can be found when viewing the post individually, as opposed to on your homepage (it will look something like this: http://yoursite.com/04/25/post-name/)
  3. Head to the Music Ed Blog Carnival Submission Page to submit your entry. Enter the permalink, your name and email address, a category for the post, and any additional remarks you have.
  4. Hit submit! It’s that easy!

Don’t Miss Your Last Chance!

This is your last opportunity to have your work featured in the Music Education Blog Carnival until September, as the Carnival will not be published during the summer months. Don’t miss this incredible chance to have your work read by hundreds of like-minded music teachers. Get your submissions in by April 30th at 11:59 PM EST by visiting the Music Ed Blog Carnival Submission Page today!

#MusEdChat Recap – Collaboration (3/15/2010)

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Posted on 7th April 2010 by Andrew Ritenour in #MusEdChat

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The #MusEdChat on 3-15-2010 discussed the topic “ How have you collaborated with other teachers and schools?” Collaboration was discussed in multiple ways, mainly performance-based collaboration, and tools used for collaboration.

Performance-Based Collaboration

Many of the participants suggested ways to collaborate with other musicians that included performance. On both instrumental and choral levels, teachers have joined ensembles with other schools. @kgard said,” In my area we do a big show choir festival and every school has to watch every other school perform. It’s Fun!” @shawdave collaborates with a band in the area: “HS level. Joint programs with neighboring county band. Each band plays separately, then combined for 2-3 pieces.” He then went on to explain that separately the bands are smaller, but combine to make a huge band, which the students enjoy. The chat participants then talked about collaboration through county band and chorus opportunities, which was seen as a great way to meet musicians in the area. This is a great way for teachers and students to collaborate with musicians in their community. Community ensembles generally offer a low-pressure environment where students can get musical experience outside of their high school ensembles. Multiple participants also stated that blogs, wikis and websites are all good forms of collaboration for ensembles.

Collaborative Tools

There are a lot of tools out there that help music educators to collaborate effectively. Multiple chat participants suggested the use of Skype as a collaborative tool. This has been used in quite a few ways. A lot of the participants thought that Skyping experts into a classroom (college professors, composers, etc.) offered a great opportunity for students to learn from people they generally wouldn’t be able to learn from. The idea of having a colleague Skype into a rehearsal to listen and critique was also proposed. Many participants discussed the use of Google Forms to collaborate with their students and parents. While some of them found this useful, it was not useful to those attempting to use it in a rural area. While these new tools are very effective for collaboration purposes, some participants used more conventional forms of communication. For example, @mrsnyhof stated,” I did an Olympics lesson that was shared by a friend of a friend… just collaboration by email though.” Collaboration on the collegiate level was also briefly discussed. @pisanojm stated, “I frequently will bring in HS/MS teachers into the classroom to talk with the college kids about their experiences…win/win.” It was also suggested that high school teachers bring music education students into their classrooms to speak.

Links

Here is a list of links discussed in this week’s #MusEdChat:

Participate!

Those who participated in this chat shared some very useful and creative ideas on how to collaborate with each other and even with parents to make themselves better at what they do. If you were not able to attend this chat, check out the transcript to see the entire conversation. If you are interested in chatting with music educators from across the globe, join us in the #MusEdChat on Twitter, Monday nights at 8:00 p.m. EST! If you aren’t familiar with Twitter, learn how to participate here!

Hosting the Music Education Blog Carnival

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Posted on 6th April 2010 by Andy Zweibel in Blog Carnival

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It is with great excitement that I announce that MusicEdMajor.net will be hosting the 14th Edition of the Music Education Blog Carnival (and LAST of the 2009-2010 school year)!

Huh? What’s a Blog Carnival?

A Blog Carnival is essentially a showcase of the top content from Blogs in a particular niche. The Music Ed Blog Carnival, specifically, is a project of Dr. Joe Pisano at MusTech.net, and is a monthly[1] showcase of the top Music Education blog posts for a given month. In this case, you can expect the Carnival to be published on May 1, and be a recap of the month of April.

What Do I Write About?

Are you interested in writing for the Music Ed Blog Carnival? Not sure what to write about? It’s quite simple, actually: write about music education! Okay, maybe that was a bit obvious. However, the Blog Carnival does allow you to submit your post under one of the following categories:

  • Music Advocacy
  • Music Education
  • Music Pedagogy
  • Music Performance
  • Music Software/Hardware
  • Music Technology
  • Music Tips
  • Other

If your post falls into any of these categories (which it likely does, seeing as how there’s an “Other” category!), I strongly encourage you to submitting it to the Carnival!

How Do I Submit?

It’s easy! Just make sure your post is related to Music Education (this is a requirement!), and then head to the Music Ed Blog Carnival Submission Page to submit your entry. You’ll need to enter the Permalink URL[2], your name and email address, the category under which the post goes, and any additional comments you have (this would be a great chance for a brief summary of the post). That’s it!

What Are You Waiting For?

If you’re interested, and you have a post (or an idea for a post), just head on over to the submission page to submit your post for consideration! Be sure to check back on May 1, 2010 to find out if your post was published in the Blog Carnival! This will be the last carnival of the school year, so get your posts in soon!

Submit your post to the May Music Education Blog Carnival today! It’s your LAST CHANCE until September!

Footnotes:

  1. Monthly editions of the Music Ed Blog Carnival will stop over the summer, and resume with an edition on September 1. [↩]
  2. The direct URL to the post (for example, the permalink of this post is http://musicedmajor.net/2010/04/06/april-carnival) [↩]