Tips+for+using+blogs+in+the+music+classroom

Tips for using blogs in the music classroom 1. A way to get technology into the music classroom is to get the students to create a blog for their HSC course compositions portfolio, instead of a folder. This way, students and teachers can view other student’s folios, comment and provide feedback for the music created. Students can include scanned scores, information about where creative ideas originated, sound files and links to useful websites. 2. Blogs can be used as a way for students to review albums they have listened to, in the classroom and at home. This will provide other students linked to the blog with information about other albums, and show the teacher the types of music the students are engaging in. Students are then free to comment and interact about the albums. 3. Instead of setting written assignments, students can do musicology research on different composers, styles or genres and arrange the information onto blog postings. This will show student’s progress throughout assignments, and give other students a chance to comment, and share websites of information. 4. The teacher can post lessons and review tips of students to review the lesson or for students that are absent from class. This allows the students to log onto the blog from home, catch up on their work, and discuss the lesson’s work with their parents. 5. Below is a screenshot of a website I found that had some blog ideas in different faculties of education.


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