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Build A Blog Online

by Julie Parsons on Mar 18, 2010

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Blog = short for weblog. A quick way to self-publish to the internet. Allows for author content and reader comment.
Students are more likely to check websites where information is constantly being updated.
Information you use often…you can post it as a link on the sidebar, or repost if needed
Information you use often…you can post it as a link on the sidebar, or repost if needed
Our students want to be more personally involved in their choral experience…no longer top-down teaching…they know more than we do about some things, we can learn from them as much as they can learn from us…they want to be KNOWN
Our students want to be more personally involved in their choral experience…no longer top-down teaching…they know more than we do about some things, we can learn from them as much as they can learn from us…they want to be KNOWN
A rhythm game helps us to physically internalize the concept of notes happening on very defined beats. It is fun, so we will keep doing it for a while, trying very hard to make sure all our "notes" are in time. This is important in choir, especially with >200 of us, because we need to change notes at exactly the same time to get a crisp, not mushy, sound.
omg.... that game is so addicting. I got a 4860 and didn't die. I think rhythm is important for so many reasons. When you are working as an ensemble, if you are not singing at the right time, it makes the whole choir sound muddy. Not good...
THIS POST IS ABOUT NOT BEING AFRAID
With this post (and as more people comment), it's quite obvious that being wrong doesn't matter in choir rehearsal. Not only do we have plenty of time to fix anything, we have time to go beyond technically correct, to transfigure our music into an artistic expression.
THIS POST IS ABOUT BUILDING COMMUNITY WITH 150 PEOPLESuggestions: dinner together, smaller groups to sing together, facebook, retreat, games, talent showTHEN SOMEONE TEACHES YOU SOMETHING YOU DIDN’T KNOW
It gives our students (choir members) a voice. Even if the rehearsal is still director-led, the members of the choir are “known” better to the director and to each other. Gives them a forum to express themselves in ways they might not be able to in the confines of the rehearsal. (Talk about tour phenomenon…that the choir really knows each other after tour is over…maybe)

Build A Blog Online — Presentation Transcript

Build-A-Blog
ACDA Northwest Conference
March 2010
blog
we
Self-publishing to the internet
Allows for author content
and reader comment
www.choralnet.org
Why blog?
Websites are “static”
Blogs are “active”
Get notified when the site changes
Get notified when the site changes
Get notified when the site changes
RSS
Really
Simple
Syndication
Gathers all the new posts into one list…
you can easily find out what’s new!
Google Reader reader.google.com
Blogs are a
“place to put things”
A “Clearinghouse” for Information
Available to anyone anywhere
(no more “I lost my syllabus”)
Once it’s done,
it’s always done
Rehearsal notes
Rehearsal notes
texts/translations/pronunciations
texts/translations/pronunciations
Venue information
Venue information
Create a culture of“Go to the Blog”
Blogs can provide a forum for
conversation
collaboration
community
How University SingersBlog
University Singers
150+ singers
100-level class
50% do not read music
~25 students’ first choir experience
75% turnover each quarter
Wider Goals
Basics of healthy singing
Learning to sing together
(result: performance)
Application to “real life”
Blogs can provide a forum for
conversation
collaboration
community
Conversation
Conversation
Daniel Miller said...
A rhythm game helps us to physically internalize the concept of notes happening on very defined beats. It is fun, so we will keep doing it for a while, trying very hard to make sure all our "notes" are in time. This is important in choir, especially with >200 of us, because we need to change notes at exactly the same time to get a crisp, not mushy, sound.
Conversation
David LorenceSchleiffers said...
omg.... that game is so addicting. I got a 4860 and didn't die. I think rhythm is important for so many reasons. When you are working as an ensemble, if you are not singing at the right time, it makes the whole choir sound muddy. Not good...
Conversation
Conversation
Teddy N. said...
With this post (and as more people comment), it's quite obvious that being wrong doesn't matter in choir rehearsal. Not only do we have plenty of time to fix anything, we have time to go beyond technically correct, to transfigure our music into an artistic expression.
Collaboration
Collaboration
Collaboration
Collaboration
Community
Community
Using the blog to enhance the wider goals of the group has broadened the choral experience.
Cherry Aasen
Rita Marable
Grace Rosenstiel
Nathan Silpakit
ACDA GOESBOLDLY FORWARD!

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