build a blog online

Build-A-Blog

ACDA Northwest ConferenceMarch 2010

blog

Self-publishing to the internet

we

Allows for author content and reader comment

www.choralnet.org

Why blog?

Websites are “static”

Blogs are “active”

Get notified when the site changes

Get notified when the site changes

Get notified when the site changes

RSS

Really Simple Syndication

Gathers all the new posts into one list… you can easily find out what’s new!

Google Reader reader.google.com

Blogs are a “place to put things”

A “Clearinghouse” for Information

Available to anyone anywhere(no more “I lost my syllabus”)

Once it’s done, it’s always done

Rehearsal notes

Rehearsal notes

texts/translations/pronunciations

texts/translations/pronunciations

Venue information

Venue information

Create a culture of

“Go to the Blog”

Blogs can provide a forum for

conversationcollaborationcommunity

How University Singers

Blog

University Singers

150+ singers100-level class

50% do not read music~25 students’ first choir experience

75% turnover each quarter

Wider Goals

Basics of healthy singing

Learning to sing together(result: performance)

Application to “real life”

Blogs can provide a forum for

conversationcollaborationcommunity

Conversation

Conversation

Daniel Miller said...

A rhythm game helps us to physically internalize the concept of notes happening on very defined beats. It is fun, so we will keep doing it for a while, trying very hard to make

sure all our "notes" are in time. This is important in choir, especially with >200 of us, because we need to change notes at exactly

the same time to get a crisp, not mushy, sound.

Conversation

David Lorence Schleiffers said...

omg.... that game is so addicting. I got a 4860 and didn't die. I think rhythm is important for so many reasons. When

you are working as an ensemble, if you are not singing at the right time, it makes the whole choir sound muddy.

Not good...

Conversation

ConversationTeddy N. said...

With this post (and as more people comment), it's quite obvious that being

wrong doesn't matter in choir rehearsal. Not only do we have plenty

of time to fix anything, we have time to go beyond technically correct, to

transfigure our music into an artistic expression.

Collaboration

Collaboration

Collaboration

Collaboration

Community

Community

Using the blog to enhance the wider goals of the group has

broadened the choral experience.

Cherry AasenRita Marable

Grace RosenstielNathan Silpakit

ACDA GOESBOLDLY FORWARD!