Tag: Service

• Teaching Orchestra and Band in a Digital Space: Day 15

  Close One and Cheers: Like most Friday’s before a break from school occurs, thing are bound to go wrong. Sometimes it’s students behaving unruly or planned events that disrupt the day, like a class parties. You never know what might come up of these days. Today my “WTF” moment happened due to poor bandwidth. Now…

  Ed Castro

  March 27, 2020

  Music, Teaching, Thoughts

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• Teaching Orchestra and Band in a Digital Space: Day 14

  Tired: On a typical day I feel like I get to move around a fair amount. With conducting ensembles and moving around campus, I might even say I am very active. On occasion I might get a work out before my day starts. However, since the coronavirus era of teaching started, my movements have been…

  Ed Castro

  March 26, 2020

  Music, Teaching, Things, Thoughts

  #WFH, Coronavirus, Covid 19, COVID19, education, educator, independent school, Kirkland, music education, musician, recliner, Remote, Service, teacher, Teaching, Teaching Remotely, Teams, Virtual, Virtual Band, Virtual Orchestra, Virtual Practice Room, WA, Washingtion

• Teaching Orchestra and Band in a Digital Space: Day 12

  Three Great Moments In One Virtual School Day Today I had several experiences with students and colleagues which are cause for acknowledgement, appreciation and gratitude. Teaching Assistant Before the term started, one of my students in the advanced orchestra approached me about being a teaching assistant.  Currently, the school doesn’t have a policy regarding this,…

  Ed Castro

  March 24, 2020

  Music, Teaching, Thoughts

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• Teaching Orchestra and Band in a Digital Space: Day 11

  Duet with myself: Today starts the 3rd week of the spring term. Some things feel normal and routine, as mentioned in the previous post and other things feel new. One of the actives I enjoy doing with students is active listening of music. This typically involves listening to a piece of music or two with…

  Ed Castro

  March 23, 2020

  Music, Teaching, Things, Thoughts

  Band, Community, Coronavirus, Covid 19, COVID19, DAW, Digital Audio Workstation, education, educator, independent school, Interactive Website, Kirkland, music education, musician, Performance based learning, Project based learning, Remote, Service, Soundtrap, teacher, Teaching, Teaching Remotely, Teams, Virtual, Virtual Band, Virtual Orchestra, WA, Washingtion

• 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 8

  Community and Service: As part of my curriculum I spend time exploring the idea of musicians as part of a group of communities. It’s important enough to me, that I try to include work regarding music, community and service in every unit I teach. Some of the question I pose to students are; What roles…

  Ed Castro

  March 18, 2020

  Media, Music, Teaching, Thoughts

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