Shuffling cards is one of the most essential and basic card skills that most people develop in their lives. It took me a long time to learn how to shuffle when I was younger, but now it feels easy, and I want to learn a new, more artistic way to do it. This week, I…
This is how far I got into the Elsa coding. I enjoyed the block coding, and it was very accessible and easy to start. Coding and Computational Thinking in Music I think that computational thinking can be applied to two main things in music: rehearsal and practice. In a rehearsal, the music teacher needs to…
For this week, I decided to learn an aerial card trick. These are often the most flashy because they involve sending a card through the air in some form or another. The trick I chose is called “The Hot Shot,” and it builds off of the one-handed cuts from the prior week. The trick is…
I was looking forward to this opportunity to visit PSII, but when I got there, it exceeded my expectations completely. The passion that the two principals showed for this way of learning was infectious, and I feel like I learned a lot. The two main things I will discuss is Trello, the tool that they…
The Resource This resource was made in response to the calls from Black-Canadian activists who called for the inclusion of Black history in Canadian history since they are inseparable. This resource explains that teaching Black history with an anti-racism lens means infusing joy and positive moments into the material. Thefore, it focuses on positive narratives…
After I learned my basic grips, the natural next step was to learn one-handed cuts. These play a part in many other tricks and do a good job of building the hand dexterity I will need in the future. The two cuts that I learned are the Charlier Cut and the Revolution Cut. Here are…
My two tools for critical reflection this week are Google Keep and Google Classroom. Before this week, I had never heard of Google Keep. I have known for a very long time that I wanted to be a music teacher, and I have been receiving a vast array of resources for the last five years…
You may or may not have heard the term cardistry before, but it is a term for elaborate flourishes and techniques involving a classic deck of cards. Growing up play lots of card games with my family, I love cards and have always admired the cool techniques that people have come up with. I have…
What are some major limitations of AI? I believe that there are a lot of limitations to AI. The biggest limitation is the unreliablility of the information provided. We all know that AI has a tendency to make things up. There are many situations where generating something only to spend time revising it for errors…
This week, we focused on the H5P interactive video element. Reflections on whether you think including H5P tools would potentially be a useful tool at the grade level you hope to teach (or not). I believe that this tool may be too complicated for the students to use in an assignment that they submit. However,…