Dance Teacher Blog: Dance + Technology #dancetechnology
By Brandy Curry
Today’s dancers are tech savvy, and fast at responding to emails. Don’t be afraid to set up your classroom online and create a Virtual Classroom. You can use Google Web pages, Wiki pages, Haiku, your School or Studio website. I use Keynote to create Digital Flashcards with my iPad and Dance Games for my students. I put up Production and Rehearsal schedules, I create Facebook Groups and Pages for our shows. I have even put up choreography notes and videos of in-class work prior to a lengthy Winter or Spring Break.
Staying connected to your students in their medium is a great way to take your class to the next level. And, trust me when I say their "medium" is blogging, tweeting, Facebooking, video editing, remixing...etc.! I also stay in touch with my dance parents via bi-weekly emails so that they know what to expect in terms of assessments, rehearsals, and productions. I pretend that my classes are part of a private studio. (See post: The Dream is Still Alive) I give my dancers in my classes the same tender loving care I would if these students were signing up and paying for my lessons at a private dance studio.
TECHNOLOGY I LOVE
I use a MacBook Pro laptop, an iPad, a USB/Zip drive, and an iPod on a daily basis for my movement classes and my basic-advanced ballet classes. I have taken courses and Professional Development Workshops on Technology. While these courses seem solely ideal for the Math, and Science teacher, I have found useful information that I translate into a performing art academic. See Teaching with Digital Media USC
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