Starting and Running an Effective Music Council at your School Running a music program is a lot of work. On top of all of your duties as a teacher, there are a countless number of tasks that need to be done to keep your program running on all cylinders. You can’t possibly do everything on...

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This workshop will demonstrate how technology, feedback and self assessment is used to further develop the growth mindset of students. Teachers Taking Out Grades is a movement aimed at providing opportunities for students to improve and become more active in their own learning. Bring an iPad to learn how to use a few different apps...

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Potential school uses of computer-based musical instrument, music-making circles, improvisation, mobility impairment. vaugeois_adaptive-use-musical-instruments_friday-sesssion-3...

Learning Goals: Students will develop an understanding of the diverse forms and sounds of the First Nations, Metis and Inuit Music Students will investigate new pieces and apply their knowledge to new contexts minds-on-listening music-review-project-1 music-review-project teacher-resource-music-what-do-you-know final-reflection-with-evaluation fnmi-lesson-plan fnmi-music-general-information group-project-guidelines group-project-rubric music-review-rubric music-what-do-you-know...

We will discuss what a soundwalk is and can be.  We will pre-plan some create ways to listen and interact with sounds during a soundwalk to Niagara Falls. friesen_aninteractivesoundwalkwithniagarafalls...

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Improvisation unites musicians from different genres and educational backgrounds. Participants will explore improvising with voices and classroom instruments, using stimuli from classical, popular and folk music to develop confidence as improvisers. butler_incorporatingimprovisationintothecurriculum_pageall...

This session will look at the beginnings of Kodaly music education in Hungary; its growth in Canada and place in 21st Century music education. Topic List: Kodaly music education, choral music, cultural music, music pedagogy pastedgraphic-4 eyre_echoes-of-the-past_-4pagespdf...

A percussion section in any band or orchestra can, and will, add a level of excitement and rhythmic drive to any performance. But having an instrument that underperforms its fullest potential can be a major source of frustration for any performer or bandleader. We teach our students the required techniques to play and utilize their...

I was tired of using up my extra-curricular energy to run ensembles in our small school, only to have poor attendance due to all of the other activities that always took priority with my best music students. I was also looking for ways to make my current music students make taking music class a priority...

In our workshop Beyond the Drum: Indigenous music curriculum we will explore how the drum is a central part of FNMI culture and musical values. We will explore how contemporary FNMI music can be incorporated into music programming to explore and teach elements of music. In addition we will discuss how to connect the skills...

During this workshop, teachers will get to see and learn about the various components of the new resources now found on the members side of the OMEA website which were created in the summer of 2016. omea-new-secondary-resources...

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