Music Teacher Coffee Talk

Music Teacher Coffee Talk · MTCT Episode #66: Summer Plans to Prepare for the Unknown In this episode, Carrie and Tanya discuss summer plans to prepare for the unknown 2020-2021 school year.  At this time, we are not sure if we will be back in the classroom with students, doing distance learning, or some sort of hybrid of both.  It can be a scary and daunting time for music educators to look ahead because so many things are unknown.  However, it's important to be proactive and do things know to plan and advocate for our programs as we look forward.

In this episode, Tanya and Carrie welcome Aileen Miracle and Katie Minneci from The Music Room podcast , and we discuss closure for the end of the school year during distance learning.  We all share ideas on how to wrap up instruction, celebrate and reflect on the year, and say goodbye to our students. Ideas we discussed: Have students share their favorite songs and activities from the year on a platform such as Nearpod, Peardeck, Flipgrid, or Google Forms Students can help create a memory book in Google Slides sharing favorite songs and activities from the year Create a Music Field day hyperdoc with choices for active music making activities Students can share and reflect on projects they are finishing Create a digital recital with Flipgrid where students can perform by singing, playing instruments, or dancing Attend virtual "clap out" ceremonies and goodbye celebrations for 5th or 6th graders who are leaving elementary school Create a digital end of the year escape room us