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My name is Mel, new to the world of Secondary classroom music teaching! I have been playing piano for 11 years now and I am a firm believer that musical education can offer a unique and enriching...
View ArticleEffective Piano Practice
Practice, Practice, Practice!! http://melaniespanswick.com/2013/09/13/structuring-your-piano-practice/ Teaching our students how to practice is important, this link provides a detailed overview on how...
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Integrating ICT and Music Education.
The use of ICT in Music Education offers an invaluable variety of opportunities for creativity at home and in the classroom. Integrating ICT into Music also enhances the development of current skills...
View ArticleICT Podcast- Auralia and its benefits for solid musicianship!
Here is a podcast from fellow music teacher Jack Towers and I about Auralia and its benefits for building aural skills. http://miaomusic.edublogs.org/files/2014/08/Podcast-19i3u4p.mp3
View ArticleApplying and Developing Thinking Skills in Music
Learning music involves continuous development of thinking skills. We call these thinking skills Computational Thinking (CT) and can break this down into the four steps of Decomposition, Pattern...
View ArticleUsing GoogleForms
https://docs.google.com/a/student.unimelb.edu.au/forms/d/1oKGZLkc-V2e9rTIf4uoKf9ml31Fz4uWGcHJEzBkPsEo/viewform Above is a link to a quiz made using GoogleForms. GoogleForms is a simple app that...
View ArticleCyberbullying Education
http://www.powtoon.com/show/eL3VUOaw5hc/cyberbullying/#/ This is a PowToon Animation created by fellow teacher J.Towers and I about Cyberbullying.
View ArticleStop-Motion
http://miaomusic.edublogs.org/files/2014/10/ICT-Stopmotion-1kd3dl1.m4v Our first attempt at stop-animation. An interesting and creative way to explore ICT in the classroom.
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