The k12online conference is about to start and I am honored to be a part of it this year. When I saw that they had a strain called “student voices,” I jumped on the opportunity for my students to share their stories, innovation, and creativity to others. Sharing and showing others how you do something,
I did not compose in high school and only composed ONE song in college. The emphasis was on playing or singing the compositions/songs with a director or conductor. The only creativity was the practice order of the director, no creativity on my part, it really wasn’t discussed. If you wanted to be creative, learn jazz.
The academic world wants the arts to be just like them. Some of us, as music teachers, have embraced this philosophy by having classes during the school day, tests, and even finals. As many of you know, I believe in performance, creativity, and composing. This doesn’t really fall into any academic world. Let it be
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.
