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Let Students Fly Faster In Composition, Get Out Of Their Way


There is not a day that goes by that I either I get over twitter/plurk teachers looking for royalty-free music or if I have any original music for others to use.  Since I teach fourth through eighth grade music and all my students create and compose I am a bit perplexed. My students compose so

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GarageBand, not GarbageBand Class at VanderCook


I have presented this topic many times and even written an article about it. GarageBand is part of iLife program on the Mac (Yes, only Apple) It seems odd that I have been teaching GarageBand for eight years and still people don’t really know how to compose using this program, or some of the compositions

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Email Protocols


As we begin a new year, more and more parents, students, teachers, and administrators become more digital communicators. There are some “techie” rules I would like to state. Communication in the digital age IS a 21st century skill. NOTHING replaces f2f (face-to-face) or simply picking up the phone and call. But, many schools still rely

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