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Culturally Relevant and Responsive Teaching: The Education Alliance

Resources for culturally responsive teaching created by Geneva Gay

Article in Arts Education Policy Review by Joe Shively "Over the past twenty years, constructivism, as a theory of learning, has taken on an increasingly important role in music education. Efforts to shift music education toward a more constructivist practice have significant implications for policymaking at all levels of music education. In this article, I seek to recalibrate our thinking about what it might or might not mean to take a constructivist teaching stance in the music classroom. Building on constructivism as a theory of learning, I revisit its principles and their implications for our work with learners, the nature of knowledge, and the musics and musical experiences we bring into our classrooms. Further, I consider how constructivism has informed music education reform efforts. Throughout, I discuss ways in which a constructivist view of learning and teaching might better inform our professional practice by finding a balance between progressive and traditional views of music education. Through this, we can find a constructivist view that is more resonant with music educators."

EFF's Teaching Copyright curriculum was created to help teachers present the laws surrounding digital rights in a balanced way. Teaching Copyright provides lessons and ideas for opening your classroom up to discussion, letting your students express their ideas and concerns, and then guiding your students toward an understanding of the boundaries of copyright law.

Comprehensive YouTube for Schools provides schools access to hundreds of thousands of free educational videos from YouTube EDU. These videos come from well-known organizations like Stanford, PBS and TED as well as from up-and-coming YouTube partners with millions of views, like Khan Academy, Steve Spangler Science and Numberphile. Customizable You can customize the content available in your school. All schools get access to all of the YouTube EDU content, but teachers and administrators can also create playlists of videos that are viewable only within their school's network. School-appropriate School admins and teachers can log in and watch any video, but students cannot log in and can only watch YouTube EDU videos plus videos their school has added. All comments and related videos are disabled and search is limited to YouTube EDU videos. Teacher-friendly YouTube.com/Teachers has hundreds of playlists of videos that align with common educational standards, organized by subject and grade. These playlists were created by teachers for teachers so you can spend more time teaching and less time searching.

Welcome to Portraits of Practice: Construction Zones for Musical Understanding. The purpose of this site is to share with others my work, as a music teacher, that is grounded in constructivist theory of learning. Visit The Journey, a collection of experiences and moments of discovery that have informed my beliefs about teaching and learning. Explore Project Design, a collection of ideas that can be put into practice to create a holistic and constructive learning environment for musical understanding. Observe Frameworks that are used to scaffold learning. Look in on Portraits to view project designs and artifacts., watch students realizing their musical knowledge and skill as they engage in collaborative problem-solving. Visit the Archive to view classroom documents and students involved in collaborative problem-solving. Learn More about the theory and research that supports and validates constructive learning experiences for students in our classrooms. Phil Greco Music Teacher Farmingdale Public Schools Farmingdale, NY

Processing is an open source programming language and environment for people who want to create images, animations, and interactions. Initially developed to serve as a software sketchbook and to teach fundamentals of computer programming within a visual context, Processing also has evolved into a tool for generating finished professional work. Today, there are tens of thousands of students, artists, designers, researchers, and hobbyists who use Processing for learning, prototyping, and production. * » Free to download and open source * » Interactive programs using 2D, 3D or PDF output * » OpenGL integration for accelerated 3D * » For GNU/Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows * » Projects run online or as double-clickable applications * » Over 100 libraries extend the software into sound, video, computer vision, and more... * » Well documented, with many books available

"Tara Brabazon talks with Elizabeth van de Sande about her deployment of podcasting in high school teaching. Liz discusses the function of podcasting in assessment, reflection on assessment and the creation of confidence in students. "

Edutopia project-based learning info site: "Why Teach with Project-Based Learning? Project-based learning is a dynamic approach to teaching in which students explore real-world problems and challenges. With this type of active and engaged learning, students are inspired to obtain a deeper knowledge of the subjects they're studying."

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Information on social constructivism - Beaumie Kim The University of Georgia

Guiding principles and suggestions for developing rubrics

Guiding principles for developing rubrics