The one-year anniversary for the blog has come and gone and I wanted to take the opportunity to reflect on the posts I’ve completed over that time and put them all in one place to make it easier to sort.
If you’re craving behind-the-scenes info, the most popular post was on the Danielson evaluation rubric and how I have successfully incorporated it into my teaching using popular music activities. It’s been viewed more than 300 times.
Philosophy
- My vision for popular music in schools (2/17/2015)
- Emotional attachment is a double-edged sword when studying pop music (2/20/2015)
- A cappella singing a good first step for adding pop music to school curriculum (2/22/2015)
Danielson’s “Framework for Teaching” encourages popular music use in schools (2/26/2015) - Sex, drugs, and rock & roll and music education (2/27/2015)
- Performing popular music build engagement, lifelong learners (3/2/2015)
- Student-run a cappella groups shouldn’t be a “low cost alternative” to chorus programs (3/3/2015)
- High school a cappella jives with teacher evaluation systems (11/10/2015)
- Danielson’s “Framework for Teacher” and music composition assessment (2/15/2016)
Lessons
- How to use movie music in your classroom (2/18/2015)
- Popular music composition starters (VIDEO) (2/25/2015)
- Folk music unit plan (3/9/2015)
- Pop music composition starters for your classroom Google slides presentation (12/15/2015)
Tools
- YouTube’s new kid-friendly app (2/21/2015)
- What is the Billboard Hot 100 list and why does it matter? (3/12/2015)
- Spotify is a great resource for your classroom (3/17/2015)
Reviews
- “What’s That Sound?” book review (2/19/2015)
- “American Popular Music” activity book review (2/24/2015)
- “Should reading music be required for children learning music?”: a response (3/4/2015)
- “Top 40 Fun Facts: Rock ‘N’ Roll” activity book review (3/5/2015)
- “Rock me, maestro” article review (3/10/2015)
- “The History of Rock ‘N’ Roll” (Time-Life) documentary review (5/26/2015)
iPad Music Camp
Current Events
- Using the 2015 Oscars in your classroom (2/23/2015)
- American Idol to end; what’s it brought to music education? (5/11/2015)
- “Cheerleader” by OMI listening activity (8/31/2015)
- 2016 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees: one song (10/12/2015)
- Using the 2016 Academy Award music nominees (1/21/2016)
- Lady Gag’s Super Bowl national anthem was great (2/7/2016)
- 2016 Grammys recap: using the ceremony in your music classroom (2/15/2016)
2015 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inductee Profiles
- Lou Reed
- Green Day
- Paul Butterfield Blues Band
- The “5” Royales
- Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
- Stevie Ray Vaughn & Double Trouble
- Bill Withers
- Ringo Starr
Announcements
- I’m on the NAfME Council for Music Composition (7/24/2015)
- I’m presenting at the 2015 NYSSMA Winter Conference (7/29/2015)
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