The Evolving Educator

“You can’t have the fruits without the roots” – Dr. Stephen R. Covey

Author Jon Gorrie blogged about my sites! Check out his site and book.

I’ve posted new stuff in Assessment and in the Inspiration categories. Have a look around! I’m planning some organizational tips, photos, and videos in the very near future.

The school has begun for many of us, or soon will, and with that I’ve started a new page on classroom management. Check it out!

Here’s a quick, unison, arrangement of Happy Birthday I did for orchestra. Click here to download the PDF file.

CastCatcher allows you to catch streaming radio onto your iPhone. If a radio station streams their broadcast over the net, then you can stream it to your iPhone. This app is great! With the digital music age I no longer have a radio in my apartment but I do love NPR and the local classical [...]

I have been adding lots of updates so please look around! If you have any requests or see an area that needs info (and I know there are several!), please leave a comment. I have also purchased a new digital video camera so if you have any how-to requests, again please leave a comment. Thanks!

“In all professions there are the fraudulent and the fakers, and we are so fearful that we might get one if we go to the doctor or call the plumber. I think that the violin teaching prefoession has more than its share.” Essays on Violin Pedagogy, Lyman Bodman, p. 1

If you use Apple’s Quicktime, I recommend you upgrade to Quicktime Pro. I just did and the ability to loop sections of a video – at different speeds – is well worth the $30.

Most schools, for better or worse, block YouTube from their network. A great workaround is to download the video you want at home using the software Tooble. Then you can put the video on a flash drive to bring to school. Voila!

Every year my school district has every teacher fill out a goal setting document. At first I though, “Ugh, more paperwork.” But over the years I’ve come to enjoy and even look forward to it. Here are my goals for this school year.

When designing your bulletin boards, be sure to leave some blank space to post current items such as announcements, flyers, and catalogs that you receive in the mail or want to post.