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Music EdVentures, Inc. Presents

Conference / Update 2010

March 5 & 6 Portland OR (Update on March 4)

 

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Featuring:

  • Connections Between Educational Philosophies with Dr. Peggy Bennett

  • Healthy Voices with Dr. Anna Langness

  • Potpourri of Puzzles for Reading

  • Four Faces of a Song

  • Dancing, Song Games, and Singing in the Education of Children

  • Teaching English with Music by our friends from Japan

  • Teaching Autistic Children (during the Update segment)

Location:

Red Lion Hotel Convention Center

1021 NE Grand Ave. (off I-5 at exit 302A)

Portland, Oregon 97232

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UPDATE SCHEDULE  •  Thursday, March 4, 2010

 

Update is an informal pre-conference gathering in which MEI members share classroom ideas with other members. The only requirement for attendance at Update sessions is MEI membership, so be sure to join.

 

10:00-10:10 Opening

10:10-10:30 The Pretty Princess Story - Heather Hicks (BC)

10:30-10:50 Penmanship and Singing: Making learning and practice joyful -

                  Daisy Cochran (AZ)

10:50-11:10 Fun with Boomwhackers - Esther Campbell (WA)

11:10-11:20 BREAK

11:20-12:00 Thesis Summary: The Life and Work of Mary Helen Richards -

                  Kari Wendroth (MN)

12:00-1:15   LUNCH

1:20-1:40     Bele Kawa: African Dance - LeAnne McClellan (WA)

1:40-2:20     Song Games and Learner Traits: Making the Connection Visible -

                   Kate McCabe (BC)

2:20-3:00     Singing English Education- Bonnie Davison (BC)

3:00-3:10     BREAK

3:10-4:20     Making the Connection with Children with Autism Spectrum

                   Disorders: Song Experience Games for Families, Teachers and

                   Caregivers - Bev Kenik (CA) & Judy Fjell (MT)

 


 

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE  •  Friday, March 5, 2010

 

8:45-9:00   Welcome

9:00-10:30  Four Faces of A Song

                   •  Introducing a Song – Sandy Murray (BC),

                   •  Tony Williamson (OR) 

                   •  Notation – Deb Eikenbary (IN)

                   •  Instruments – Anne Mendenhall/Paige Macklin (MN)

10:30-10:40 BREAK

10:40-11:00 Interlude – Judy Fjell (MT)

11:00-12:30 Big Thinkers and Big Thoughts: Educational Connections -

                  Peggy Bennett (MT, OH)

12:30-1:45   LUNCH

1:45-2:30    Simple Song Games – Kathi Smith (OR), Mary Springer (WA)

2:30-2:40    BREAK

2:40-3:00    Interlude – Pam Vellutini (OR)

3:00-4:00    How Not To Teach Music Unmusically: Observations From a Theory 

                  Nerd-Douglas Bartholomew (MT)

4:00-4:30    1-2-3 Dancing with Gina Adoff (MT)

4:30-4:45    Fifteen with Fleurette (BC)   

6:15-          Social Time and Banquet

 


 

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE  •  Saturday, March 6, 2010

 

8:15-8:45    Registration

8:45-9:00    Good Morning

9:00-10:30   Potpourri of Puzzles for Reading –Tony Williamson (OR),

                  Sandy Murray (BC), Kate Smith (BC) Anna Langness (CO)

10:30-10:40 BREAK

10:40-11:00 Interlude – Mary Springer (WA)

11:00-12:30 Voice Education for Children

      Anna Langness (CO)

12:30-1:45   LUNCH

1:45-3:00     English EdVentures from Japan - Bear Hunt by Atsuko Sasaki 
                 
Simple Song Game by other Japanese ladies 

3:00-3:45     Singing by Heart – Annette Coffin (BC)

3:45-4:00     Fifteen with Fleurette (BC)

4:15-5:15     Business Meeting

 


 

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