Musicnet Summary to 16 March 2018 : Virtual Learning Network

Kia ora tātou,

Yesterday I led a MENZA Music Technology Training Day in New Plymouth. Teachers traveled from far and wide (the furthest was 6 ½ hours!) to learn, share and find out more about how to use Music Technology in their own classroom and school. The day began with this quote from D Sadler’s 2007 article “Perils in the meticulous specification of goals and assessment criteria”

“Learners can be said to have learned something when three conditions are satisfied.

They must be able to do, on demand, something they could not do before.
They have to be able to do it independently of particular others, those others being primarily the teacher and members of a learning group (if any).
And they must be able to do it well. Assessment of learning should be directed towards gathering evidence for for this.”

A succinct small quote to reflect on in your teaching for next week perhaps.

Summary to 16 March 2018

General (for all Music Levels)

Lyn is looking for research comparing a real teacher with youtube.
Great TEDx on the beatboxer Tom Thum, who is performing tomorrow in New Plymouth at WOMAD.
What fun/participation choirs are there in WLG for a student to join?
A backing track for the NZ National Anthem was shared in anticipation for ANZAC day. Some other resources were linked from the Teacher Resource Exchange.

Primary/Intermediate

Tim is still on the lookout for piano, uke and guitar assessment templates.

Secondary

How long do you spend on 1.6 Music works?
Digital Moderation tweaks and changes have been shared. Do read them as it’s now easier!
Lisa is looking for a ITM job description template.

Professional Development/Concerts/Competitions

Applications for the Ableton Live and Push 1 training course close on Monday.
Musical Futures only has 5 places left for their PD in AKL.
Today is the last day for the early bird price for the April Orff workshops in Hamilton.
Unlocking Musical Potential in AKL 26 April.
NZ Chamber Music entries are due 2nd April. Also there a number of great concert packages for schools for their touring concerts.
The next NZ School of Music YMP Composition class is on the 20th March.