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Celebrate Learning- Convene in Richmond BC to learn how song works in the classroom for academic success
Sunday, February 05, 2012
The role of voice in classrooms is being newly appreciated
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Want to beat the odds- get together with other educators and sing in your classrooms.
MusicEdventures 20th conference, March 1-3, gathers international educators in Richmond BC to build literacy and school success through singing! Celebrate Learning- call goes out to gather in BC and celebrate the potential we can evoke in children and ourselves. Get enormous value- join with other educators and share the wealth of evidence based research and years of building cohorts and researching communities and find out how to bring tools and solutions to your teaching day. Booo- mer- ang…..fun into your pedagogy and word play, harmony, and pulse into enlivening your students outcomes. In an urban dictionary, the word ohana means no body gets left behind. As a meta- story, this can also include a close group of friends or class that resemble a family. In the classroom, in this sense becomes the opportunity of leaving no one behind. As a course of action this is our greatest opportunity, but often educators feel overwhelmed and undersupported. What better way to celebrate learning than to plan a professional development trip to hone new skills for collaborative classroom management and to drive creativity? Whether an music teacher, early classroom educator, or classroom teacher, you might be looking for ways to raise student achievement and contentment. A short trip to a conference might be just the ticket that will connect you to colleagues and build new content, new techniques and new repetoire that changes the timbre and climate of your school. Finding an abiding passion that makes learning an adventure and renews a sense of community through singing, inspiring youth, and stimulating learning is a terrific way to start this seedling year. This conference assists educators and child development specialists and workers to connecti to nourishing concepts and make new friends. On March 1-3 in Richmond BC, you can find new solutions to classroom quandries by visiting British Columbia and from Thursday at 10am to Saturday at 3pm, at the Executive Airport Hotel Plaza, 604-278-5555 for reservations you can attend the educational professional development conference that Music Edventures offering. "Celebrate Learning", is the title of its 20th conference showcasing SoundWorks as a foundation for general literacy, academic skills in language, and music literacy (www.musicedventures.org). For pricing and workshop info, click on the website. This residential professional conference focuses on dynamic learning through voice, music, and song techniques. At the onset of a new academic year, teachers can rebalance beyond scarity and district regrouping by finding new resources for learning from pioneer teachers gathering from Canada, the United States and Japan. Drs. Peggy Bennett, Douglas Bartholomew, Fleurette Sweeney, Anna Langness, Tony Williamson, and others will empower teachers to find the ingeniuity, craft, and renewed confidence while spreading tools and techniques that will to help students invent and actualize who they are. As place where Arts education in 2012 is alive and well, this program series will help new and active teachers to understand the vital community that harmonizes through music and application in a classroom or after school. Beyond issues here and now, attendees will find resources to build or evoke a unifying culture where learning is stmulated through the power of voice, music and storytelling. Visual and Performing Arts Standards describe interventions that transform a classroom into an experiential space where for a short time children and teens can look at their world a new way. Although at work, it is not always possible to find a safe place to find out how to make such rubrics and scaffolding come alive and practice, at this conference, it's the perfect place to ask questions and find tools to make such practicum come alive. What better way to celebrate learning new skills from the musical arts for a more harmonious classroom than to plan a trip to hone skills as a music teacher, early classroom educator, or classroom teacher to a conference that will connect you to colleagues and build new content, new technique and new repetoire to make learning an adventure and renew a sense of community through singing, inspiring youth, and stimulating learning. Traditions of Music Making, Social Music, and Recreational Songwriting/Singing: http://www.cmnonline.org/ www.musicedventures.org Research on School Readiness, Language and Music and Child Development: http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/10/SchoolReadiness/apb2.shtml https://www.msu.edu/~sullivan/AdornoMusLangFrag.html http://www.zerotothree.org/reprints Songworks and Music Edventures Websites: http://www.peggydbennett.com http://www.musicedventures.org Reaching learners with different kinds of minds and capacities: article: Approaching Literacy with AAC Graphics, McNaugton and Lindsay, Oise, Toronto Teaching Skills: article: http://isec2005.org/isec/abstracts/papers_j/justice_l.shtml (classroom day) Don't worry about being rejected, write: blog: http://www.authorsden.com/categories/article_top.asp?catid=23&id=36264 Charles Dickens wrote about child labor and social context: history of the author: http://www.dickens2012.org/ http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/flexicontent/item/33552-charles-dickens-200th-birthday-celebrated/ Web as community: various resources http://www.hickorytech.net/~cshirk/k-12music/ http://www.calmusiced.com/links.htm http://www.soundpiper.com/cpiper/merlmenu.htm http://www.yamaha.com/educatorconcierge/concierge.asp http://printmusic.org/ http://playsinglaugh.com/courses http://communitymusicschool.org/group_classes/ http://www.peripole.com/about_partners http://kalanimusic.com/music-therapy-advocacy/ http://www.airsplace.ca/node/70 http://www.teacherscount.org/ http://www.international-iccc.org/ http://www.rolandmusiced.com/company/educators.php http://www.isme.org/ Conferences: http://www.isme.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=43&Itemid=26 www.csinstitute.org/~csinstit/en-us/division-of-education Special events: http://www.timeisnowsummit.com/time-is-now/ New ideas: http://www.voicesofyouth.org/posts/unicef-plans-to-expand-innovative-pre-school-programme New tools: www.livescribe.com http://www.zoom.co.jp/english/products/h4/ Theory: http://lacountyartsforall.org/ Grants: http://www.cac.ca.gov/index.php http://laartsed.org/about.aspx ask Music Edventures.org about a Diane Lukas Grant for next year! Recreational Music Making trainings coming up: www.remo.com http://www.drumcircle.com/ http://www.remo.com/portal/hr/index.html Evidence based trainings locally: http://www.cvent.com/events/healthrhythms-trainings-valencia/staff-122ddba5ff3546989835964968c1bf8a.aspx Background on concepts from Fleurette Sweeney: http://www.musicedventures.org/songworks/Sing%20in%20the%20education%20of%20children.htm Travel Discount tickets for students and teachers: www.statravel.com www.uclaartsandhealing.net/training.aspx http://uclartsandhealing.net/Eventdetails.aspx?id=214 Cynthyny Lebo
Director
New Education Options, Inc
Sherman Oaks, CA
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