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An example would be the student tweeting,“ I can clap this rhythm pattern,” which is followed by a video of the rhythm pattern( no faces in my tweets) with the student performing the pattern. This tweet shows the student writing, the student’ s knowledge, and the student’ s performance. It will take some time to get some classrooms and people following us, but in the meantime, the engagement of the learning process is one that would be very meaningful to the students. Eventually, having other students tweet us back will encourage the students’ reading and comprehension skills. This inspired me so much that I created my music class’ s twitter account that I unveiled to the parents this past fall.
• What do you need to create a classroom Twitter account( https:// twitter. com /)? o A computer with internet access o An email address to associate with the account o Choose a profile name o Two pictures so that one is the cover photo and one is the profile picture o Complete a bio o Add a website address( optional) o Follow some classrooms o Begin tweeting o Add hashtags to bring people to your classroom twitter account such as # mused or # elemus
A Classroom Music Blog
Another way to connect your music classroom globally is to have your music classroom blog regularly. I am not talking about you, the music educator, blogging about your class, though this is a very useful tool for other music educators. There are numerous excellent blogs written by music educators for music educators( to see a list, check out my website, amymburns. com, click on Websites / Resources, and then click on Networks( Music Ed)). I am talking about your students blogging about their music classroom. The question that arises is;“ I have limited time with my students, so how would we accomplish blogging during the music class?” This question is a valid one. I am not suggesting to blog every class. An example would be having the students write a reflection at the end of the unit and those reflections are the blog post. Or ask the students an essential musical question and the students’ answers are the focus of the blog post. If your students are too young to write, then a video blog, or a vlog, would work. If you cannot show their faces for privacy reasons, then have them produce audio samples on the blog. A blog is a great way to get your classroom curriculum onto your parents’ mobile devices. Though many schools have classrooms blogging through their own websites, when you can blog outside the school network so that you can connect your classroom globally, you add another layer of learning for your students.
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