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		<title>Should We Be Grading Our Students At Young Ages?</title>
		<link>http://www.musicteachersblog.com/2010/03/should-we-be-grading-our-students-at-young-ages/</link>
		<comments>http://www.musicteachersblog.com/2010/03/should-we-be-grading-our-students-at-young-ages/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:53:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>janice</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classroom Music]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This was a question that I came away asking myself after the first ever  Music Education Twitter Chat which took place recently on March 2nd, 2010 involving approximately thirty music educators worldwide. It was a very busy hour with interesting tweets coming from all directions and loads of different opinions, resources and articles to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fun Leadership lesson for the Music Teacher</title>
		<link>http://www.musicteachersblog.com/2010/03/fun-leadership-lesson-for-the-music-teacher/</link>
		<comments>http://www.musicteachersblog.com/2010/03/fun-leadership-lesson-for-the-music-teacher/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 04:46:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>janice</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classroom Music]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[music teaching inspiration]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I thought this was excellent food for thought for all teachers and a great practical lesson as to why we do the things we do.
It&#8217;s done by a guy called Derek Sivers who is a musician, blog writer and business owner and he&#8217;s caught footage of a guy (who looks a bit like a lone [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Music Lessons for a Substitute Music Teacher</title>
		<link>http://www.musicteachersblog.com/2010/03/music-lessons-for-a-substitute-music-teacher/</link>
		<comments>http://www.musicteachersblog.com/2010/03/music-lessons-for-a-substitute-music-teacher/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 01:30:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>janice</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classroom Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music lesson plans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music teacher resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music Games]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music Lesson Planning]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Its here!
Last year we ran a competition, where we asked members on our mailing list to submit ideas for our ebook competition.
In this competition we asked the question:
&#8220;What is the single best idea you can give a substitute music teacher, or that you can use yourself when substituting for someone else&#8221;
The result was over 50 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Music Education Twitter Chat</title>
		<link>http://www.musicteachersblog.com/2010/03/music-education-twitter-chat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.musicteachersblog.com/2010/03/music-education-twitter-chat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 04:07:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>janice</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Just for Fun!]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music teacher resources]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Music Teachers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Do you use Twitter?
Personally, I&#8217;ve never found much of a use for twitter. Its kind of a useful communication platform for those who like to use it, but I&#8217;ve never really seen much point in finding out what people are doing every second of the day.
However, something has just come along to change all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Neuroscientist Urges Us To Keep Music in Schools.</title>
		<link>http://www.musicteachersblog.com/2010/02/neuroscientist-urges-us-to-keep-music-in-schools/</link>
		<comments>http://www.musicteachersblog.com/2010/02/neuroscientist-urges-us-to-keep-music-in-schools/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 00:43:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>janice</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.musicteachersblog.com/?p=362</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As music teachers, on a daily basis we all see the many benefits that music has on our student&#8217;s lives and how it helps them to become more able in other subject areas, but now it&#8217;s noted officially!
In a recent press briefing on Feb 20th, 2010  at the American Association for the Advancement of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Help designing our Future Games</title>
		<link>http://www.musicteachersblog.com/2010/02/help-designing-interactive-music-games/</link>
		<comments>http://www.musicteachersblog.com/2010/02/help-designing-interactive-music-games/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 05:06:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>janice</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fun Music Company Announcements]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Music Theory]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.musicteachersblog.com/?p=346</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[At the Fun Music Company we are currently working really hard on our first computer game product which is going to be called Interactive Music Games. This is going to be a package of music theory games that will engage students in a computer lab or using an interactive whiteboard.
Thanks to our surveys already on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Letter Names in Musical Notation</title>
		<link>http://www.musicteachersblog.com/2010/01/letter-names-in-musical-notation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.musicteachersblog.com/2010/01/letter-names-in-musical-notation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 06:46:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>janice</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classroom Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music History]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lesson ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music teacher resources]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[history of musical notation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[musical notation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[origin of musical notes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever wondered why we use letter names in musical notation before?
I have to confess that I had never really thought of it much until a friend asked me the other day how the music letter names were named and why the alphabet was used to name them. Here are a few ideas and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The World’s Biggest Music Lesson</title>
		<link>http://www.musicteachersblog.com/2010/01/the-worlds-biggest-music-lesson/</link>
		<comments>http://www.musicteachersblog.com/2010/01/the-worlds-biggest-music-lesson/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>janice</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classroom Music]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Video]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music teacher resources]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[easy music lesson]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[General Music Lessons]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This was a campaign put together by the UK government last year to support all school students across England to learn music to to help get them inspired about learning music.
Here is a link to the first lesson in the campaign. It goes for 45 minutes and could be a good be a motivator to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What are the Benefits Of Choosing A Quality Musical Instrument?</title>
		<link>http://www.musicteachersblog.com/2010/01/what-are-the-benefits-of-choosing-a-quality-musical-instrument/</link>
		<comments>http://www.musicteachersblog.com/2010/01/what-are-the-benefits-of-choosing-a-quality-musical-instrument/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 03:29:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>janice</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classroom Music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[music lesson promotion]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Benefits of Choosing a Quality Musical Instrument]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[buying musical instruments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buying quality musical instrument]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Buying quality musical instruments without getting ripped off]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Choosing Quality Musical Instruments]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[
It’s so easy to think when buying student instruments that cheaper is better!
But is it?&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;
This is simply NOT true and here are some reasons  why you should not always go for the cheapest model or price available to you rather than a better known model range.
Reason1: Tuning: some of the lesser priced brands can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tasteful Christmas Music</title>
		<link>http://www.musicteachersblog.com/2009/12/what-is-your-favorite-christmas-album/</link>
		<comments>http://www.musicteachersblog.com/2009/12/what-is-your-favorite-christmas-album/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:17:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>janice</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Album]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Albums]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
I&#8217;ve just been searching out some tasteful Christmas albums to play on Christmas day and came up with these two.  


What are your favorites?
I would love to know some other great options for something different to play . I&#8217;ve checked the I-tunes Christmas Essentials list, but there were not many tasteful choices there! 
let [...]]]></description>
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