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Another is music tech teacher.com, music tech teacher is an awesome site for music educators and students this is a tool that can be used each day in the classroom. There are quizzes test handouts printable pdfs and much more this site is a treasure for the music educator. Here are many games that teach and or reinforce the concepts of music from super piano guy to space note invaders there is lots of teaching and learning going ion when this site is being used. Whenever I play any of the games from this site students that are not even in my class are asking to get into the game. A real emotional attachment is formed between the students and the music. This week while playing composer hangman I discovered a way to imbed controls for songs of each composer on to the active board so that students can make a connection between the names and their music. I find this site so user friendly I direct the students to the website to attain predispose the future lessons. There is something here for everyone elementary, middle school, high school and, college. This is another great one hats off to the owner.

http://www.musictechteacher.com/

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My favorite web 2.0 tool this week is YouTube, now this might seem like a like a copout from digging and doing research but YouTube is power beyond belief. If a picture is worth a thousand words then a video must be a book. I can sue YouTube in so many ways in my classroom. According to Michael Welch there will be more new information placed on YouTube this year than can hold in the entire library of congress. I this class we have all placed new and exciting media on you tube ourselves, and it has been quality work. Everything from writing a song in finally note pad to oiling a trumpet piston valves. YouTube is powerful tool but with great power comes great responsibility. It is highly recommended that all content to be used in the classroom be preview to screen for material undesirable in the classroom. I am by no stretch of the imagination pretending like the material on YouTube is wholesome and good for our students but, if appropriately managed by a responsible classroom teacher YouTube can prove t be an invaluable tool. Here is just one use of YouTube in the classroom. The concert band at my school has been assigned the selection Invicta by James Sweringen for competition in several weeks. I can afford the students the opportunity to view several performances of this piece; I can have them listen to a performance that is below their class level one that is on par with them and another that is superior to them. Together the class can analyze and reflect on what made the superior group superior and other factors so when the class approaches the music they have a clear understanding what to expect in this piece and what the director will be focusing.

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Imagination is one of the tools we are all born with. Some excel with their gift and create beautiful works of art, while others (myself included) only dream of the ability to create something as easy as a stick figure. Thanks to my pick of the day, all you need is a little imagination and your creativity can flourish. Kerpoof.com is owned and operated by the Walt Disney company and according to their website "is all about having fun, discovering things, and being creative" (Disney, 2009). Some of the things you can do in Kerpoof include, making an animated movie, drawing a picture, creating a card or a story, and even designing t-shirts and mugs. Kerpoof has an educator resource side called Kerpoof Scholastic where teachers can create accounts and setup an online classroom. The best part about Kerpoof is that you do not need the artistic skills of DaVinci to create a Mona Lisa. All you need is your imagination and Kerpoof's technology to turn your ideas into a work of art.

Below are a couple of videos to help introduce you to Kerpoof. The first is from CEO and creator of Kerpoof, Krista Marks, showing some of the things that can be achieved within the website. The next is a tutorial on how to create an animated movie in a flash and the final video is an actual user submitted drawing. If you would like to view more tutorials and even get some lesson plan ideas, head over toKerpoof's tutorial site and learn more.


(Technology Forum: Krista Marks 2008)


(Keaton 2009)

© 2009 Kerpoof.com

References:
Keaton, A. (2009). Using Kerpoof to make a movie [Video]. Retrieved October 15, 2009, from
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwxFFnaQImo

Disney. (2009). About Kerpoof. Retrieved October, 15 2009, from
http://www.kerpoof.com/#/about

Technology Forum: Krista Marks [Video]. (2008). Retrieved October 15, 2009, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0tbcULn21I

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BP11_2009103_flickr lesson plan refrence

About .com Beare K.(date). Retrieved October 14, 2009 from

http://esl.about.com/od/conversationlessonplans/a/l_flickr.htm

BP11_2009103_flickr lesson plan

This lesson focuses on using Flickr to help prepare for oral examinations such as those found on the Cambridge First Certificate, CAE and Proficiency exams. If you are familiar with this series of tests, students are asked to describe similar photographs, as well as point out the differences between the two through an interlocutor (examiner doing the oral examination) led discussion. Here are some example questions:

• I'd like you to take a look at this photo. Could you tell me what is happening?
• What do you think has caused this situation?
• How do you imagine the people in the photo feel?
• Take a look at your partner's photo. Please compare how the two situations are similar.
• Take a look at your partner's photo. Please discuss how the photo differs from your own.
• What advice would you give the people in the photo?
• If you were going to participate in this activity, what would you wish to do?
• Have you ever done this activity? If so, please speak about your experience.

Aim: Use Flickr as a resource to practice for oral examinations

Activity: Comparing and contrasting two similar photos

Level: Upper intermediate to advanced

Outline:

• Go to Creative Commons and click on the Search CC Licensed Work button. Choose to search on content that you can change by choosing "Search for works I can modify, adapt, or build upon". Click on the Flickr tab and enter a situational search phrase such as "People having dinner", "Hiking with Friends", etc.
• Choose two photos from the group and click through.
• It's a great idea to set up a Flickr account if you do not already have one. It's free and you'll be able to save these photos as 'favorites'.
• Save the photos to 'favorites' if you have an account. Clicking on the thumbnails will take you to a page with the photo and comments. Make sure to click on 'all sizes' in order to download the best quality photo.
• Copy the URL (web address) of the photo on Flickr. Download the photos to your hard drive.
• Open up a new Word document (or other text editing software). Copy the URLs into the document for use at the bottom. If you are doing this exercise with a larger class it's a good idea to add questions to the document.
• Add relevant questions about the photos to your document and then insert both photos into the document. Make sure to label each photo A or B so that students are clear which photo they need to take into consideration. Make sure to add a quote such as "Images used by Creative Commons License Share-Alike License 2.0" including the appropriate URL of the photo and name of the photographer or image creator. This page provides information onvarious Creative Common licensing schemes.
• Print out the document and make photocopies.
• Distribute the photocopies.
• Take on the role of the interlocutor, either with individual groups if working with small classes, or by leading the class as a whole. Lead students through the practice session.
• Information on the exact structure of a Cambridge exam can be found by reading this document on the FCE Oral Examination by Cambridge.