Now My Wife Gets It

My wife didn’t understand what the fuss was all about. Blogging, wikis, twitter, and nings, these were foreign concepts to her. She was a traditional elementary music teacher who focused on teaching a traditional music literacy, reading notes, rhythm, and dynamics while mostly employing an Orff pedogogy. While I love technology and all that it promises, I believe our students are so immersed in technology that they need experiences where they move and use percussive instruments, exploring kinestetic learning. That was until this week. Her school is adding junior high music and she is trying to figure out what curriculum […]