nafmeadmin.
nafmeadminI really tried to get the scheduling this year with my 7/8 grade band to work out so that they traded off days with winds and percussionists coming to class. They have the class opposite a study skills class and already rotate out with choir so I thought it would work but it wouldn’t. I student taught at a much bigger school where the winds and percussionists in seventh grade were a separate class and I really saw the value (especially for the percussionists because they often get ignored in the back and then goof off) of having the groups separated. I would like to be able to still do this within my classroom on alternating days. I am asking for ideas of what to do with the group I am not working with on the day they are not playing. I have thought of them just bringing homework and getting participation points for doing it, but I don’t know about this. I might be able to get some computers in the room that kids could be on (but no internet). Does anyone know of free or cheap music software that could be downloaded and used without an internet connection. Something where students could be self directed and need little help from me.
Or if anyone has any other ideas of self directed activities the kids could be working on so I am with the other group. The point is to free me up as much as possible to be with the group that is playing, so I don’t want something that is going to take a lot of instruction and guidance from me.
I would appreciate any ideas.
Thanks
nafmeadminIf you have access to Ipads, I would recommend checking out some of the apps for those. I would say that the students should be working on some type of music related work. Some things they could do is make sure their music is numbered and key signature is marked. Hope these ideas help.
nafmeadminI definitely do not have access to ipads. I am in a very small very poor district. But I definitely would like to have them doing something music related!
Christopher M. Johnson, Professor of Music Education and Music Therapy, is currently the Chair of the Music Education and Music Therapy Department and Director of the Music Research Institute at the University of Kansas. Johnson earned his Ph.D. from the Florida State University.
Since his arrival at The University of Kansas, Johnson has taught courses in Instrumental Conducting, Teaching Instrumental Music, Managing Behaviors in the Music Environment, Psychology and Acoustics of Music, and Research Methods in Music Education and Music Therapy. Johnson served two terms as the editor of the International Journal of Music Education: Research, the research publication of the International Society for Music Education. He is currently serving his second term on the National Association for Music Educations Executive Committee of the Society for Research in Music Education. He also served on the editorial board of the Journal of Research in Music Education, and one earlier term as the Chair for the MENC Executive Committee of the Society for Research in Music Education. Johnson also served as the Chair for the Research Commission of the International Society for Music Education.
Johnson’s research interests include applied research in music education, and basic research in all aspects of the psychology of music. He has published articles in many journals including the Journal of Research in Music Education, the International Journal of Music Education, the Journal of Music Therapy, Journal of Band Research, Contributions to Music Education, and the Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, among others. Johnson has also been an active member and contributor to the Research Seminar of the International Society for Music Education and World Alliance for Arts Education.
Johnson received a university teaching award – the Ned N. Fleming Award for Excellence in Teaching and received the recognition for Graduate Teaching Achievement from the Center for Teaching Excellence. Johnson was also awarded a lecturing & research award as a J. William Fulbright Scholar and recently received the Ella Scoble Opperman Citation for Distinguished Achievement from the Florida State University College of Music.
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