Sound Explorers

I am passionate about helping people learn the exciting possibilities of creativity through music!

During my public school teaching experience, I taught general music in middle school.  As part of my current teaching assistantship, I teach Basic Music Skills and a course called Music for Children.  Both of these courses allow me to teach musicianship skills to college aged students who have little musical training or background knowledge. 

You can imagine my excitement when I discovered that the music education course I am currently enrolled in focuses on General Music Curriculum!  While the primary focus of my teaching background has been chorally based, I have a fondness for musical exploration through games, dance, improvisation, and finding musical connections to our lives outside of the classroom.  In addition, I am continually amazed at the opportunities for musical exploration available using today's technology.

These interests led me to create two new resources for secondary music teachers:

• I designed a middle school general music course for a classroom with a 1:1 iPad integration.  The course could easily be tweaked to work for a high school or college level course.

• I created a website called Sound Explorers, in which I curate music education resources.

You can access both on the Sound Explorers site.  What's your favorite music education resource available via technology?

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