Music In The Elementary Classroom Workshop

Friday March 23, 2007

Agenda for the day

Introductions

Distribute packets

Web Resources

http://musicintheelementaryclassroom.pbwiki.com

This is our sharing site. We will be posting information about using music in the elementary classroom to help teach other subjects. These may be links to websites, information about books or CDs, or lesson plans. We hope that you find something here that will help you and your students! Login that will allow you to add material is metro

http://internetworkshop.pbwiki.com

I hope that these pages become a living document that you will continue to use and add to as you go back to each of your classrooms. Login to allow you to add is scc

Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net

Free audio recording program that allows you to record as easily as an old-fashioned tape recorder and then export the file as an mp3 file. NOTE: You must also download the LAME encoder (like we did in the workshop) so that you can export the file as an mp3. You only have to find the lame_enc.dll file the first time (and each time you move that file!) you export as an mp3.

Audacity Online Tutorial -

http://www.how-to-podcast-tutorial.com/17-audacity-tutorial.htm

Audacity Tutorial - with videos! Goes pretty far as far as what you can do with Audacity.

Learn Out Loud http://www.learnoutloud.com/Podcast-Directory

Really cool website with TONS of recorded information on TONS of different topics. Stuff that you could use for entertainment, education, or inspiration.

My del.icio.us links http://del.icio.us/marskren

My del.icio.us links list. If you’re like me and can’t remember where the “dots” go, just go to google and search for “delicious”. It generally is the top entry. This is a social bookmarking site. EXCELLENT! Set up a site for yourself AND for your class! Give the kids the chance to add links that relate to whatever you’re studying in class. How cool to let them help direct the learning.

Blogs, Wikis, and Podcasts http://www.weblogg-ed.com/book

eBook explaining Blogs, Wikis, and Podcasts

iTunes www.itunes.com

iTunes – one of the easiest places to get started finding podcasts.

Thank you for coming and be safe going home.