Resources
Resources
This page will include resources shared during chat sessions. Stay tuned!
August 26, 2020 - Inaugural chat
September 2, 2020 - Topic: Building Community in your Virtual Music Classes
September 9, 2020 - Topic: What's Working So Far - Sharing Virtual Strategies & Activities
September 16, 2020 - Topic: All About Virtual/Remote Lessons
September 23, 2020 - Topic: Managing Your Workflow
September 30, 2020 - Topic: Practicing Self-Care (for Students, too!)
October 7, 2020 - Topic: Asynchronous Lesson Ideas - Choice & Voice
October 14, 2020 - No chat this week (Fall Break)
October 21, 2020 - Incorporating Play in Remote Teaching and Learning
October 28, 2020 - Virtual Performance Options
November 4, 2020 - NO CHAT (Election Week Break) - practice some much needed self-care this week!
November 11, 2020 - The Roles of Assessing and Reporting in Remote Learning
November 18, 2020 - Maintaining Relationships in Remote Learning
November 25, 2020 - NO CHAT - THANKSGIVING BREAK
December 2, 2020 - Choose Your Own Discussion Questions/Topics (to be shared during Q1)
Resources for Online Teaching/Music Activities:
7 Big Ideas as You Shift Toward Online Teaching - Dr. John Spencer
Get Started Making Music - Ableton (Beats, Notes, Chords, Bass Lines, Melodies, and much more)
Sample Virtual/Remote/Alternative Music Education Resources - PMEA State Council
Virtual Xylophone Activities on Scratch - Kelsey Gamza
Virtual Instruments - Google Slides - Kelsey Gamza
"Hearts Before Heads" - photo link of Lindsey Portnoy's tweet - @lportnoy #designedtolearn
Loom.com - recording and sharing videos (including screenshare) - free accounts for teachers
Resources for Managing Your Workflow:
PlanbookEdu - online lesson planning - basic plan is FREE
Resources for Play-based Learning:
THE COGNITIVE SIGNIFICANCE OF CHILDREN'S PLAY: A REVIEW OF SELECTED RESEARCH - James F. Christie
Play, Cognition and Self-Regulation: What exactly are children learning when they learn through play? David Whitebread, Penny Coltman, Helen Jameson & Rachel Lander
Play = Learning : How Play Motivates and Enhances Children's Cognitive and Social-Emotional Growth: How Play Motivates and Enhances Children's Cognitive and Social-Emotional Growth- Singer, Golinkoff, Hirsh-Pasek (2009, Oxford University Press)