Monday, October 29, 2012
PLN: NPR
As music educators, we must always remember that behind the students desire to learn how to sing, the culture engulfed in music, and the necessary techniques to be a good musician is a child who fell in love with music because of the connection they formed with music on an emotional level. For this reason, as music teachers we must continue to show different styles and genres of music in the classroom, even if its just for five minutes while we are taking attendance. For this reason, I love NPR, or national public radio. With a multitude of different styles, and a constant free source of music you can expose your students to new styles and still keep your lesson on track. In additional to the free music feed, there is a multitude of articles and videos to use in your classroom. We must always remember the love our students have for music and try to incorporate it into our lessons as much as possible. By using these free resources, we can enhance our lessons and hopefully engage our students further.
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I agree with you that we must always remember that our students fell in love with music for a reason. I think it's a great idea to try and incorporate different styles and genres of music. NPR sounds like a great source to more easily expose students to new and exciting styles they can listen to.
ReplyDeleteGreat post. I like how you explained how you would use this in the classroom. It might be nice to do an activity like moving while the music is playing.
ReplyDeleteI love NPR. There is no doubt about it. I knew that NPR has a great music aspect to it. I personally have watched some of the videos of the new artists. I never thought of integrating that into the classroom. I was just on the music homepage of NPR and saw an array of different music styles being represented, from Taylor Swift to Verdi' La Forza del Destino. This is a great was to integrate music in the classroom.
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