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Using Technology for Easy Sub Plans distance learning educational tips first year lesson planning teacher tips technology Jan 11, 2022

      Teaching during a pandemic challenged music educators everywhere as our typical lessons and activities had to be reimagined for so many situations. Asynchronous learning home? No instruments available? Singing is not allowed?  I feel like the questions far exceeded the...

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Back To School Design Using Canva back to school distance learning teacher tips Aug 10, 2021

      Ready or not! It is back to school time! Even if you were working hard to avoid looking at the calendar, it is hard to enter any store and not see all those gleaming new school supplies right at the front!  As much as it always seems too early to see school supplies...

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The 3 Biggest Lessons 2020 Taught Us distance learning music teacher journey music teachers Jul 06, 2021

 

      I think we should all take a collective sigh of relief: The 2020 school year is finally over! We made it! I don’t think I’ve talked to a single teacher who isn’t glad to put this year behind us. Pandemic teaching is something none of us ever expected,...

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Get Your Digital Space Ready for a New School Year distance learning music class resources music teachers May 11, 2021

      At the end of a school year, most teachers are dreaming of the days when alarm clocks do not have to be set and coffee can be drunk in a leisurely fashion. But, just as we dream of summer, many of us are also guilty of planning and preparing for the next year long before...

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33 | Where do we go from here? distance learning show notes that music podcast Feb 24, 2021

 

 


 

This week we’re gonna keep it real. This year has been so hard.

      In this week’s episode I reflect on my last couple of months teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic.

      My music room has been silent for 83 days. During...

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Teaching Music Without Performances distance learning educational tips music teachers performances Jan 26, 2021

      No matter where you go or who you talk to, music class is synonymous with performances and concerts. Whether it’s the whole school winter concert or a school assembly performance, opportunities to perform in front of an audience are part of most music class...

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I Learned A Lot Teaching Music Online distance learning music teacher journey music teachers Aug 25, 2020

 

      If you told me a year ago that I would be teaching kindergarten music online for a quarter of the year, I would have told you that you were crazy. I would have told you that nobody would ever think we could teach music online. I would have told you that no district...

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My Favorite Resources for Remote Music Learning distance learning music class resources technology Jul 21, 2020

 

      As the COVID-19 pandemic becomes all too real, many of us are transitioning to teaching remotely. This offers a serious challenge to all educators, especially music teachers. 

      While this is by no means an exhaustive list, here is a list...

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22 | What This Year Has Taught Me distance learning show notes that music podcast Jan 24, 2020

 


 

Thank you for listening to this episode of That Music Podcast.

      This week’s podcast is about things that I learned during this past year of teaching. As the year comes to a close, I have been thinking back on the past year. And let’s be honest, it's...

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20 | Remote Learning Check-In distance learning show notes that music podcast Jan 03, 2020

 


 

      Thank you for listening to this episode of That Music Podcast. This week I’m taking a step back and looking at the last few weeks of remote teaching.

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19 | Remote Teaching with Katie Wonderly distance learning show notes that music podcast Dec 27, 2019

 


 

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      Thank you for listening to this episode of That Music Podcast. This week I’m talking with Katie Wonderly about how she has adjusted to teaching remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

      Katie Wonderly is a fourth-year...

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