http://vvrotny.org/2009/04/05/teaching-the-old-music-teacher-new-tricks/ Thoughts and Reflections from Vinnie Vrotny Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:05:58 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 http://vvrotny.org/2009/04/05/teaching-the-old-music-teacher-new-tricks/comment-page-1/#comment-662 Ken Pendergrass Mon, 06 Apr 2009 04:02:19 +0000 http://vvrotny.org/?p=332#comment-662 Vinnie- Yes! Your wife is right! This changes everything when it comes to teaching music. I am a middle school music teacher in Seattle and I have to "apologize" every time we start a new semester of piano class. The monologue goes something like this: "The songs in this piano method book are not the songs you listen to on your iPod...does anybody have 'Merrily We Roll Along' on your iPod?'..." Thankfully I have a small Mac lab and Garageband to get kids interesting in learning the piano and use this technology to create-"...individual, passion based projects..." as you so wonderfully put it in your post. Three cheers for your wife's teaching methods. Vinnie-
Yes! Your wife is right! This changes everything when it comes to teaching music. I am a middle school music teacher in Seattle and I have to “apologize” every time we start a new semester of piano class. The monologue goes something like this: “The songs in this piano method book are not the songs you listen to on your iPod…does anybody have ‘Merrily We Roll Along’ on your iPod?’…” Thankfully I have a small Mac lab and Garageband to get kids interesting in learning the piano and use this technology to create-”…individual, passion based projects…” as you so wonderfully put it in your post. Three cheers for your wife’s teaching methods.

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