Tool 7

I think that Skype is a great way to interact with others in the country for what we do.
There are many ways that this would work.

The first thing that we can do is that we can use this to work along side our schools in the district. Many times we do a district wide concert and we try to work on pieces that the middle and high school can play together - with skype we can see how each other is playing and possibly even play at the same time.

Just like the above I think that this would work when we are working on cultural pieces. If we are able to Skype with other countries, when we are playing pieces that lets say come from China, we can Skype with them and then the kids will have a better understanding of how to perform.

Tool 6

I used the Wallwasher -- I think that using this and including the Google Doc to send out that I want students to reply would give kids the ability to reply and feel involved in helping make decisions on what to play.

You can click on the link to see the page.

http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/orkpro

Tool 5

This would work for us or the kids to do to get involved in just getting kids intrigued.



This is an example of how we do our character goals. I think this can be used every year.

Tool 5

So for the first tool - I used this wordle, which I think would really work well in most areas. It is an interesting way to intrigue kids

http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/4746067/BigMo

We always do Character and musical goals for each year --- I think that that this will really diplay that to all.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FoT1zx22m0I/TyQWoJgEduI/AAAAAAAAABU/MmPGN1nBAso/s320/motivatorbd3e3993d9b6e22ababcc2da73d512dd7a457fb7.jpg

Tool 5

So for the first tool - I used this wordle, which I think would really work well in most areas. It is an interesting way to intrigue kids



We always do Character and musical goals for each year --- I think that that this will really diplay that to all.

Tool 4

I just created a new form using Google Docs to see if my friends know my taste in music. I wish I had known about this just a week ago. I think that we can use google docs for numerous items around this campus

Even better, as a district I can use this for collecting our forms for Solo and ensemble.

Tool 3

I like this tool - I think that this will be very helpful if I want students to either listen or to watch a performance or some bowing style.  The first is a Janacek which we are performing at UIL

This is also Janacek, performed by a high school - sometimes I think that it is important to have students watch other students to see how they perform

The second is the London Symphony performing Vaughan Williams, which is great since we are performing his work for UIL in another group.

I think that this will also be good if I find video of strings performing so my kids can watch what their bows are doing.