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Quarter 1 Recap: The Top Posts of January, February, and March

Happy April! Hard to believe, but the year 2011 is already 25% gone! It has been a hectic first three months of the year, but 2011 has brought some great content to MusicEdMajor.net. It’s time to take a look back and explore the most popular posts on the site! Check it out:

NOTE: Popularity based on page views since January 1, 2011
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REMINDER: FMEA Session Today

Just a quick reminder that this afternoon at 4:00pm EST, I will be presenting a session at the 2011 Florida Music Educators Association conference. The session, entitled “Social Networking for Music Educators: Using the 4 “C’s” of Social Networking to Help You and Your Program,” will focus on using different social networking tools as a music educator. [Read more...]

2011 FMEA Conference

As I did last year, I am very excited to be attending the 2011 Florida Music Educators’ Association conference in Tampa, FL next week! FMEA is always a great opportunity to learn, as well as taking time to reunite with many friends/UM Alumni who are still teaching in the state of Florida. I will, of course, be live-blogging from the conference, and in addidtion, I am excited to say I have been accepted to present two clinics at year’s conference! Here’s all the information: [Read more...]

Year in Review: 2010

Hard to believe it, but the year 2010 draws to a close this evening! It has been an incredibly busy year for MusicEdMajor.net, and I wanted to take this opportunity to recap some of the posts and pages that have been the most popular over the course of the last twelve months: [Read more...]

Music Education Professional Learning Network Opens to Public

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Music Education Professional Learning Network Opens to Public

Grove City, PA – July18, 2010  — The Music Education Professional Learning Network (MPLN) opens to the public, at12:00 pm EDT, on July 19, 2010.

The MPLN is a new Website specifically developed for music educators, pre-service music teachers, and teaching musicians of any kind. As its base framework, it incorporates the BuddyPress and WordPress Social Networking (SN) platforms, but also includes integrations with Twitter, FaceBook, and other existing SN platforms. As a SN platform, this site seeks to promote elongated discussions about important topics facing music educators today.

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Guide to Networking: Part 1-Social Networking

As Music Education Majors, one way we can help prepare for the teaching world during our studies is by networking. Meeting the people who will eventually be our colleagues and administrators will help prepare us for the job search, increase our knowledge in the field, and leave us better-equipped to find the job we’re looking for. This 3-part series looks at three different ways we can use networking to our advantage.

Before diving into this very broad topic, think about these questions:

  • How many hours do you spend on the computer?
  • Of those hours, how many of them are on Facebook?
  • When you’re on the computer, how would you rank the ways in which you use it? (think: schoolwork, talking to friends, listening to music)

The term social networking is one that tends to scare a lot of people. In reality, many of us already engage in social networking on a daily basis! We just network with our firends and family, instead of professionals in our field. Regardless of how we go about it (this post will outline just a few of your many options), any means of meeting current music educators online can be considered social networking, and will help you create relationships that will help you as you prepare for your job search. [Read more...]