NCTCA 2021

How do we integrate technology in the Music Room? The 21st Century has brought music to the world online, allowed students to listen , learn from online videos, provided virtual rehearsals and explore all genres of music from their desktop. Bringing together some of our favourite resources, this session will explore websites, apps and hands-on lessons that allow students to explore their musical creativity using technology in the classroom. Bring a charged, robust device and be ready to explore a variety of tools. This session is geared toward Elementary Music Teachers.

Malicounda montre aux enseignants (es) comment faciliter une activité rythmique et musicale pour les élèves de tous les âges et encourager la conscience culturelle, la coopération, la collaboration et la créativité. L'atelier présente des percussions en direct, de la danse, des chansons en quatre langues, des jeux rythmiques et des histoires. En utilisant des instruments «maison»: seau, bâtons, bols en plastique, pots / sacs de riz ou de haricots, cuillères ou votre propre tambour, les participants acquerront les outils nécessaires pour encourager les élèves à explorer l'intersection de la musique, du rythme et de la communauté. L’atelier se termine par des exemples d’activités d’improvisation que les enseignants peuvent utiliser pour stimuler davantage le développement cognitif des élèves. Les enseignants quitteront cet atelier avec une riche expérience culturelle et du matériel pédagogique adapté à chaque groupe d'âge.

Learn to play guitar using simple patterns that even kids can remember. A universal guitar chart will help you master majors, minors, suspended and 7th chords. You’ll be able to use these chords to learn pop, folk, country and classical songs as well as children’s tunes that you can play in class. This one-time lesson will give you tools that you can build on for years. If you have never played before, this is your chance. You’ll even be able to try the ukulele.

With the popularity of guitar programming in Canadian schools, this session is designed to show music educators (guitar players and non-players alike) how to start intermediate guitar students on the classical guitar. This hands-on session will use the piece “Estudio” as a teaching tool to discuss right hand fingerpicking, reading notation and musicality. Attendees will leave with resource links for pdfs, audio tracks and teaching tools to get this lesson going in their music classrooms. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own guitars. Ten guitars will be available at the session for use. Please check out our website www.gslakieguitar.com

As a music teacher, it has become essential to be mobile and ready to be online at any moment. Learn something new about teaching online or simply integrating some new technology tips in your classroom. I will be diving into some basics of Google Slides, Google Classroom, FlipGrid, hyperlinks, and Bitmoji Classrooms. This session will be available in both English and French.

Bring your own Uke to a session designed to challenge Ukulele Teachers into developing their skills to accompany student singing, lead by example, and promote Ukulele Clubs. Join Kyle Swenson and Gary Glewinski in a packed session of playing tips designed for the Ukulele Teacher.

Come and construct a kazoo, saxophone and pan flute with PVC pipes while learning some of the basics of the science of sound. Once constructed participants can test, modify and evaluate their designs and will learn to play a song. These activities can be modified for use in the Grade 1 and 4 “Building” units in science, Grade 3 Hearing and Sound topic and the Physics 20 Mechanincal Waves unit.

In this hands-on session we will discuss setting up a rock band music class. Not the video game! For this, we will examine the www.gslakieguitar.com program. Attendees will leave with the skills and resources to teach their students a well-known classic rock song. We will discuss the guitar, drum, bass and vocal parts for “Old time Rock n Roll” and tackle putting all the parts together so the students can perform it in their “bands”. Topics covered will be equipment needed, warmups, classroom routines and final assessment. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own guitars. This session is ideal for band/choral teachers and teachers interested in starting popular music education programs at their school. Attendees will leave with resource links so they can implement these outcomes in their own classes.

En tant qu’enseignant de musique, il est devenu essentiel d’être mobile et prêt à être en ligne à tout moment. Apprenez quelque chose de nouveau sur l’enseignement en ligne ou simplement intégrer de la nouvelle technologie dans votre salle de classe. Je vais vous présenter les principes de bases de Google Slides, Google Classroom, FlipGrid, les hyperliens et les salles de classe Bitmoji. Cette session sera offerte en anglais et en français.