Reflective #3

After reading the text, working with music in class, and preparing your group presentation, what are your thoughts about using music in the classroom and particularly, how do you want to use music in your classroom?

Music in the classroom can be very fun, however it is not my strength area. For me the music can be a little distracting, i do think though that most students relate well to music and can have fun with it. Music helps students understand rhythms, patterns, sounds. Some ways I would use music in my classroom are as follows: webbing, music month, science summary songs, sound mobiles, states and capitals song, continents song, common connections in literature, word rhythms, singing words, finger plays and songs. There are many ways to incorporate it into each curriculum area, it is my goal to use music because it is my weakness as well as I think students can connect well with music and have fun being creative!

Reflective #2

Reflect on any new perspectives you have gained about using drama in your future classroom. Why and how do you think you will use drama techniques and strategies? What specific activities do you think you will use most as you begin teaching? What are your thoughts on integrating drama with other curricular areas?

Some perspectives that I have gained in the drama field is that it can be fun! Whenever I though of drama I always thought plays and well they were sort of boring for me. However after reading the chapters and going over the information in class I've come to have a different perspective. A few things that I fill I will use in my future classroom are as follows: Interviewing game/learning style, character as one, alphabet story, and mantel of the expert. I will use the natural progression patterns during each of these games/learning styles. This is a great way for students to be engaged and learning. Drama allows lots of time for fun and it's easily incorporated into the classroom! I think that using integrating drama into other curricular areas is amazing! I think that a teacher that is able to do that only helps her studnets excel more and want to learn. When we took our survey to see what type of learners we are most of us turned up being intra or interpersonal, very hands on!

Teaching In, Through, With and about the arts.

Think about what you have learned so far through reading, discussion and class activities and reflect on how your ideas might have changed, things you want to learn about teaching (with, in, about, through) the arts, and why they are important in the education of every child.

Answer:

So far in arts class i have learned what a big impact the arts have on education. Not only do students do better academically when using arts, they also become better in social situations and problem solving. I believe art is a way that every child can express themselves anyway they choose to. Personalities are so different that every child learns differently. By using the arts students can begin to learn individually instead of how the teacher wants or how this particular student learns. I want to learn of some lessons i can do in all subjects that can involve the arts. I also need to be open minded so i can come up with my own lessons.