fascinating!

http://www.teachandlearn.ca/blog/2007/05/20/towards-a-personally-negotiated-understanding/

Teachers without borders

http://www.teacherswithoutborders.org/

Protected: Teacher Training

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First page of my Philosophy Paper for Teacher Trainer Application

Well folks, here it is…. page 1. 771 words. The paper needs to be 1500 to 1800 words, typed, double spaced with bibliography and footnoted references. Must include the statement “Every Child Can Learn” and show two specific way that Dr. Suzuki’s ideas are implemented in your studio. I [...]

Practicing again

Progress on the project – I finally practiced again.  Mr. Bear has gone to the shop and I always do better when he’s gone.  It’s back down to 91 beats per minute from 94 but I haven’t lost that much after 3 days.  I can work it up again.  The cadenza is coming nicely – [...]

First 3 minutes of footage

The SAA asks for three minutes of video footage of me working with a child 5 years old or younger. Song of the Wind preview.
Here is my first try:

I’m excited!
The request is for “A segment of 3 consecutive minutes showing a student age 5 or younger studying the first half of Book 1.”
Uh oh. [...]

Videos

We have the video camera handicam now – on a tripod in the studio with working disks and I am so excited! I can really see this project coming together now! I made videos of some lessons this afternoon and they were good! Not to toot my own horn or anything but [...]

Goals

I’ve started working towards a long term goal here and I wanted to blog about it so that I can keep track of how long I will be working towards it.  The first part involves performing Mozart D Major No. 4 with Joachim Cadenza and Unaccompanied Bach Sonata Adagio from G minor and … something [...]