Archive for the ‘Music’ Category

Groovy Music Shapes by Sibelius

25th December 2009 by LisaHill 1 Comment

Subject Matter: Learning Music Visually and With Rhythms, Shapes, and Tones
Grades: Ages 5 to 7, Homeschool, Special Education, PreSchool to Elementary School

Basic Sound & Rhythm With Cool Activities
Music is an activity to experience and enjoy, but trying to teach wiggly ones is rather difficult. Let’s face it – practicing scales just isn’t that [...]

FREE – Internet Public Library

11th November 2009 by LisaHill No Comments

Subject Matter: Public internet library for students, teachers and researchers
Grades: Upper school students, teachers, administration, research, college, universities
What’s Internet Public Library?
If you’re looking for a trusted research source, consider the Internet Public Library. Since 1995, IPL.org has provided vetted resources for students, teachers, librarians, and academia. It is a public learning technology service [...]

FREE: How to Use Adobe Products in Schools

9th November 2009 by LisaHill 4 Comments

Subject Matter: Adobe Digital School Collection, Using Technology in School classrooms, Media Technology, Marketing, Story Telling
Grades: K-12
Adobe Offers More Than Great Software
Every day, new media products come online providing students and teachers different tools to excel. When paper and pencils were introduced, these tools were a breakthrough in technology. Now, today’s schools incorporate [...]

Adobe: New Digital School Collection K-12

28th September 2009 by LisaHill 2 Comments

Updated K-12 Digital School Collection
Adobe offers great curriculum support for students, teachers and administrative staff. Not only does Adobe provide lessons on how to use their products, the company supports teachers, parents and students by providing actual lesson plans, activities and projects that can be incorporated into classroom curriculum.
Adobe just updated their Digital School [...]

Adobe Curriculum: 4 Teachers’ Viewpoints

11th August 2009 by LisaHill 11 Comments

Subject Matter: Digital Media Education for Students, Teachers, Administrative Personnel, Digital Technicians
Grades: Elementary to College, Businesses, Marketing, NonProfit Organizations
Learn From These Teachers
I’ve enjoyed interviewing four different teachers who use different Adobe curricula in their elementary to college marketing classrooms. Adobe offers two curriculum levels: K-12 and Upper Education for College & Technical Training. [...]

VTech-Learning Toys 4 Little Ones

31st July 2009 by LisaHill 2 Comments

Subject Matter:Educational electronic toys for ages 3-7
Grades PreK to Kindergarten
Learning and Moving
VTech offers electronic toys that keep the young ones moving and learning at the same time. Hand held electronic toys provide active curriculum while playing. Youngsters are moving, not sitting, as they’re learning.

Guide to Online Research

29th May 2009 by LisaHill No Comments

Subject Matter: Finding creditable research sites online
Grades: Middle School to College

Best Source is Still the Library
Trustworthy research sites are sometimes difficult to find on the internet. Sure, Wikipedia can be the initial site to check footnotes for research leads, but individuals have to be careful these sources have been vetted as a reliable source [...]

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