Sunday, April 19, 2009
Music
I am doing my 100 hours of observation in a 3rd grade classroom. As a way to create a calm atmosphere in the class, my mentor teacher usually plays soft, calming piano music during writing. It really seems to work well. Just as I was doing homework, I was using a really cool website to listen to music. It is called www.pandora.com and with it, I can type in a band that I like and it will continuously play music similar to that bands style. These are called "radio stations." I love it. I have a radio station for different activities I am doing. I have a classical station, several to listen to while studying, one to listen to while hanging out with friends, etc. I have also discovered a lot of music I like by having them connected to other bands I have created radio stations for. I can pick the station according to what mood I'm in or what kind of work I am doing. I think that this website will be a really neat tool to use in the classroom. A teacher can create different stations according to activities that are happening in the classroom.
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This is a great idea for classrooms and study environments... For some reason my brain seems to work better also when there is something to listen to in the background... I don't know if it is the stimulation that the noise brings or the multitasking that needs to occur to listen and work at the same time, that makes it a productive work environment... But I would be really interested to see how children would respond to soft, calm music in the classroom... Would it improve the work environment and allow the children to focus more at the task at hand? What an interesting experiment...
ReplyDeleteI also agree this is a good idea. I mean how many children go home to a quite house and do their school work? I know I personally grew up with a younger brother and sister and my first year in college I was shocked because my dorm room was quite and I couldn't get a thing done. I just wasn't used to the silence and needed noise to get work done. I've used pandora before and I personally really like it and I'm sure children would love it as well!
ReplyDeleteI love pandora.com and never really thought about using it in a classroom.... thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeletei have never heard of this before! This sounds like a really awesome thing to use. I also agree that it would be really helpful to have in the classroom. I think that especially working with young children i have found that soothing music really helps calm the children.
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