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So I started a Blog…
The #mufu2014 conference was awesome. Once again Musical Futures organised an amazing 2 day event bringing over 50 teachers and educators together. David Price (@DavidPriceOBE) started off day 1 of the...
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The #mfpilot2013 #mufu2014 Mashup
If you don’t know about Musical Futures then this might all seem a bit weird. Head to their website www.musicalfutures.org to find out more. Got an iPad? Check out their new app, essential for music...
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How I’ve been using tablets in my classroom
It’s been a year since I started using iPads in my classroom. Then Android wasn’t an option because there weren’t any good music-making apps. Now there’s FL Studio and Audio Evolution Mobile to name...
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Two points of feedback about feedback I’ve learnt this week…
On Monday as part of their interview for a job, 5 music teachers observed a lesson of mine and then were each observed as they individually one at a time gave me feedback. It took over an hour. Overall...
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Music at KS3- The Million Dollar 90 Hour Question
I’d be really interested to know what a History or English teacher would do if they were told they now only have about 90 hours to teach a student their subject before they potentially never study it...
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A New Adventure, A New Curriculum. Part I
In August I’m moving abroad to work in a new international school, opening in September. I’m responsible for both the Junior and Senior School so that’s EYFS all the way up to year 13. An exciting but...
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A New Adventure, A New Music Curriculum. Part II
In my previous post here I explained what I thought the purpose of music at KS3 should be and what I’m aiming for when devising a curriculum. I’m using the following question to try and help me get...
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A new school and (for me) a new country
Last year I was teaching in a boys comprehensive school in London. This year I’m teaching at a new international school in Malaysia. I could go on and on about all of the things that are different...
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Assessment and feedback using mobile technology in Music
Classroom Vs Showbie… I started off trying to write a ‘Google Classroom Vs Showbie‘ post and how I’ve attempted to use them in my classroom. However I quickly realised that Google Classroom (at the...
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Assessment and feedback using mobile technology in Music
Classroom Vs Showbie… I started off trying to write a ‘Google Classroom Vs Showbie‘ post and how I’ve attempted to use them in my classroom. However I quickly realised that Google Classroom (at the...
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One year on… A new school and (for me) a new country
It’s been just over a year now since I wrote this post on starting a job in a new international school. I mentioned a pledge I made as part of a #mufuchat to create a culture where music is for all...
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Where are all the music blogs?
So it’s just a few hours after @musicalfutures‘ Music Learning Revolution festival and I’m gutted I couldn’t be there. I’ve caught up with all the tweets (#mlrev) and I’m really looking forward to...
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Assessment and feedback using mobile technology in Music
Classroom Vs Showbie… I started off trying to write a ‘Google Classroom Vs Showbie‘ post and how I’ve attempted to use them in my classroom. However I quickly realised that Google Classroom (at the...
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One year on… A new school and (for me) a new country
It’s been just over a year now since I wrote this post on starting a job in a new international school. I mentioned a pledge I made as part of a #mufuchat to create a culture where music is for all...
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Where are all the music blogs?
So it’s just a few hours after @musicalfutures‘ Music Learning Revolution festival and I’m gutted I couldn’t be there. I’ve caught up with all the tweets (#mlrev) and I’m really looking forward to...
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Some thoughts on learning to improvise
I was in the jazz band at school and big band at music college, so over ten years I reckon I took part in about 500hrs (very rough guess) of rehearsals and gigs. During that time I gradually learnt to...
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Just Play- The latest step in The Musical Futures Revolution
This guest blog was originally posted here on the Musical Futures website. Musical Futures has changed a lot over the past 10 years. Back in 2006 as a new teacher I tried In at the deep end using...
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What I’ve been up to in my classroom
Inspired by Jane Werry’s fantastic blogpost titled “what’s going on in my classroom right now” I thought I’d share too. [Insert motivational quote] The new Edexcel Music GCSE I’ve started with one of...
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I’m an ADE!
So I’ve been accepted to join the Apple Distinguished Educator class of 2017! I’m using Apple Macs and iPads in my classroom more and more and have been wanting to apply for the Apple Distinguished...
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Feedback in Music using Apple Clips
In English you can write in the margins of an essay to give feedback, underline, circle, highlight, cross out etc etc it’s the same for most subjects, but not Music. How do you annotate a live...
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