There’s no doubt that technology is fast becoming part of many classrooms worldwide. According to a recent PBS Survey 74% of teachers Say Technology Enables Them to Reinforce and Expand on Content (February 4, 2013). However reports such as this one written by Joan Ganz Cooney Center also states that teachers can be skeptical
This short film “my Shoes” has absolutely nothing to do with music!! So why am I putting it here? Well we all know that as music teachers whether we’re teaching in a studio, band, choir or classroom- we’re always put in situations where we talk about much more than just music. Often in music, students
Just had to post this today because it’s been picked up by the big media channels and is highlighted in the The Huffington Post and Daily Mail- I even saw it shown on my local TV channel! So I thought that it's a nice one to show classes for a bit of fun. Posted just
Just picture this….. You’re sitting in front of a full audience and in front of the Netherland Symphony Orchestra ready to play for a concert. You hear the first few notes and within seconds you realise that you’ve practiced the wrong piece! That’s exactly what happened to acclaimed Portugese pianist, Maria João Pires during a
Have you ever taught upper elementary or middle school music? If you have then you probably already know what a tween is .. and you also probably know it can be a real challenge. When we’re talking tweens we’re talking about children aged between around 10-12 years of age. These kids are way too big
Take a look at this beautiful US news story of a little boy who heard his fathers voice for the very first time. There’s nothing more heartwarming than to see than the joy and connection that parents share with their children when their child can hear for the first time - thanks to the wonders
Its taken us a long time - much longer than we initially expected, but we can finally announce the winners of our Preschool Song Competition which we ran earlier this year. We had over 300 entries to this competition, and the quality of the entries were quite amazing. For this reason we had planned to
There is never a wrong time for some fabulous music teacher inspiration - and this one is the best I've seen in a long time!! In this video, you'll meet vocal teacher Sarah Horn. Just an ordinary music teacher who went along like so many others to see a star studded cast of performers accompanied
With curriculum subjects such as maths, spelling and grammar becoming a major focus of standardized testing in many countries around the world nowadays, it’s easy for schools to become less focused in the arts with some even dropping subjects like music in order to concentrate on achieving higher testing scores. This is an obstacle that
This has absolutely nothing to do with music or education, but no matter how many times I see this it makes me laugh! Apparently the neighbours of this household complained that a strange noise happened when the owners went out. So the owners took it upon themselves to set up a hidden camera and this is