01 Symphony No. 9 (Scherzo).m4a 

Welcome to my Wiki page!  My name is Linda.  I am a K-4 Music teacher in the Troy Area School District. 

 

What we will be doing in this course:

 

Day 1:  Google and Del.icio.us

Exploring Google and Google options:  I set up a gmail account which I didn't have and I found it to be user friendly. http://www.google.com/

I also worked with a group to establish a del.icio.us account: Clints Kids   Working with this account we will set up tags using our areas of teaching to link webpages to our account.

 

Day 2:  Spreadsheets and Word vs Publisher

Explored Spreadsheets and Word vs Publisher.  I have a very limited knowledge of how to use the Spreadsheet feature. 

Class Spreadsheet.xls 

Desktop Publisher: This can be a valuable tool to use in the classroom setting.  Examples of how I would use Publisher in Music class would be to generate newsletters to parents, Invitations to school programs, Recital programs, Brouchures for Troy Youth Arts Camp......signs for classroom centers.....endless possibilities.

Welcome to Music Banner.pdf 

Working with graphics and text in Paint. 

Welcome.bmp 

 

Day 3:  Desktop Publisher and Graphics.  We added graphics to our pages which were edited through Macromedia Fireworks 8 program too.  This was very informative and will be useful in projects for the fall. 

 

Day 4:  Organizing Email and Inspiration (Kidspiration too)- With this information we were able to add folders to our inboxes where mail received by the senders would go directly into the folder made for the sender. 

 

Final Project:  Using the Ipod in the Music Classroom. 

 

1. Listening Centers: Using created playlists students can listen to assigned song and write a reflection about their reaction to the music.

 

2.  Podcasts:  Students would be able to create their own podcast during their enrichment time spent in the Music classroom. 

 

 

 

3.  Audiobooks:  Students would be able to listen to the story read to them using the Ipod. This would be a great tool for the students who struggle with reading. 

 

4.  Music for the classroom- Teacher can create playlist for the week that would correspond with their lessons.  

 

5.  Recording studio:  Students would be able to record their own voices into the Ipod by using the sound recorder.  

 

6.  Playlists can be created to be used by the substitute teacher.  

 

7.  Create calenders for classroom activities. 

 

8.  Create slideshows.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Group members:

Duane

Donna

Lynda

Darlene

Jason

Linda

 

 

Sources:

Del.icio.us :

http://del.icio.us/

 

Google:

http://www.google.com/

 

Spreadsheet:

Class Spreadsheet.xls 

 

Desktop Publisher:

Welcome to Music Banner.pdf