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	<title>The Music Teachers Blog &#187; Music Education Articles</title>
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		<title>Music Classroom Wish List</title>
		<link>http://www.funmusicco.com/musicteachersblog/2012/02/music-classroom-wish-list/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 04:05:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>janice</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What are the most effective $$$’s you’ve ever spent in your music classroom? Perhaps it was what everyone seems to have on their mind at the moment- technology! An iPad or an interactive whiteboard or maybe it was a set of xylophones that your students can now play every day,  a drum kit, a keyboard [...]]]></description>
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		<title>“Musical Intelligence”: Applying Howard Gardner’s Theory to Music Education</title>
		<link>http://www.funmusicco.com/musicteachersblog/2012/01/%e2%80%9cmusical-intelligence%e2%80%9d-applying-howard-gardner%e2%80%99s-theory-to-music-education/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:03:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>janice</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music Advocacy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been almost thirty years since Howard Gardner published his landmark work, Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences. Professor of Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, Gardner transformed the educational community in the United States and around the world with his theory, which identified seven different human capacities [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top 10 TED Talks For Music Education</title>
		<link>http://www.funmusicco.com/musicteachersblog/2011/11/top-10-ted-talks-for-music-education/</link>
		<comments>http://www.funmusicco.com/musicteachersblog/2011/11/top-10-ted-talks-for-music-education/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2011 03:51:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>janice</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music Education Articles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music teaching inspiration]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The nonprofit conference program, TED, aims to bring together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, and Design. Talks from TED’s two annual conferences have included the creative talents of musicians as well as innovators who have channeled music as their life inspiration. The following video clips stand out with illuminating ideas about music and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interactive Whiteboards In Schools &#8211; The Current Situation.</title>
		<link>http://www.funmusicco.com/musicteachersblog/2011/11/interactive-whiteboards-in-schools/</link>
		<comments>http://www.funmusicco.com/musicteachersblog/2011/11/interactive-whiteboards-in-schools/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 01:58:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>janice</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Interactive whiteboards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music Education Articles]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.funmusicco.com/musicteachersblog/?p=1160</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Lets Change this. There has been very many articles written, and research studies done to evaluate the effectiveness of Interactive Whiteboards in classrooms. Many articles, like this landmark article from the Washington Post last year, raise the point that the Interactive Whiteboard on its own does nothing to improve learning outcomes for students. This article [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Help Schools and Teachers get the funding they need!</title>
		<link>http://www.funmusicco.com/musicteachersblog/2011/09/help-schools-and-teachers-get-the-funding-they-need/</link>
		<comments>http://www.funmusicco.com/musicteachersblog/2011/09/help-schools-and-teachers-get-the-funding-they-need/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Sep 2011 06:52:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>janice</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classroom Music]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, I’ve got something very special to share with you. It’s a unique opportunity to help music education in schools (even in your own school!) and it isn’t going to cost you a cent! Every year we do a special promotion to help us build the number of people who are following our facebook page. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interactive Whiteboards for Music Teaching &#8211; What the current situation is.</title>
		<link>http://www.funmusicco.com/musicteachersblog/2011/06/interactive-whiteboards-for-music-teaching-what-the-current-situation-is/</link>
		<comments>http://www.funmusicco.com/musicteachersblog/2011/06/interactive-whiteboards-for-music-teaching-what-the-current-situation-is/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 02:04:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>janice</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classroom Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fun Music Company Announcements]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.funmusicco.com/musicteachersblog/?p=1038</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; Do you teach with an interactive whiteboard? Do you enjoy using an interactive whiteboard in the music classroom? What would be your ideal method of use on an interactive whiteboard in the music classroom? At The Fun Music Company, we are curious about all these questions and more! For the past five years, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two New Music Advocacy Documentaries</title>
		<link>http://www.funmusicco.com/musicteachersblog/2011/06/two-new-music-advocacy-documentaries/</link>
		<comments>http://www.funmusicco.com/musicteachersblog/2011/06/two-new-music-advocacy-documentaries/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 01:36:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>janice</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classroom Music]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m always on the lookout for great music advocacy video’s and today, I’ve just found two new ones- just in time to watch over the US Summer break! Here are the trailers of them both. Gustovo Dudamel is always an inspiration to me with his conducting skill combined with his passion for music.This man appears [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Using Peak State in Music Education</title>
		<link>http://www.funmusicco.com/musicteachersblog/2011/03/using-peak-state-in-music-education/</link>
		<comments>http://www.funmusicco.com/musicteachersblog/2011/03/using-peak-state-in-music-education/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Mar 2011 03:09:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>janice</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classroom ManagementTips and Tricks]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last weekend we finished a Tony Robbins event in Sydney called “Unleash the Power Within” and have to say it totally rocked! It was a weekend full of energy, learning and being in an “active” state of mind . Because of it, I feel that we have acquired many new ideas and directions and over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gustavo Dudamel&#8217;s Music Advocacy Mission</title>
		<link>http://www.funmusicco.com/musicteachersblog/2010/05/gustavo-dudamels-music-advocacy-mission/</link>
		<comments>http://www.funmusicco.com/musicteachersblog/2010/05/gustavo-dudamels-music-advocacy-mission/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 01:42:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>janice</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Music Education Articles]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems like classical music is finally getting the support it deserves in at least small area of LA, USA. This was the topic of a recent 60 minutes interview with Gustavo Dudamel, the youngest conductor ever for the Philharmonic Orchestra and the youngest major conductor in the world. Just think for a moment: How [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Classroom Management for the Music Teacher</title>
		<link>http://www.funmusicco.com/musicteachersblog/2010/04/classroom-management-for-the-music-teacher/</link>
		<comments>http://www.funmusicco.com/musicteachersblog/2010/04/classroom-management-for-the-music-teacher/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 04:28:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>janice</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Classroom Management for the Music Teacher was the topic of conversation in a recent Music Education Twitter Chat held on Monday 5th April, 2010. These are just a few of the highlights, comments, articles, links, tips and tricks shared in the chat. I personally think music teachers have some of the toughest challenges facing them. [...]]]></description>
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