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5 Strategies for Optimal Zoom Room Engagement

5 Strategies for Optimal Zoom Room Engagement By NAfME Members Angela Ammerman and Jacob Kohut   Since the beginning of the incorporation of music as a course of study in…

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Vision Boards, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and a Surprise

Vision Boards, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and a Surprise When One Teacher Didn’t Throw Away Her Shot By NAfME Member Lesley Moffat   Online band is hard.  In an environment where students…

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What Music Has Meant to My Students

What Music Has Meant to My Students Live from Room 218 By NAfME Member Joseph Rutkowski This school year in Room 218 at John L. Miller – Great Neck North…

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Classroom Learning vs. Distance Learning in the Music Classroom

Classroom Learning vs. Distance Learning in the Music Classroom Seven Benefits of Distance Learning to Consider By Darin Au NAfME Council for Guitar Education Western Division Representative Ah, distance learning.…

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Developing a New “3 Rs” Approach to Education in a Post-COVID-19 World

Developing a New “3 Rs” Approach to Education in a Post-COVID-19 World Refine, Re-Focus, Re-Ignite By NAfME Member David Knott This article first appeared on David Knott’s “Radical Music Education”…

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The Promise of Artistic Process

The Promise of Artistic Process Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Aligns the Standards By NAfME Members Scott Edgar, Fran Kick, and Lori Schwartz Reichl   “An ounce of performance is worth…

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Lesson Planning for a Year of Uncertainty

Lesson Planning for a Year of Uncertainty By NAfME Member Elizabeth Caldwell This blog was first published on “Organized Chaos.” Lesson planning and curriculum development for general music is difficult…

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Lessons from the Pandemic

Lessons from the Pandemic High School Teaching   By NAfME Member Brendan Finucane This article was first published on the Chromawheel blog.   The transition to distance learning necessitated by…

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NAfME Supports Arts Coalition Study on Effects of COVID-19

  NAfME Supports Arts Coalition Study on Effects of COVID-19 on Return to the Rehearsal Hall November 13, 2020, update now available. NAfME is supporting a new study on the…

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Moving to Online Learning

Moving to Online Learning A Few “Jabs” to “Hook” You Up with a Knock-Out Plan  By NAfME Member David Knott  This blog first appeared on David Knott’s “Radical Music Education”…

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