I am just de-compressing from a wonderful ICE (Illinois Computing Educators) conference. I had the honor of presenting with my students, two sessions. iPods and iTouches in the Classroom and Lazertron.net I took thirteen students grades fourth through seventh grade to present and “wow” the audience. They were amazing and they loved being with “their”
Upon my reflection of IMEA (Illinois Music Educators Association) I am always charged, energized, and completely exhausted. I feel that music education is at the brink of complete change and now is the time to be the change. Ironically, that one the title of one of the songs presented at the Jazz Concert Friday night,
It was great connecting with newbies on the social networking scene at the Midwest Clinic; hopefully others will jump on the bandwagon and see how it will improve their teaching. It only takes one single step, that is how I started. My first step was delicious, then twitter, then…. the rest is history. Let’Scommunicate Publish
Carol Broos is working for the Golden Apple Foundation using her arts and technology background as the Technology Coordinator. Her passion is to bring infuse music and technology together in education. She recently retired after thirty-three years of teaching music grades kindergarten through eighth grade in Illinois.
She is on the SET Connections Board, Chair of the Golden Apple Foundation Academy Board, and Poster Co-chair for the Illinois Computing Educators.
2009 Apple Distinguished Educator
2009 Illinois Music Teacher of the Year
2008 Golden Apple Fellow
2006 Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund Teacher
She is a member of the Advisory Board of the Music Educators Journal for NAfME. She hosts a podcast show on EdReach.us called aRTs Roundtable that posts on Wednesdays, where arts educators discuss current issues involving the arts and technology.
