Technology to

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General Music
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Today’s Agenda
01. What types of projects did I do?

02. How did technology help?

03. What tools did I find most useful?

04. What worked? What didn’t work?

05. What were my greatest successes?

06. What do I wish I could have done differently?

07. What are my plans for the fall?

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What types of
projects did I do?

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What types of projects did I do?

Choice Music “Bingo”

Cards

Synchronous “Live”
Music Classes

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How did technology

help?

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How did technology help?
Thoughts:

Comfort level with technology

Being held back

Used daily for in-school instruction

Seamless transition for me

Students were comfortable with resources, programs, and websites

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What tools did I find

most useful?

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What tools did I find most helpful?

MusicFirst Junior
Simple Recorder
Groovy Music
Morton Subotnick’s Creative
Playground
Early Pitch Draw
Early Rhythm Perform
Pitch Painter
Rhythm Perform
Orff & Kodaly

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Recorder & Ukelele
Instruments First
What tools did I find most helpful?

Essential Elements
Music Class
Songs
Lyrics, Notation, Tracks (Demo &
Accomp), Choreography, Teaching Plans
Digital Books
Listening Maps
Activity Pages
Noteflight Learn
Recorder & Ukelele Methods

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Custom Playlists & Class Collections
What tools did I find most helpful?

Music Play Online

Listening Maps
Games
Activities
Full Lesson Plans
Online Learning Modules

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What tools did I find most helpful?

YouTube

Go Noodle
Koo Koo Kanga Roo Channel
Movement, Silly Songs, Freeze Dance

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What worked?
What didn’t work?

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What worked? What didn’t work?

Having a second monitor No engagement w/ kids for first 8 weeks

Routine & Structure to Live No means to collect or assess students

classes

Classroom Management Plan

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Let’s talk Classroom Management
for live classes (synchronous)
How many students per class?
Video on or off?
Muted for part or all of lesson?
Chat Room available?
How will students answer questions?
Physical Response
Verbal Response
Engagement
How can students be engaged and Ideas

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response to questions? Scavenger Hunt
Invite a Guest Artist
Let’s talk routine…
for live classes (synchronous)
Routine opening (sing hello)
Review previous class topic/skill
Introduce today’s topic
Pose a ? related to today’s topic
Show a video or engage them in learning new
material/skill
Play a game or activity to experience the skill/
knowledge
Engagement
Engage them in more discovery surrounding
Ideas

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the concept
Scavenger Hunt
Check for understanding at the end
Invite a Guest Artist
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What were my
greatest successes?

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Successes Curricular Planning
Class 1: Finish Form badge
Class 2: Start Expressive Elements badge - tempo
Class 3: Expressive Elements badge - dynamics
Class 4: Expressive Elements badge - articulation

Last Class
Sing-a-long

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Parent Email
From a 1st grade student

I felt like I was back at school again

for a little while.

sent after our 1st live music class

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What do I wish I could

have done differently?

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What do I wish I could have done differently?

Synchronous Instruction: Started live classes earlier

Assessed Students: Flipgrid

Disseminate Assignments: Google Classroom

Spring Concert: Virtual Song for each grade

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What are my plans

for the fall?

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Virtual Performance
One song per grade

Use Flipgrid to record audio tracks

Edit audio using GarageBand

Screen record a Google Meet with students singing

the song for video track

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Blended Learning
Organized by theme/concept

Record instruction
Use Google Classroom
Interactive Classrooms / Choice Cards
Activity Cards for assessment
Use Google Slides & Canva to design

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Curricular Planning
Organized by theme/concept (badges)

Make a plan that will work no matter what happens!

Get students comfortable with technology and

introduce them to websites, products, and activities I’ll
be using (in person or via pre-recorded tutorial videos)

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Assessment
DURING AFTER
DURING the live class Assess AFTER the live class

Use the live class to demonstrate how to

record themselves performing/presenting
in Flipgrid, Seesaw, or Class Dojo
Padlet, Google Forms, Google Slides,
Google Docs, Google Drawing, etc.

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Troubleshoot
Send everything BEFORE you start!

Create small, easy-to-understand sets of instructions

Include how to log in or access class

Create a short video that shows exactly how to get on

and navigate specific websites

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Final Thoughts…

Keep it simple!

Keep it fun!

Keep them engaged!

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 02. www.mustech.net/amy-burns-posts/
01. www.midnightmusic.com.au

Resources
Amy Burns
www.amymburns.com
Katie Wardrobe
Midnight Music 03. www.mrsmiraclesmusicroom.com 04. www.cphmusic.net

Aileen Miracle Cheri Herring

Thank you
Shawna Longo
shawnalongo@gmail.com
www.creativeEDUconsulting.com

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