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Happy New Year!

I hope this post finds you well rested and digging in for a great second semester!

Last week I had no post as I was in Houston at the Texas Dance Educators' Association annual Convention. I was blessed to be asked to present multiple workshops including Technology in the Dance Classroom and A Day in the Life of a NextGen Classroom. It was so great to have a chance to share all of the amazing work my students have been doing!

As I have now returned to the classroom, I realize the posts will be minimal the next few weeks. Similar to fall semester, we have a show in the next 5 weeks and, as it should be, our lessons and priority will shift to having students ready and confident to perform on stage. 

This week Jazz 4 used the iPad's to take their next set of measurements for the PIE Grant Fit and Flexible Minds and Bodies project. Students were happy to see improved numbers already! 

Dance and Media students explored Mindmup to start a mind map of all of the important people that make up their communities and the ways they are connected. As part of Module 3 Lesson 1 of the curriculum they also viewed and discussed videos on Digital Citizenship, Digital Footprints, and Cyberbullying. It was a great reminder and reflection time for the students to continue to be mindful. We also created a class board on Pinterest to share images and links when discussing online communities that are a part of our lives.


I explored more use of music play in my classroom with Apple TV and also continued to use Tempo Slow. I also used some new tools both on my iPad (GIF toaster) and online (easygif.com) to make gifs for my website and recruitment of students for dance and media next year. 

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