This is a discussion by New York Times columnist, David Brooks, and Kathy Fletcher, and the director of Turnaround Arts Initiative about the important work that Turnaround Arts does through the strategic use of the Arts. The discussion talks about how music facilitates brain development, why certain things in music leave people fascinated, and what magic music brings to emotion. The discussion also unfolds how the Arts, and music education in pArticular opens the student's mind to memorisation. David Brooks says "Students understand better when topics are introduced through music". I agree with that because most students become more alert when a topic is introduced through song and it fosters the interest of students. Therefore we need Arts to succeed in education. A lot of Artists came from struggling backgrounds so when they talk to children that would like to succeed in the music world but are frightened that they'll never make it, they tell them "I know what you are going through but you can make it". This encourages those children to push on and excel in the Arts. Kathy Fletcher says music boosts critical thinking and confidence which is ideal for students and they end up excelling in all other fields.
The Arts connect us all through music in a way that music created is shared all around the world. PArtnerships are created to perform music and people come together to listen to music. This makes us one.
The website for the National Core Arts Standards (2014). It includes the standards for music, dance, visual Arts, theater, and media Arts. Standards are searchable by content area and grade level. Examples of standards-based assessments are included.
The National Core Arts Standards include all of the details of the new Arts standards. These are broken into creating, performing/presenting/producing, responding, and connecting categories. The website has an attached PDF for each standard with in depth information, philosophies, and ideas that shed light on the way that these can change the way we think and teach music.
The National Core Arts Standards include all of the details of the new Arts standards. These are broken into creating, performing/presenting/producing, responding, and connecting categories. The website has an attached PDF for each standard with in depth information, philosophies, and ideas that shed light on the way that these can change the way we think and teach music.
National Core Arts Standards is a resource guide to understanding and implementing the 2014 Arts Standards. This site has several handbooks to help clarify the new standards. It even has the option to customize your own handbook.
This is the go-to website for the 2014 National Core Arts Standards. Here, all Arts educators can find official copies of content area standards, anchor standards, Model Cornerstone Assessments, history of the new standards and information on how to unpack and understand them. Some of the links for music standards route the viewer to www.nafme.org.
I attended an Arts Integration Workshop this past summer (2015), which is designed to train general education teachers how to incorporate the Arts into their lessons. This wiki has many, many examples and lesson plans for Arts or non-Art teachers to use!
Smarthistory at Khan Academy is the leading open educational resource for art history. We make high-quality introductory art history content freely available to anyone, anywhere. Smarthistory is a platform for the discipline where art historians contribute in their areas of expertise and learners come from across the globe. We offer nearly 500 videos and these are being translated into dozens of languages.
Arts Education PArtnership is an advocacy organization that allows users to understand current policies regarding Arts education at the state and national levels. The website also provides links to resources for learning about current Arts education research and advocacy.
This site advocates for music edcuation. It provides information through blogs, articles, and research. The topics of discussion include arts as a core subject, formal teacher evaluation procedure for arts classes, engaging students in music classes, and the importance of providing an arts education to every student. A nice aspect of this site is that it provides information not only in the form of text, but also graphs and charts. This makes the information presented easy to comprehend for a larger audience. Teachers can use the informaion from these research studies and blogs to ensure that their music program is genuinely helping all of the students and to educate themselves on the importance of music education/its place in todays changing views on the arts as a core subject.
Our Common Core Standards exist to support students' future success -- namely, college and career readiness.
I feel confident asserting that creativity and problem-solving skills acquired through arts training have prepared my students uniquely for their future success
These are the two biggest mental blocks I see:
I am not a musician/singer/artist myself, so I do not feel comfortable with the art forms.
There is no instructional time available to do anything "extra."
Teachers must think on their feet, modify plans on the spot, approach content from different angles, support uniqueness, and inspire and foster growth.
Think of teaching standards through the arts, not independently of the arts
Holding onto misconceptions might prevent you from unlocking your students' creativity, originality and spark for learning
Start with a standard or concept you need to address. Ask yourself the following questions, and jot down all ideas you can. Your creative brainstorming will take your students beyond worksheets and unlock your creativity as a teacher and your students' enjoyment of the learning process.
This informative Edutopia article by blogger and professor Karin Nolan encourages educators about the simplicity about integrating their current teaching approach and curriculum structure with a standards-based curriculum. You do not have be a musician to satisfy the standards either.
All points of arts integration -- from implementation in the classroom and engaging students, to linking the arts with core curriculum -- are covered in this roundup of useful Edutopia blogs, articles, and videos.
This was another great find from Dr. Bauer's resource list that provides an overview of Art History. This website is of interest to me for the natural connections of Art and music to cultural heritage, and as an IB teacher, these connections are the basis for the media script internal assessment.
Percussive Arts Society provides countless files, resources and recordings for your aspiring percussionists as well as percussion classes to provide quality instruction. The Percussive Arts Society is also a membership and subscription service as well as providing a annual conference across the country.
This is the Percussive Arts Society. This is a great resource for all of your percussion needs, including: concert, marching, world, drumset, etc. You can subscribe to PAS and receive access to their publication Percussive Notes. There are great Articles that pertain to all areas of percussion.
Resource for UF Masters in Music Education. PAS is an incredible resource for directors, especially for those that have minimal experience in teaching percussion. There is a wide variety of free lessons, information, and videos to help guide your percussion section to success.
The Percussive Arts Society is the largest organization for percussionists and drummers from all over the world. Becoming a member grants access to an extensive archive of videos, publications, and Articles related to percussion pedagogy, performance, etc. PASIC, the international convention hosted by PAS, is a multi-day event featuring percussionists and lecturers as well as networking opportunities.
The Percussive Arts Society website provides several resources for music educators. There are magazine subscriptions available as well. This site can help not only percussionists, but non-percussionist educator who are looking to find help in teaching percussion.
The U.S. National Gallery of Art hosts more than 25,000 images of famous and not-so-famous works of Art. Nearly all of the images can be downloaded and re-used for free. NGA Images also allows you to register and create online collections of images. The collections are called lightboxes.
This is a great site for finding music clip art to use for newsletters, flyers, or emails to parents. This clip art can be used in advertising and for programs like recitals as well.
ArtScan, a project of the Arts Education PArtnership, is a searchable clearinghouse of the latest state policies supporting education in and through the Arts from all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
This informative website is designed to get young students interested in the arts, namely music, theater, and dance. Designed by Canada's National arts Centre, the music section offers a wealth of information on composers, instruments, the orchestra, and other musical topics, with games and activities to deepen understanding. It also has separate pages for teachers, students, parents, and artists that have different resources.
This is a really great local event called Art and Algorithms. It's purpose is to provide a great connection between the Arts and mathematics, science, and technology. It teaches our students how to embrace the entire STEAM curriculum, and helps them make those connections in a wonderful cross-curricular event.
The Music Parents Guide is a blog centered website that focuses on educating the parents of performing arts students. The purpose of this website is to help parents with ideas of how to support their performing arts child when the parents may have very little personal music experience. This website advocates for the importance of arts in the schools and connects parents to various resources pertaining to music education.
This website, from the National Association for Music Education, highlights the "Top Most Read Music Education Blogs of 2016." The blogs pertain to various topics including the benefits of the arts, lesson planning, concert etiquette, music technology, and classroom management.
The purpose if this site it to create easy access to the most read blogs of 2016 in one location. Topics such as: What Students Have to Gain From the Arts, Effective Lesson Planning for the Secondary Choral Director, 3 Reasons Music and Arts Education is a Shining Light, Music Teacher Resumes Revisited: Planning, Creating, and Maintaining, Ten Tips to Transform a Flutist into a Piccoloist, Teaching Concert Etiquette, How to Teach Your Students the Attention They Need to Succeed...etc. are explored. All these topic are related to student success in the music classroom.
PBS is always a great resource. Here there educational programs that are easily attainable for the classroom. There are subtopics that can be picked that are related to the arts. A little tidbit, by high school (East Lansing High School) of East Lansing Michigan was part of season 1 Forte.
PBS is always a great resource. Here there educational programs that are easily attainable for the classroom. There are subtopics that can be picked that are related to the arts. A little tidbit, by high school (East Lansing High School) of East Lansing Michigan was part of season 1 Forte.
Leaffcutter John is a ground breaking artist who experiments with electronics and music. He is in the line between a pop electronic composer and an avant garde electronic composer. Not formally trained in music (he has a degree in arts), he sought the possibilities of computers to produce multimedia art. I copied one of his successful gadgets which has 16 photocells that interact with a music software (Max/Msp).