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New technologies are shedding light on what really makes adolescents tick—and providing clues on how we might reach them better.

Education colleges and teacher preparation programs are creating new incentives to lure students, hoping to reverse years of enrollment declines and fill classroom vacancies.

Integrating popular music into the humanities curriculum.

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The Story Of Bridge Over Troubled WaterListen to Simon and Garfunkel: https://simonandgarfunkel.lnk.to/listen_YDSubscribe to the official Simon and Garfunkel...

Learn how to write song lyrics for the first time with these five steps from singer and songwriter Andrea Stolpe at Berklee Online.

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. Emotional responses to music: Individual or universal?Have you ever...

In the latest episode of 'Tech Effects,' we investigated how music gets into our brains—and our bodies.

The so-called ‘Mozart effect’ is a case study in how research can get distorted and overstated in the public imagination

This is a guest post written by Elisabeth (Lisi) Bottoms. Why teach body percussion?Body percussion is found in almost every musical culture - from the Austrian/Bavarian Schuhplattler to Palmas

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The home of Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS). FInd more information on PBIS, how to implement PBIS, get resources and materials, and how to get support. Funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) and the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE), the Technical Assistance Center on PBIS supports schools, districts, and states to build systems capacity for implementing a multi-tiered approach to social, emotional and behavior support. The broad purpose of PBIS is to improve the effectiveness, efficiency and equity of...

Many music teachers are sharing plans to add more rhythm lessons to their curriculum this fall since these exercises can be conducted in all sorts of scenarios. Students can practice rhythm skills whether they are home, physically distant in class, or in small groups. Plus, in the long run practicing rhythm has many benefits. Percussion […]

Form : Moving the various segments around, layering patterns, working in a round. Perform body percussions as a Symphony (a whole group working together) a Concerto ( a soloist with the group...

Bucket drumming is a really engaging activitiy for your music classes. It’s inexpensive to equip a classroom with buckets and sticks, and they are easy to stack and store, so bucket drumming is an activity that’s accessible to all. Buckets: What kind of buckets should you get? You can use all shapes and sizes of […]

Sharing ideas and resources for teaching elementary music.

Playing bucket drums is a fun way to practice percussion. You can achieve a unique sound by striking different parts of the bucket. Many people make extra money by playing their bucket drums on the street, in subway stations, or at...

NAfME provides free curriculum units for the Music Responding Standards, courtesy of the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources grant.

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A collection of a number of our published works on the ways in which music affects our brains, moods and interactions.

How do you engage and teach middle and high school students online in general music or high school music appreciation classes? How can you make your sessions more interactive so students aren't sitting and listening the entire time? How do you ensure students are present without The answers to all of these questions and more are in this presentation session. You will learn the rules for engagement, how to set up and use Nearpod, and how to engage students right in Zoom(or whatever virtual platform your school uses). Make a copy of my slides: http://bit.ly/onlinesecondarymusic Make a copy of the Nearpod activity: https://share.nearpod.com/e/8CzBnlMEK9 Secondary General Music & Music Appreciation was previously presented and recorded on 9/9/2020. Teaching Music Online: A Comprehensive Guide for K-12 Music Educators is available now through F-Flat Books: https://fflat-books.com/product/teach...

Harry Frankfurt is an American philosopher and author of the New York Times Best Seller "On Bullshit". Although first conceived as an essay over 30 years ago, his theory on bullshit is more relevant than ever before. BULLSHIT! aims to further our understanding of what bullshit is, why there's so much of it, and how it can be a greater enemy to the truth than lies.

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