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Last day of presentations...

Jess M. - Bullying in the Classroom

You seem like you have to think of every move. You would pause in a speech to walk. And then pause in a speech to change a slide. And then pause a walk to speak. Try to be more fluent. I would take your story, which is great to include, and try to be more professional with it. Also, there should be one slide for each bullet. You talked a lot on each point and had great comments, but I was busy reading. Use a big font and more pictures. Good Presentation overall

Katrina F. - Social media in Music Education

Very relaxed. I felt like we were having a conversation which was fantastic. #MusEdChat is a great PLN you slid in there! Face forward silly. You are comfortable with your presentation and you have it in front of you on your phone. You sound and look super comfortable, but we are sitting to your right. Showing not only how we can use it in our own classroom, but also how national organizations apply these are fantastic. I really appreciated this presentation. Great Job.

Scott M. - Making Music History Fun

Very comfortable. Very funny. Good mix of eye contact, reference to the board, and looking at phone. You can laugh when your funny. We all did. Try to enjoy your presentation just as much as your audience. Sorry I don't have many notes. I was thoroughly entertained. Good Job.

Constance - Erhu

The slides themselves were perfectly related to your topic. I think the erhu is a great instrument to introduce to students at any age. Not necessarily to play, but just to recognize that there are other instruments form around the world. Great use of videos to show how the instrument works. And the audio behind each slide really let the audience get the unique sound in their ear. Great job.

Jen G. - World Music Drumming

I would make notes smaller. You are very open and receptive to your audience and a full sheet of paper creates that barrier. Incorporating tolerance was a great point. "Community into classroom". Very well prepared and clearly enjoy the topic. An interested speaker translates to an interested audience. I would be careful with putting SO much information into 5 minutes. I feel like I learned so much, but I missed so much too. Good video to represent both adults in the program and examples of uses. Overall, fantastic job. 

More Presentation Notes

More Notes on Everyones Presentations...

Audrey - "Why is music Education important?"
Great use of slides, the pictures clearly conveyed what you were speaking about.  I would put the quote on a slide, just to maintain focus on the presentation, because you had to read it (perfectly acceptable).  You covered ALOT in a SHORT period of time. I would slow down, or pick the most important. I think If you had more time this would be perfectly in depth. You hit every important point I could think of and more.

Gabe- "Music Education and the community"
Great topic, contains more than you may think. Trust yourself that you know what is next. When you were reading you seemed stressed, and used the word umm a lot. When you embellished on your own, you had much more fluency in the presentation, which was nice. As it went on, you seemed to figure it out. School, Town, Professional. Great points about the central office. You had a really comfortable feeling in front of the class, which transferred into your audience. Yay Gabe.

Adam-"Drum Corps"
Nice, funny beginning. DCI and WGI. Very Interesting Topic. I did not know much about Drum Corps, and I feel like I know enough now to talk about it. The extreme discipline is insanity. Demonstrating things like snakes and drills helped us "non band" folks understand. I don't have many notes because I watched more of your presentation. Which is Good.

Becky- "Braille Music"
This topic just blew my mind. Valved, Vocal, Piano, Percussion. Technically, Any Instrument. You could definitely look up more. You know what you are talking about, just go with it. I'm glad you focused on equality for all. I would've liked some numbers on teachers who know this and schools that use this. Great overall presentation.

Tessa- "Suzuki Method"
I'm glad you are teaching from experience. I think the best advocate is one who has been involved. The theory of Mother Tongue sparked my interest. I wish you would've went more in depth on that. Overall great, in depth presentation. Sorry I don't have more notes. I've been interested in Suzuki for years and wanted to pay attention.

Jamie- "Kodaly"
Nice research. You can tell you studied up on your topic. Lighten up, it's a music presentation. You know music. Relax and be comfortable. Definitely had room for more slides per each section. Think of each topics as a paragraph in a larger essay. They should relate, but each is it's own entity and deserves the attention of such. Nice ending to sum it up.

Kristen- "Online Music Education'
You are so well prepared. The presentation itself was great, but your knowledge and memory of it was fantastic. The fact that you had notecards but didn't use them is fantastic. Again, not many notes because I was thoroughly invested in the presentation. This presentation just supports everything we do in this class. Great presentation, especially to give to Music Education students who aren't as fortunate as us and don't take this class. Great Job.

PLN: Video Grabber

PLN: Video Grabber

So this website is a little sketchy but it is so useful. Video Grabber is aside that will pull the video file from a website. Websites like youtube hold fantastic videos for the classroom. Classroom can use performances, recordings and even "lesson helpers". While on youtube though, you can see the ads and comments, which aren't always appropriate. Youtube should never be brought up in the classroom. Video grabber takes just the video and saves it to your computer as a file. This can then be shared in any way. Recently, I used it to insert a movie into a keynote. Without this site, it is very hard to embed in anything that isn't still on the internet. Reinstating something said earlier, this isn't the nicest website around, but it gets the job done. A job which few other websites will do.

VideoGrabber

Something interesting...

This is a really short article that I think everyone should read...

Basically, there is a bill out right now asking to extend class time in schools in 5 states, including Conneticut and New York. I disagree so much. Kids will not learn better from the amount of class, it all depends on the quality of the class. I think this is a horrible idea.

Time Extensions on Class

Presentation Notes

Notes on everyone's presentations 

Becki- "Bullies are bad"
Yay.

Alex- "Pop music vs. Classical in the Classroom"
It doesn't have to be memorized. Just go with the flow. Instead of stressing, just think of what you have to say. What you WANT to say. You got into that sense of comfortability around the 4th or 5th slide. Also, you need an ending to grab the attention of the audience. A great ending can make a presentation all the more memorable.

Ben- "Why music shouldn't be cut"
Good topic. SUPER useful. Touching story about 9/11. Heavy, but touching. Music vs. GenEds is always a great way to promote music. Funny and entertaining. "Astrology was the study of the external. Music is the study of the internal."

Papa-"Improvisation in the classroom"
These are great ways to show how to incorporate improv. into the classroom but I wish there was more of why it is important. Great use of NAFME in both your comparison to the standards and to their "recommendations" for improvisation. Creating the need and want for soloing in students is a huge part of this, I would focus on that more. Great job and GREAT topic.

Rob- "Uke in the Classroom"
Great Beginning. Very attention-grabbing. OOKOOHLAYLAY. I forgot to take notes for the rest of it because I was entertained... haha. That's a great thing though. Awesome presentation, not only in it's content, but in the presenting itself. My own recommendation is loosen up. When you get into teacher mode you tense up. Knowing you as a person and seeing the slides on their own, you should take that energy you constantly have and let it show through your body and voice.

Bec- "Pop Music in the Classroom"
Very well rehearsed. You seemed very comfortable and happy to be in front of the class. I would focus a little more on the evolution of Classical to Popular and how that should be a focus. OOKOOHLAYLAYs again. Using Hooktheroy and showing "Back and Marroon 5's similarities" pulled this whole presentation together in my opinion. It really demonstrated your theory.

PLN:Wordle

PLN: Wordle

Sometimes children need ways to brainstorm that aren't just just  a class dicuassion. One really useful way is a word cloud. Wordle creates simple word clouds in the design of your choice after you put in your "words". This is great for class collaboration projects as well as thinking after lessons and summarizing. Wordle is a fantastic application and website for any age grade. I highly recommend just playing around with it before class to find all of it's hidden features. Wordle is a great free classroom tool.

PLN : Chromatik

PLN: Chromatik

With such an emphasis on apple products, the first question someone asks when confronted with technology is, "Is there an App for that?" Earlier in the week I was introduced to Chromatik online. It is an app that allows a teach to communicate with the student via apple products. You can send music privately and securely, as well as make markings on the music while the students have it. Your annotations will be sent to their music. Teachers can attach audios of other performances to let the students familiarize themselves with the music as well. Another important part is that it introduces the flipped classroom to music. You can watch lessons on your apple device, as well as send teachers your practice sessions. I think this is hard to incorporate in public schools, seeing as though many students do not have apple devices. In a private classroom, or for private lessons, this tool could be amazing. It offer the child more ways to practice rather than just alone in a room occasionally. I think Chromatik will be talked much more in the future, as education continues to integrate technology into the classroom.

Chromatik | A True Musician's Platform. from Chromatik on Vimeo.