Going to make a small post before my final one of the semester, which will be a wrap of some end-of-the-year projects. Since I just wrote recently, I thought I would take this time to reflect on what I am thankful for in this journey of dance education.
- I am blessed to be in a district that fully supports, gives, and grows with Fine Arts
- I am lucky to get to teach each day at a school that has such a wide-variety of dance courses that provides such a well-rounded dance education opportunity to our students
- I get to sit next to 3 of the most supportive dance ladies, that share my passion of dedication to our students, and have helped make our program thrive
- I have some preeeetttyyy supportive amazing IT staff on my campus that are always there for my requests at anytime
- My administration is so supportive of new ideas we have for bringing top-quality dance programming to Cedar Ridge
- I have access to so many things that others in my same title/position elsewhere do not, and I do not for one day take for granted the iPads, projectors, cords, wifi, studio space that I have access to at all times, and take time like this blog to reflect on that
- And let's not forget I do have the most amazing students on the planet...I'm just sayin'...
Our new units began, which brought in new Google Slides for vocabulary and the template feature in GC for those classes, such as Dance 2-4, that needed note-taking on the new unit (displayed in Prezi).
My Jazz 4 added on to their word vocabulary wall in Padlet. By the end of the year they will have created an amazing resource!
Ballet classes are using awwapp.com to practice spelling vocabulary learned at the beginning of the semester.
And Dance Educators have continued to appreciate using GroupMe as a communication tool, Google Classroom for completing reflections, and iPads for music play or the great Randomly app they used with their 4th graders.
Next up? Project time and a final exams. Will get that next post ready with all of their amazing results!
On a final note, last week I just got back after the amazing 4-day National Dance Education Organization Conference in San Antonio where I was asked to present a 3-hour Intensive on the collaboration of dance and technology. At my session I was able to connect with some amazing, passionate educators and was so blessed to be able to brag on my kiddos for awhile! The following days, I continued to re-connect with old friends, make new contacts, learn from some amazing dance educators from around the nation, and share a common passion for dance and lifelong learning. Click here to get a sneak peek at a little of what I was able to present: "A Look Inside the NextGen Classroom,"
Hope you all have a happy and blessed Thanksgiving!
Hope you all have a happy and blessed Thanksgiving!
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