Blog 22: Senior Project Reflection

(1) Positive Statement

What are you most proud of in your Block Presentation and/or your senior project? Why?
I'm most proud of my use of sources through out my presentation. The information I provided in each of my answers is based on my sources of course, but the in depth details that I gave in all my sources made me really proud.

(2) Questions to Consider

a.     What assessment would you give yourself on your Block Presentation (self-assessment)?
P+

b.     What assessment would you give yourself on your overall senior project (self-assessment)?
P +

(3) What worked for you in your senior project?
I feel the mentorship hours and independent components really worked for my senior project. Without them I would have no answers and foundation to base my answers on. The real life examples it gave me fed my answers.

(4) (What didn't work) If you had a time machine, what would have you done differently to improve your senior project if you could go back in time?
I would have prepared a better activity that went more with my answer and was more thought out and planned.

(5) Finding Value

How has the senior project been helpful to you in your future endeavors?   Be specific and use examples.
I have learned how to gain patience with children and adults in the like. I learned how to play a teacher role and take authority as well as go in depth into a topic and really understand it.

Blog 16: Advisory Meeting #2

How can music instruction most influence a child's ability to perform publicly?

Music instruction can most influence a child's ability to perform publicly by teaching them discipline on and off the stage. 

Positive reinforcement is one of the ways to teach a child discipline and is most applicable when teaching music in any form. There are always rehearsals where you can enforce a positive train of thought even when a rehearsal doesn't go well, but when speaking on performances this is different. Each performance is a stepping stone to another performance, so there is always room for improvement. There are going to be problems in a performance,but the way you word a negative statement can be positive to a child such as, " You didn't hit that high C at the end of the chorus, but I'm sure with more practice at the next performance you will be able to hit it perfectly!".
Also helping a child be a part of their learning of discipline as well as their peers keeps a child focused on the goal at the end, performing publicly. A child's mind in mold-able in their young age so anything said to them or taught to them is much easier for them to retain and reuse. Simply teaching them things isn't as useful; they need to be involved in their learning so helping a child develop their mind, to discipline themselves and help keep others on task is a way that music instruction can help a child.
To help teach arts related discipline more thoroughly also is something that isn't used a lot or required for every teacher but should be, which is the ITA Program. (Integrated Teaching Through Arts Program) Its the teaching of teachers how to integrate arts into their everyday courses and all activities. This disciplines the children to know that their teacher, the adult, and themselves use the arts in all situations of learning. 

Teaching Choral Music in the 21st century, my third interview with Amy Rodriguez and my first independent component, " Your Child's Strengths", "Voices from the Field", and several sources from Chorus America including "The Chorus Impact Study" helped me form my second answer. 

The discipline of a child can be given in any type of situation, but in an art motivated environment the teaching may be easier and more efficient for the child.The positive enforcement that an arts related environment surrounds a child with makes it longer lasting and more enriching to the child. It also gives the child the ability to learn with their peers or from their own experiences, which makes them a part of their everyday learning. 

Blog 13: Lesson 2 Reflection

1. 

I'm most proud of my sources cited and mentorship part of my lesson. I feel as though I went very in depth and correlated the two together. I feel in my sources cited I brought out a lot of good information from several different sources showing that I really did well in the research component of senior project. Also I feel my stories and documentation from mentorship shows how closely I work with not only my mentor, but also the place I work with. 

2.
       a. I would give myself a P, since I feel I met all the requirements.

       b. I feel I deserve a P on my Lesson 2 component because I put a lot into the presentation and talked for more than the 10 minute requirement. I also feel that my interactive activity and sponge activity worked well and kept the audience captivated. My information was in depth, and really thought out, though I did stumble whens peaking at times it was because of nerves of speaking in front of the class about a topic I enjoy so much. 

3. 

The lesson template really worked for me by giving me a way to organize my information better than I would have had I not had the template. Also it showed me where I should put things in order for my presentation to make sense.

4.

I would improve my power point if I wanted to improve my Lesson 2 presentation. After presenting I felt I needed more slides and more spacing on my current slides to make the presentation as easy to understand and flow better.

5.

I think my answer two will be something along the lines of, Music instruction most influences a child's ability to perform publicly by teaching a child the values of discipline.