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  • Daffodil Valley Elementary School
  • Sumner, WA
  • More than half of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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I teach Elementary Music to Kindergarten through 5th grade in Washington State. I love incorporating technology to help kids learn. Like other curriculum, it is so crucial for children to be able to evaluate student work in class. In a music class, our work is through song - either instrumental or vocal. It can be really challenging for children to really listen to what they are singing or playing, especially if the piece has several different music parts going on at the same time. One way to overcome this, is for me to record them playing (or singing) and then as a class listen to the performance. I would like to take this one step further.

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I teach Elementary Music to Kindergarten through 5th grade in Washington State. I love incorporating technology to help kids learn. Like other curriculum, it is so crucial for children to be able to evaluate student work in class. In a music class, our work is through song - either instrumental or vocal. It can be really challenging for children to really listen to what they are singing or playing, especially if the piece has several different music parts going on at the same time. One way to overcome this, is for me to record them playing (or singing) and then as a class listen to the performance. I would like to take this one step further.

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