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Not Native, but an Innovator

When it first came out that there were Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants, (Prensky, 2001) I was quite upset. Due to my age, I would never be considered a native, always an immigrant. I see many digital natives that don’t know nearly as much as I do, can’t navigate on the web, and forget about [...]

My Reflections of NECC 2008

I have just finished up four days of NECC, the National Computing Educators Conference. I am really for a really LONG nap. What an incredible conference it was. The sheer numbers (over 12,000 people) and the vast amount of vendors and presentations were a bit overwhelming. What you get from technology conferences are three things: [...]

Take a Walk in Second Life, my PPLN

I have had many of my online friends within my technology network have wanted me to join and participate in SECOND LIFE. It is techie heaven, so they say. My response has been, “Like I need one MORE thing to learn and participate in.” Their response was “This is DIFFERENT, you will develop a “Personal [...]
 

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Hometown:
Gurnee, IL
About Me:
I have a B.M.E. from The Ohio State University and a M.A. in Music Education from Northeastern Illinois University and currently teaching fourth through eighth grade music at Sunset Ridge School in Northfield, Illinois. In 2004, a 13-station Mac MIDI lab, with controller-headsets was installed at Sunset Ridge. Additionally, Sunset Ridge has been a part of the Vermont MIDI project for the past three years. Students compose music and professional composer mentors comment on a password protected website.

I have lots of website and www.carolbroos.com won a national award from Digital Education for the “Best of the Web – Best student-centered website – 2007.” It was also awarded "Website of the Week - March 16, 2007" by TechLearning.com

I traveled to Japan on a Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund teacher scholarship in October 2006. My Japan website is listed on the JFMF website.

I have presented over twenty times over the past two years. I am a “Star” Discovery Educator from Discovery Education and recently was awarded the “Mary Hoffman” award from Illinois Music Education Association for music education excellence. I was awarded the "2007 Leader of the Year - Finalist" from TechLearning.com I was just named a Finalist for the 2008 Golden Apple Award.
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http://carolbroos.learnerblogs.org
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Wee World

As music teachers we are concerned about sound, not pictures. But visual matters. I always wondered how people got the cool avatar on their webpages. Well, here it is www.weeworld.com/ You can create an avatar that best looks like you, it has a variety of clothes, settings, and additional objects. Try it out! You'll love it!

Posted on March 14th, 2008 at 5:50am — No Comments (Add)

Musicans are the BEST people.

You will see this post all over my blogs. I recently came back from the Michigan Music Conference in Grand Rapids, Michigan. I drove three hours, arriving around 5pm. As I got out of my car to get my backpack, I realized that it was quite light, and looked inside - I FORGOT MY LAPTOP. Now, anyone that knows me, I would cut off a body part before parting with my laptop. After the freakout, complete meltdown, two phone calls to my best friend (a fellow presenter and art teacher) she convinc… Continue

Posted on January 27th, 2008 at 9:00am — No Comments (Add)

Getting the word out about Social Networking

As I put the finishing touches on all my presentations, I am excited that this ning will develop into a forum for others to communicate and share.

Posted on January 15th, 2008 at 6:59pm — No Comments (Add)

Wikis

I have tried and tried to use Wikispaces and other wiki programs. I finally found one that I can do fast and it is super easy! pbwiki.org. I put up two wiki's one for all my presentations and set up one for the teachers at my school to post their notes from the conferences they attend.

Here is my presentation wiki and the Sunset Ridge conference wiki.


Posted on January 5th, 2008 at 3:35pm — No Comments (Add)

Changed my blog

I just changed my blog, I wanted my full name in the blog name http://carolbroos.learnerblogs.org/
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At 7:38pm on January 13th, 2008, Lucie deLaBruere said…
Hi Carol,
It was great meeting you at a conference call for Vermont Midi last week. I think Web 2.0 has great potential for marketing and spreading the word.
At 3:19pm on September 28th, 2007, nkabat said…
Hi Carol, I am a music teacher in Glenview and just found this techie site for music teachers. I would love to share ideas on what things you are doing in general music with tech. Please send me a comment sometime :-) Nancy Kabat
 
 

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