Today I'm going to highlight a few session on Friday that I'm super excited about and then later this weekend Karla Cherwinski will be highlighting some Saturday sessions.
To start the day, I'm pretty sure I'm going to attend Kathy Kuddes' and Julie Scott's Orff and Kodály session. I'm familiar with Kathy Kuddes but have never seen her present so I'm excited about that. But there are some other amazing sessions going on at the same time that are making this a hard decision, including a session by LeighAnn Garner and Angela Broeker. If you've ever seen Leigh Ann present you know that she's FABULOUS.
The second session that I'm going to is Lennie Davis's iPad in the Kodály -inspired Classroom. In talking with Aileen Miracle over the course of the past few years I've come to see that iPad can hold a valuable role in the music room. I actually now have 11 in my room, but I'm sorry to report I haven't used them yet. I'm hoping this will jump start and motivate me to buy some apps and start using them. There are a couple other sessions going on at the same tie that I know are going to be fabulous. Of course, Sue Bowcock is stellar and I would love to see her session and Sanna Longden is so much fun. Oh OAKE, why do you provide me with such hard choices?!!! The other one that I would like to see if Laurne Bain. I've not heard of her, she's presenting a session on kindergarten music. I feel like I need some inspiration, but I think the iPads are going to trump that.
I am completely torn with the session that I'll attend after lunch. I would love to see Ann Eisen present, I had her for level 3 at Colorado State University but I'd also like to see Nyssa Brown and Andrew Ellingsen present on 21st Century Skills and the National Standards. I just know this would be so practical for my curriculum mapping. However, Georgia Newlin is also presenting a session on teaching a choral octavo.... hmm... what to do?
There are even more sessions after these that I'm torn about. Pamela Stover is presenting on international counting chants, rhymes, books and songs and that looks interesting, but Leigh Ann and Angela are presenting again..... There's also a session by BethAnn Hepburn on differentiated instruction and I'm sure there will be a lot of great ideas presents. At the same time as all these is a session by Andrew Paney on improving melodic dictation. Andrew took a level of Kodály the same time I was at PSU with Susan Brumfield, it'd be such fun to present!
Of course there's going to be an amazing noon time concert and evening concert.... and then of course catching up with Kodály friends from across the nation! I can't wait, I don't know how much I'll sleep these three days! :)
If you're attending the conference I hope to see you! Come up and say hi!
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