I just finished five shows with five different casts consisting of 149 middle school students. Many fellow educators are amazed that I have that many shows with that many students. Many times they say “You need to cut, you can’t have that many students on stage, it’s crazy.” Well, here is my story. I LOVE
I just finished five shows with five different casts consisting of 149 middle school students. Many fellow educators are amazed that I have that many shows with that many students. Many times they say “You need to cut, you can’t have that many students on stage, it’s crazy.” Well, here is my story. I LOVE
I love the interaction I have on the internet. But, it is becoming more apparent that the people who study music (musicians) are not creating music on really important sites. One of my biggest “pet peeves” is a non-musician (a person who just uses technology to compose) is creating music or worse yet, teaching composition.
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.
