In a previous SmartMusic blog post I shared some actionable tips for flipping the ensemble classroom. Today I’d like to focus on the history and efficacy of flipping the classroom and share a few tips to get started or to take your flipping to the next level.
A Free Lesson Plan for Using Differentiation with SmartMusic
How do you take a performance of a wind band standard to the next level? Inevitably, the answer involves phrasing, dynamics, and musicality.
Using Differentiated Instruction with Free Tech Tools
Do you need a lesson plan that illustrates how you’re using differentiated instruction in your classroom? We’ve created a free lesson plan you can use with SmartMusic’s free version.
Using Differentiated Instruction in Music Lesson Plans
Yesterday we talked about how incorporating differentiated instruction into your classroom can help meet student needs, empower them, and help them learn new skills faster.
Differentiated Instruction in the Music Classroom
What if there was a way to make your classroom more efficient, save you time, and better communicate with your administrator all at once?
Incorporating Methods in Your Lesson Planning: Free Lesson Plan
Young instrumentalists spend lots of time with their method books. How do you make sure that these books are addressing state standards, keeping students engaged, and helping them progress?
Replacing Learning Objectives with Learning Targets
In the arts, a great work may begin without a clear end in mind—the splashes of color or the arcs of sound seemingly emerging from the artist or performer spontaneously.
Tips from an Administrator: Improve Your Lesson Plan with Questions
As an administrator, my goals are straightforward. First, I make sure the students are safe. Second, I make sure students are getting the knowledge and skills they need from every class.
Lesson Planning for Music Teachers
Why create lesson plans? After all, music ensembles are largely judged on their performances – at concerts, at festivals, at contests, and at school assemblies.
Helping Students Deal with Stage Fright
Students are often surprised to learn that music educators experience stage fright, too. “Teachers are supposed to have the answers,” they think!