Week 1 of the 2010-2011 school year is done. What a week!
Most of the classes were focused on the nitty-gritty things at the beginning of the year. Syllabus, classroom procedures, get to know you activities etc. I know that these things are really important in setting up the expectations and routines that will help later down the road. The only thing that I don't like about it is that it's a lot of didactic, me giving out information, teaching rather than a more hands-on-approach.
I'm hoping that the procedures I set-up for the CS class (of 130+ students) will be effective and efficient in getting us going. I'm also using Sibelius to create a "Weekly Workout" for both orchestras. Hopefully this will help to build the technical, rhythmic, and theoretical sides of their music education. That way when we get to the real music, it'll be a walk in the park.
Goals for the near future:
- Continue to create/implement weekly workouts
- Get my Snapgrades and Blackboard accounts going
- Seating test! @_@ (130 + 85 students = a lot of time)
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