Reasons to blog in schoolJackie Schneider

May 2015

To improve teaching and learning by

• Building relationships

• Connecting my students with the world beyond school

• Retaining my sanity (or CPD)

Through the blog we• celebrate young musicians

• reinforce and extend lessons

• give kids access to professional musicians

• provide a platform to showcase our classwork

• keeps work alive between lessons

• Gives pupils a ‘genuine’ voice

Builds relationships

• with the children

• with other class teachers in school

• with parents

• with musicians

• with other music educators

First Rule of Blogging:

Know what you want it for.

Getting started

• Know what you want

• Search blogosphere

• Tackle e safety head on

• Identify audience

• Consider using twitter

photopeach

Tellagami

Photos for class

Great free tools

Top tips

• Little and often

• Quick and dirty

• Creative commons - don’t steal!

• Make blog part of school life

• It’s not “extra” work - it IS the work!

Contact me• Email @jackieschneider.mail@gmail.com

• On twitter @jackieschneider

• via the blog http://stteresasmusic.academyblogger.co.uk/

• Via my teacher blog https://primarymusicmatters.wordpress.com/