Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Viewing Assignments

Hey Band Students:  Here are the videos for viewing soon.  Junior High Band should be sure to watch this one today at the beginning of class.



And, the high school band should check out this one!  This one contains many aspects to consider as you prepare for our upcoming parades in September during the Bluffton Street Fair.


These videos can be "found" by anyone with a swraiders.com domain by looking in your shared with me location on your Google Drive.  For help with this, ask another student or seek out Mr. Haigh outside of rehearsal!  Also, remember to check your email frequently.

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Anyone else OCD or wanna be?

When it comes to my stuff, I prefer to be OCD.  Most people would say that I am not, but I wanna be. Some people I have worked with are this way and I am sure that I drive them nuts.  I don't often have time to keep my stuff organized, but I often going on "cleaning binges" where I purge my desk, dresser, office or any other space of anything not necessary.  More often than not, I simply reorganize "my junk."  I feel accomplished when I do this and it makes my space more welcoming I think.  How does relate to the music room?  I need your help as members of the music department.  If you are in one of my classes, I would like for you to fill in the form below about how you can help me make the room more organized.  Feel free to further comment on your disposition under this post.

Survey

Monday, August 12, 2013

The adventure continues

Well, I spent a period of time today learning and.exploring around the world of the Google form.  And spent a lot of time looking at scripts.  Didn't find what I was looking for, so I may have to commission someone to do one for me.   Any takers?

Day One...Survived

Well, overall today was a success.  Everyone showed up for class today and we should have some pretty good groups.  High School Band has the best instrumentation in years, Junior High Band has some new members, and the Piano Class is a studious group.  I was pleased at how well the Chromebooks worked on day one.  Remember that for now we will communicate plans through this blog.  Simply click on the page for your class to the right of these posts.  Mrs. Tucker will be my sub on Tuesday as we move my daughter Vanessa into her apartment in Ft. Wayne.

Friday, August 9, 2013

Getting Ready & Excited!!!!

Well we have spent our first day together as a staff on our 2013 staff development day.  We met some new people and some familiar faces returned.  I spent most of my "free" time working in the high school room and getting things into shape hoping to create a more conducive atmosphere for study and work.
Fortunately we are getting an early start to class and have some time to prepare ourselves for the first performances at HOME football games and the Montpelier Jamboree parade  So high school band come ready to work on DAY ONE!

Monday, August 5, 2013

More Training

...well it was a very busy day at school today as we explored more of the power of Google and other online resources.  As I have considered the options for delivering content to classes, I am coming back around to the use of a teacher created website for this purpose.  Other options considered and falling out of favor include Edmodo, Blogger, Google +, Twitter, and any other site that could be classified as "Social."  Edmodo seems to be the frontrunner in the race among "social networking" style sites due to its safer UI and the fact that it's image hasn't yet been tainted by abuse.

Some of the online resources being considered for collecting resources for my classes include the following:


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HS Choir at Street Fair 2017

HS Choir at Street Fair 2017