The Noisy Room Down the Hall

As my students did their Genius Hour projects this year, I've been working on my own. It's something I've wanted to do for...

Progress! Students are working hard on their projects. This year seems to be going better than last, and a lot of that has to do with having...

Student projects are already starting to take shape and I've gotten to start working on my inventory project as well. Student projects...

One of my favorite times of year has come. We're starting Genius Hour projects again! Last year was the first time we tried this and it...

I'm making some headway on my list of new things to try this year.  One of the techy ones was to create an interactive word wall using a...

Just like people post about goals on their social media so that others check in and hold them accountable, I'm going to try the same ide...

Portfolios have come and gone and come again over the years as a way to track student growth. For our non-music colleagues, these were a lit...

Ah, the practice minute log. Few topics will bring up as heated a discussion among instrumental teachers as grading students for minutes pra...

It's a common conundrum for music ed teachers to want (or have) to incorporate more technology usage into their classes. It can be espe...

This really applies to all educators, but it often seems that music educators need an extra nudge to interact with people outside our specia...

I've written about using Google Classroom before , but I'm seeing more and more conversations about it in places like the Band Direc...

OK.  I've finally caved.  Instagram it is.  Now that I teach only middle school and many of my students are only allowed on Instagram bu...

You've heard it before.  "If we don't share our story, someone else will."  Using social media is a powerful and easy way ...

A little while back, a director wrote a post in the Facebook Band Directors' Group asking about policies regarding cell phones in the b...