NextGen Digital Dance Classroom

After wrapping up our Spring Show, we completed the state-mandated Fitness Gram required by those students receiving PE credit from any type of course. This did not mean, however, that the iPads got a break. We were still able to incorporate their use in a many of our classes this week and look forward to their continued reboot back into the normal routine. As we watched the video of the Spring Show, students were able to use a Google Form to complete a show critique and self/class evaluation. I love hearing about their favorite dances and votes for best lighting and choreography as well as their reflection on their own performance. It is great feedback both to me as a teacher and to the department for future show designs. Representatives from the RRISD Education Foundation/PIE (Partners in Education) Grant came to view a master class for Jazz 4 and all academy classes took and documented their next round of strength/flexibility measurements using the Camera Roll, Coach My Video,

Last week we were knee deep in dress rehearsals and even spent some days off campus at the PAC. So did technology find it's way into our busy schedule? Of course not for all classes nor everyday, but we still find the ways where the use of technology makes our everyday lives easier. As dancers, we can continue to make changes not just in the days up to the show, but even from one night of the show to the next. So during this week our favorite app continued to be Coach My Video to analyze the unison, timing, details, and especially the technique of our dances to continue to polish them for the stage. I also used my iPad to record the dancers at Dress Rehearsal so that we could use it to review in class. All videos were loaded into a Google Folder so that all classes, by all teachers, could access the videos to review at any time. Ballet classes used my favorite iBrainstorm to work collaboratively in small groups to complete a self evaluation brainstorm session on what they saw fro