Music and 21st Century Learning

January 25, 2012 Posted by DJ Kools under 21st Century Education, Music, PLP
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It’s been said before and will be said again “Teaching<insert subject field> is different”  followed sometimes by “you wouldn’t understand” and “it’s hard to explain”. Musical pedagogy has a history steeped with pre-existing “norms” that are currently being pushed.  Even “recent” Pioneer musical educators such as Kodaly(1925), Orff(1920′s), and Delcroze(1910′s) and even the Suzuki Method (1950′s)…


Challenge of Distractions

January 20, 2012 21st Century Education, PLP

http://www.flickr.com/photos/donaldmacleod/3237205470/sizes/m/in/ph… While driving in this morning, a beautiful but chilly sunrise on the horizion, my ipod spouting off the first Webinar 3 (Thanks again for the audio copies) I realized what one of my biggest challenges is. Distractions Not bad distractions, but distractions that take me away from what my original focus was. For example:…

Here!

September 30, 2011 Decompression of Ideas

Traffic was great, only took 2 hours. So, the hour left I finished my ALP! hmm, twitter, I wonder if I can connect this blog to it…   hmm may be migrating to plpnetwork wiki…

Beautiful stars as I embark

September 30, 2011 21st Century Education, Decompression of Ideas, PLP

I hope I don’t et stuck in traffic!

Can’t sleep, blog will eat me

September 30, 2011 21st Century Education, Decompression of Ideas, PLP

Yes, I’m still at home, and I’m trying to sleep so that I can get up at five to drive to Guelph. I know I should have gotten a hotel, or at least stayed at my parents house in Cambridge, but my family needed me. I also delivered pizza until nine. So now I sit…

Impending Doom

September 29, 2011 Decompression of Ideas

So, it’s the first month of school, and I’m feeling good, overwhelmed, but good.  This is a place for me to decompress and think out loud.  If anyone else finds this, enjoy the ramblings of a crazy teacher who may or may not be in over his head. Let’s start: PLP – I was a…