Tag: Microsoft Teams

• Teaching Orchestra and Band in a Digital Space: Day 13

  Live sound in a virtual space: Now that things are settling into what seem more and more a regular routine, I started to ask some fundamental questions about the user experience within my virtual platform.  How is the sound of my voice received by my students?  When I speak or demonstrate on my instruments, what…

  Ed Castro

  March 25, 2020

  Methods, Music, Teaching, Things

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• Teaching Orchestra and Band in a Digital Space: Day 9

  Teams: When considering the word “teams”, one inevitably starts to think about groups of people who work together. Until a few days ago, if you were to do a search of “teams”, using any internet search browser you’d likely get a bunch of sports related articles or sports related images. Now that we are hitting…

  Ed Castro

  March 19, 2020

  Media, Music, Teaching, Things, Thoughts

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• Teaching Orchestra and Band in a Digital Space: Day 1

  It’s hard to imagine how someone could remotely teach an interactive music class like an orchestra or band, but given the current situation, with Seattle being the epicenter of the Coronavirus, this is now my new reality as an instrumental music instructor. This week starts our three-week (or until further notice) experience teaching and learning…

  Ed Castro

  March 9, 2020

  Methods, Music, Teaching, Things, Thoughts

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