#musedchat Archive
Each Monday evening at 8PM EST, music teachers get together and share ideas about important topics within music education. It’s a great chance to interact directly with educators from all over the world and to get new tips and tricks to help you succeed in the classroom. The entire #musedchat discussion is organized and moderated by Joe Guarr.
Monday May 9, 2016
It's time for ! Our topic tonight: Celebrating and expanding on this year's success. Be sure to introduce yourself.
Checking in for tonight’s ! All about celebrating and expanding on success!
Phyllis here! 5th grade choir, 7th/8th grade piano, Louisiana
John, 6-8 band, orchestra, and guitar from California Central Valley looking forward to celebrating success
Good evening and welcome to the chat! Hope your week is off to a good start
Hi Phyllis, hope your Monday was a good one
Danyelle Kora, Manitoba Music Teacher
Welcome back, it's been awhile!
Welcome to the chat, Danyelle
Thanks, I'm new to this. Here to lurk at first and participate where I can
good time to celebrate successes especially at this busy time of year
good evening 6-8 band Greenwood IN checking in
Agreed. Figured we're all a little tired at this point, good time to talk about the positives.
Good to see you as always
Elem gen music & 4/5th chorus. MD might be in and out - concert prep (big day is Wednesday)
Good luck, hope the concert goes well!
Q1: What's a new thing you tried this year that went well? Do you plan to tweak it at all next year?
A1: Ha! teaching guitar Has been big long tweak all year Still a work in progress Excited kids get to experience success in music
A1: everything! It was my first time teaching piano. Tweaking next year - of course!
Sweet! How many guitarists did you have?
A1 sight reading pentatonic with a grade lower than normal. They rocked it
A1: Social justice, Disney, and how music underpins social justice ideas
have two classes that last 1 trimester long each saw probably 100+ kids for the year ~20 did it more than 1 trimester
What grade do you normally start it with?
happy birthday guest conduct- stand on the podium and conduct band playing HBTY on your day (gotta plan for breaks)
What age / ensemble type? We’re incorporating “Global Competencies” next year & looking for inspiration!
A1: Did playing tests via Google Classroom for the first time this year. Big time saver, and the kids were less stressed.
Hi All! Amy from MI joining a little late. Middle school band.
Good to see you Amy, welcome
Kids could record & share straight from a phone, or use Vocaroo and submit a link. Super easy.
On an iPhone w/ Classroom app, they can share a recording to GC the same way you'd send it as an email
Student-owned devices or school? Had issues with file compatibility with some android devices when we tried it.
Student owned for the most part. Had 1 school iPad available for those that needed it.
What do you do when 2 kids share same birthday?
There had been some great GC sessions the past couple years at MMC by , so I decided to dive in.
I have used class set with good success - 10 iPads and we share https://t.co/oH22ajrA0R
Student-owned devices or school? Had issues with file compatibility with some android devices when we tried it.
Grade 10 Vocal! I could share mini unit plan
A1 Giving awards for doing a community service performance rather than just outstanding musicianship.
Loved using GC this year! Looking forward to a much smoother roll out for next year though.
Cool idea! I give kids a pencil on their birthday. Oh, and staff too. Everyone looks forward to it.
This is the kind of stuff I need to do more of. Want to do better at building relationships w/ Ss.
Q2: What are some the biggest student-driven successes you've seen in your class this year?
A1: Having a student conduct at our concert on Thursday (while I play) and trying genius hour for 1st time when done w/ concerts.
A2 right now we are making a 'music video' for 5th gr promo. The kids are really being creative.
Newly-music literate Jr. arranging a cappella 4 his peers. From the heart. Evidence of his love & commitment 2 the art
A2 did a random act of kindness lyric rewrite for teachers. Only required 1 but most did 2-6!
A2: One student composed an original tuba quartet to be performed at our chamber music concert. I was blown away
A2 Helping kids understand that mistakes are opportunities for learning and that rehearsal hall is filled with them
those are great student successes!!!
illiterate student became music literate and likes analyzing form
A2: After doing begin band from method book all year, I’m doing a PBL group final project with student choice. Engagement way up!
A2: illiterate student became music literate and likes analyzing form
A2: Lots of little ones. ie: Ss working in small groups. The ah-ha for S who switched from trumpet to baritone.
Can you elaborate more on the project? Sounds interesting
That sounds awesome! Did the Ss pick projects or you? I'd love to hear more!
Rain right? What a great piece. We performed it last year.
Totally stealing that! Adding staff and a small gift love it! https://t.co/fHiVqBOmQv
Cool idea! I give kids a pencil on their birthday. Oh, and staff too. Everyone looks forward to it.
Q3: Anything you're itching to try differently next year?
always wanted to try full band PBL I'd like to hear more too
Q3: Anything new that you're itching to try out next year?
It is super easy to print labels with name and bday, stick on pencil when date approaches. Very little time.
A3: SOOO much! Want to redo grading system (go more towards SB), roll out GC and other tech smoother, find more efficient systems
Does your school use a 4pt grading scale?
A3: Looking forward to planning a large composition project for my band kids. Will culminate in a performance on a concert
A3: we did a piano recital for the 1st time. Hoping to do 2 next year!
Yes. Need to work SB into traditional system. Got some good ideas from at on Saturday.
We're moving to a 4pt scale next year, I think. Would love to hear about what's worked for you
That's awesome! How did the students enjoy the experience?
Do you mean 4 pt as in A, B, C, etc. or a 1 thru 4 scale?
1-4. Currently using A-E and total points. I think the transition will be good
Gotcha. I misunderstood when you first asked. We're on A-E, but I want to work SB into the current system.
Playing tests this yr were all standards-based rubrics on a 4pt scale. Just gotta get everything else to translate
A3: b/c/o have agreed on pitch reading, rhythm reading and vocab common assessments
Tried to do that this year w/ playing tests, but need to do better w/ consistent rubric. Lots of retooling this summer.
Thanks for chatting tonight, everybody! Transcripts up soon.
do you have the rubric for share. Love rubrics
