Music and Multimedia Summer Institute.....Pre-Institute Session, Monday

Today is Day One of an exciting, fun-filled week of learning how to  integrate technology into the music classroom. I am enrolled in the Music and Multimedia Summer Institute at Champlain College in Burlington, VT and I've opted to do an independent study using Finale and SmartMusic tools that will begin tomorrow but..........for today I'm learning some of the basics of blogging and SmartMusic in two pre-institute sessions. Our instructor for the blogging session has given us some great tips on how to get started so I'm putting all of this info to good use and implementing my first ever blog.

I can see this blog spot as a great communication tool for students, parents and even my colleagues. I constantly struggle with lack of time to connect with my colleagues at the two elementary schools where I teach and now I will have a way of knowing what is going on in their classroom and they can see what is going on in the music room.

Pictures are a great way to share what's happening in the classroom and sometimes all it takes is a quick photo to let the world know what is happening in your "music world". Since it's summertime and I'm not at school I thought I'd share the beautiful view from my classroom window today.

Wouldn't you know....we've had a very rainy start of summer in Vermont but today is absolutely spectacular!!! A beautiful view of Lake Champlain in the distance....hazy, hot and humid....summer at it's finest.

Here's a photo of the Samuel de Champlain statue who is on the lookout in front of our "home" for the week, Joyce Learning Center...