RR : Bauer and Bauer

Reading Reaction : Bauer and Bauer

I was very surprised to hear that "most music educators are not making an extensive use of technology." In my opinion, advancing technology, when used correctly, makes music easier to both teach and learn. Teachers now have aids they can use, which weren't available to them before. Students, tied to technology more now than ever, can benefit by having further means of communication with other musicians, more at home help, and a more exciting way to learn in general. If more teachers actually invested time into examining their own PLN and use of all three sections of TPACK, technology, pedagogy and content, I think the musical classroom could be improved vastly.

Same with the other Bauer reading. As a teacher, a PLN can be a great way to help yourself be a teacher and your students to be better learners. Your PLN let's you connect with other teachers and create an easy way to see what resources they have, some of which might help you. If studying through PLNs could help teachers, they could help students too. Instead of just giving a child resources in school, now they can have them out of school too, by following their teachers PLN.

While technology will never be the predominant method of etching music, it can definitely be a helpful guide. As we progress with technology, I believe we should progress with technology in our education programs.