Music/Technology Podcasts
I looooove podcasts. They are perfect for the car, or the treadmill, or to listen to while knitting. Most of my favorites are from NPR (This American Life, Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me, The Splendid Table.)
I also love music and love technology, so imagine how much a L-O-V-E something that combines all three!! Carol Broos (twitter) and Brenda Muench (twitter) are both wonderful people to follow around the internet if you are interested in edtech, particularly as it applies to music. The two have joined forces to host a podcast called Musically and Technically Speaking where they share some of their wonderful ideas and techniques. What I like about these ladies from the podcast as well as their blogs and forum postings is that they are really into good teaching, not just toys. This is not “what can I do to find an excuse to use technology” it is “how can I use technology to enhance what I am doing.” I think the distinction is very, very important.
As a side note as a fulltime pre-K music teacher I’d like to empathize with whichever one of the ladies said, referring to kindergartners, “I just have a hard time dealing with them sometimes.” So true, they really are a different ball of wax. In my own times of frustration it is comforting to know that I am not the only one who sometimes feels as if I am herding cats. 
So if your interested in good teaching, music and educational technology go ahead and throw this podcast on while you commute or do the dishes. I don’t think you’ll regret it!
April 16, 2009 @ 7:55 pm
Thanks for the shout out for our new podcast! I thought I had added all the Music Techie Teachers folks to my Google Reader but I haven’t see your entries in my reader lately. You’re doing a great job of writing up some of your best practices. I also love the Grizzly Bear game for loud and soft! I’ve added you to my reader so I’ll be keeping up with you from now on.
Oh and I was the one who made the comment about kindergartners being a challenge some days. You are exactly right when you say some days it’s like herding cats! But at the same time the joy they exhibit when they do something simple (like growing up like a tree during upward moving notes) is so contagious! That’s the kind of thing that keeps me coming back into their room.