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Potsdam People Article & Using American Idol in the classroom…

It was fun to read the recent write up in the Potsdam People that spotlighted me however, I was a little concerned about the way it discussed my use of American Idol in the classroom. These two sentence in particular were inaccurate: “Tobias also had his class compose music, and he would have the students judge the compositions like on American Idol..” & “Yet at the same time, Tobias had his students use American Idol-style judging when students composed their… Read More »Potsdam People Article & Using American Idol in the classroom…

An electronic music community in your school?

While looking online for information on MAX/MSP patches I came across an online electronic music community. We don’t often hear about computers being used as instruments to perform in public schools and when it comes to electronic instruments we are usually referring to electric guitars, basses and keyboards. One of the topics I find myself returning to in this blog is the use of technology to go beyond what we have traditionally done in public school music programs. When I… Read More »An electronic music community in your school?

Music Education Research & AERA..

I had a phenomenal experience this past week attending a wide variety of research sessions at the AERA conference in Chicago. The presence of music education at the AERA conference continues to grow as the Music Education Special Interest Group membership increases. If you aren’t a member of AERA and the music education SIG and are interested in current research you should seriously consider becoming one. Wondering what types of research studies were presented at the conference? Here is a… Read More »Music Education Research & AERA..

MENC Podcasts and Webinars….

Did you know that MENC  has been creating and archiving podcasts called “Notes from the Clef”? Several webinars  are also planned to start in 2007. Why not check them out and let people know what you think?