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My idea comes this week from one of my Google reader pages called Dance Advantage. This was a post by Vicki Nelson who is a mom of three girls who grew up dancing. Two of her girls are graduated from college and one is not far from graduating herself. She talks about how her three girls grew up dancing but since college they have all stopped. She asks the question so now is it all a waste of time and energy spent in their younger years on something they don't participate in anymore? The answer to her is NO!! OF COURSE NOT!!! She then goes on to talk about all the things her girls learned through dance that impacted their life. to name just a few: CREATIVITY!! PASSION!! DISCIPLINE!!! I love Vicki's appreciation for what her daughters have learned and appreciate the fact that she would feel so deeply about it that she would share it with others!
Hi everyone! For my Google reader blogs i have chosen:
* Dance Education Tips From the Trenches
* Dance Outlook: The ABC's of Ballet Steps, Performances, and Legends
*Dancing into the Future: Dance and Technology Archives
* Department of Dance- Technology
*National Dance Education Organization (NDEO) Official Page Notes
* Utah Dance Education Organization Facebook
*Dance Advantage
I decided to add these blogs because they seemed to be the most helpful out of all the ones i looked at. I added NDEO blog and UDEO blog because they are so important to be involved with especially as Dance Educators. All of my professors at BYU strongly encourage becoming members of these organizations because they help bring awareness to the importance of dance in education and how we can be dance advocates. I also liked the dance advantage blog because it talked about Dance in a studio setting. Although as Dance Education Majors we plan to be teaching more so in the public school setting you never know whether or not you may end up in a studio setting....so be prepared!!!!
I am taking an advanced English class this semester and one of the requirements for the class is to make a twitter account and to follow our professor. She uses Twitter to answer questions of her students they may have about an assignment or reading that is due. As a class we also use Twitter to help with group projects. At first i thought that signing up for twitter was going to be a drag and to be honest I did not want to make an account. However, it has been very helpful and i am glad that it was an assignment. This is a great example of how we can use Twitter in our classrooms. it really can be a great resource!
I am very excited to be able to take this class and learn how i can use technology to help me teach the art of dance. I don't have a ton of experience in this area and i am anxous to learn more. I think technology is important to use in our class rooms because there is so much available to us. We can use technology to expand our knowledge on certain subjects and in dance, to help us create and enhance our art. I hope to learn about different technologies that will enhance the learning of my students and myself as well!!
