Today was a day of multi-tasking at its best. A little collaborative singing game sharing with the colleagues in my classroom, sharing of Notebook files and power point files via Google drive (why reinvent the wheel right?), along with some more good work on my project in Finale.
I can honestly say that today was the first day that my brain was beginning to think like the FINALE program. I was finally getting it!!! My mantra for the day.... "What would Finale do?" helped me resolve some little hurdles and make some more progress with the software. I'm sure that there is more to uncover in the program and al of that will come in due time.
I must admit that at the beginning of the week I had a goal to complete more work in Finale by creating files for my elementary classroom and middle school and high school choral groups but as the week progressed I realized that wasn't going to happen. Not necessarily a bad thing because I knew when I began the week that my goal was lofty. The positive things that have happened as a result of all of the sharing and networking are what I have enjoyed the most. These discussions and sharing sessions have rejuvenated me and made me eager to return to school to implement some of the ideas that have been shared..
Towards the end of the day we all enjoyed a lively presentation by Jim Frankel, from MusicFirst, who shared information about solutions for every music classroom with cloud computing. His high energy and humor made for a great end of the day activity. This is the FUTURE of technology for sure....get ready, we are already on our way! Cloud computing is very appealing for a multitude of reasons, here are just a few:
- no updates
- accessibility for all students
- no IT support needed
- tablet ready
- price (average pricing $200/subscription for 150 students)
- Music Delta (music history curriculum) http://www.musicdelta.com/
- Charanga http://charanga.com/
- Focus On Sound (instruments and soundwords) http://www.focusonsound.com/
- Musition - coming soon
- Auralia - coming soon
More discussion about these cloud computing options on another day.
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