Wednesday, August 31, 2011

BP1_Welcome to my blog

Welcome!  I'm Alison, and I am currently working on my Master's degree in Educational Media Design and Technology at Full Sail University.  I am beginning my 13th year of teaching music at Nagel Middle School in Cincinnati, Ohio.  I plan to use this blog as a means to discuss my professional interests, which are teaching, technology, and music.

In trying to come up with a "catchy" title for my blog, I was trying to think of a song that would encompass the topics I plan to blog about, and Technologic by Daft Punk immediately came to mind.  Here are some of the lyrics:

     Buy it, use it, break it, fix it,
     Trash it, change it, mail - upgrade it,
     Charge it, point it, zoom it, press it,
     Snap it, work it, quick - erase it,
     Write it, cut it, paste it, save it,
     Load it, check it, quick - rewrite it,
     Plug it, play it, burn it, rip it,
     Drag and drop it, zip - unzip it,  
     Lock it, fill it, call it, find it,
     View it, code it, jam - unlock it,
     Surf it, scroll it, pause it, click it,
     Cross it, crack it, switch - update it,
     Name it, rate it, tune it, print it,
     Scan it, send it, fax - rename it,
     Touch it, bring it, pay it, watch it,
     Turn it, leave it, start - format it        

To me, these lyrics epitomize 21st century thinking and learning.  Through this blog I plan to share tools and ideas to enhance teaching and music education.  I hope you will consider following my blog and check out the song!