Kristine Yang's MUE6696 Blog

I really enjoyed the materials of this week because they addressed many teacher duties that can be frustrating and time consuming. However, with the use of technology, many of these tasks can be efficiently done in an organized manner. I actually spent a great deal of time at work this week doing administrative tasks so the materials were extremely relevant. For example, I am in the process of collecting instruments back from students and recording their serial numbers and conditions. The use of Google sheets has been extremely helpful in this process. The assignment with Google forms made me think of different ways in which I would like use it in my classroom. It seems like a great, flexible tool to use for creating tests and quizzes. I especially thought about Google forms the other day when I was entering incoming student information (name, instrument, contact information) and was really struggling to read handwriting. I thought that if they had entered this information through Goo

I found many ideas in this week’s materials that are important to my thoughts on teaching. I was especially interested in the discussions on Driscoll’s framework and its descriptions on the different ways people learn. I also liked the ideas on how different technologies can enhance the contextual, social, active, and reflective  elements of learning.  With contextual and social learning, I think technology can play a significant role. I can see how instant access to recordings, videos, and playlists can be useful in showing students examples of music relevant to what they are learning. Students also can use technology to share their music with others. My teaching setting can be isolating for both my students and me. I travel to 5 schools each week, teaching about 30 students at each school. Because I am only in a school once a week, I really have to work to feel in touch with the rest of the school community. My 30 students at each school are the select few who play an instrument