build a blog online
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Build-A-Blog
ACDA Northwest ConferenceMarch 2010
blog
Self-publishing to the internet
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Allows for author content and reader comment
Why blog?
Websites are “static”
Blogs are “active”
Get notified when the site changes
Get notified when the site changes
Get notified when the site changes
RSS
Really Simple Syndication
Gathers all the new posts into one list… you can easily find out what’s new!
Google Reader reader.google.com
Blogs are a “place to put things”
A “Clearinghouse” for Information
Available to anyone anywhere(no more “I lost my syllabus”)
Once it’s done, it’s always done
Rehearsal notes
Rehearsal notes
texts/translations/pronunciations
texts/translations/pronunciations
Venue information
Venue information
Create a culture of
“Go to the Blog”
Blogs can provide a forum for
conversationcollaborationcommunity
How University Singers
Blog
University Singers
150+ singers100-level class
50% do not read music~25 students’ first choir experience
75% turnover each quarter
Wider Goals
Basics of healthy singing
Learning to sing together(result: performance)
Application to “real life”
Blogs can provide a forum for
conversationcollaborationcommunity
Conversation
Conversation
Daniel Miller said...
A rhythm game helps us to physically internalize the concept of notes happening on very defined beats. It is fun, so we will keep doing it for a while, trying very hard to make
sure all our "notes" are in time. This is important in choir, especially with >200 of us, because we need to change notes at exactly
the same time to get a crisp, not mushy, sound.
Conversation
David Lorence Schleiffers said...
omg.... that game is so addicting. I got a 4860 and didn't die. I think rhythm is important for so many reasons. When
you are working as an ensemble, if you are not singing at the right time, it makes the whole choir sound muddy.
Not good...
Conversation
ConversationTeddy N. said...
With this post (and as more people comment), it's quite obvious that being
wrong doesn't matter in choir rehearsal. Not only do we have plenty
of time to fix anything, we have time to go beyond technically correct, to
transfigure our music into an artistic expression.
Collaboration
Collaboration
Collaboration
Collaboration
Community
Community
Using the blog to enhance the wider goals of the group has
broadened the choral experience.
Cherry AasenRita Marable
Grace RosenstielNathan Silpakit
ACDA GOESBOLDLY FORWARD!