Critical Friend Reaction to Cycle 1 and 2 Data

To my Critical Friends:

Please read the information from my website at the following link and than post a comment about your thoughts from the data collection results.


Cycle 1 Data Collection webpage
Cycle 2 Data collection webpage

Thank you in advance for your time and constructive criticism

David

MAC - Week 4 Blog Post #4 Publishing Project

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I'm currently looking at the submission guidelines for entering my AR Project as an Article to the International Journal of Music Education. Here I believe would be the best place for the work that I've done or at least have started and could potentially be a published article down the road.

The link the the submission guidelines is here:

http://www.sagepub.com/journalsProdDesc.nav?ct_p=manuscriptSubmission&prodId=Journal201697

I'm focusing on the specifics of word count and format to get my manuscript ready for peer review. I look forward to this being a great learning experience.

MAC - Week 4 Blog Post #3 Comments to Kristi

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Comments to Kristi Swartz:

Kristi,

I also had many contemplative moments in reading this book and look forward to reading it again as there is so many great things to gain from the book. I thought the enrollment was very much a sense of connecting with others, enrolling them on your level and attempting to enroll in theirs. The story of the boss not listening to the employee and the self-reflection that the employee was unable to enroll or connect with the boss in such a way that he would heed his words was that lack of connection or enrollment that is essential when being able to share passions and ignite sparks in others.

Kristi Wrote on her blog: (http://swartzbloggin.blogspot.com/)

This week after finishing The Art of Possibilities I reflect further on how this book has changed my perspective. I understand the idea of being ready to participate, offering the gifts we possess for the good of the community, and being open to others eagerness to catch the spark and share it with others. This is a great model for teachers today. We can participate in the students learning in our class sharing what we know and learning from our students’ gifts and knowledge. We can definitely instill sparks within our students creating students who catch the fever to learn and grow in everything they do.

The whole enrollment thing did throw me, however. I prefer to think of it as participation, as discussed in an earlier chapter. The idea of enrollment seemed redundant to me.  I look forward to others thoughts on enrollment.

My favorite part of this reading dealt with the Nelson Mandela address of the words of Marianna Williamson. The idea of this poem in regard to sharing our power and light and how that can spark others to shine their light as well, was inspiring to me. I actually read over this several times and typed it out to print at a later time. I love the idea of all people being born to manifest the glory of God within us, all of us. That was an inspirational message, and a spark, a light,  I hope to share my students through my actions!

MAC - Week4 Blog Post #2 Comments to Levonda

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Comments to Levonda Vickery

LeVonda,

I enjoyed reading all the quotes you took away from the reading. This book is definitely a collection of inspirations. Another one I enjoyed was that "love is neither about self-determination nor sacrifice. It is a context in which two people build the life they want together". Great sentiments.

LeVonda wrote on her blog: (http://levonda.blogspot.com/)

I loved Zander's words in Chapter 9 about us having the "infinite capacity to light a spark of possibility" right at our fingertips and that "passion, rather than fear, is the igniting force."  Oh how true those words ring.  That not only should we ignite a spark in others, but be willing to catch any sparks they may throw at us as well.  I must say that reading Chapter 11: Creating Frameworks for Possibility was right up my creative alley so to speak.  I know that I am the happiest whenever I am creating new things or even watching that creative spark in both of my daughters.  My 15 year old is able to do things with video that I only wish I had been able to do at her age or to have even had the opportunity to learn with the tools and technology she has available to her.  

I loved the story of the teacher who shaved her head because of the student who underwent chemotherapy and the other students were making fun of her baldness.  What a great way to take charge of a situation instead of letting it get out of hand and head into that downward spiral Zander speaks of.  I have a dream to teach and believe that dream is well within my "arena of possibility."  Zander made a really good point about how a vision does not require one to win, but merely to play into the possibility.  His words on how a personal crisis can lead to the creation of a vision that turns a life of possibility sang out to me about the past year or so of my life and how I have taken the my job loss and divorce not as a sign of failure, but rather as a sign to have a new beginning full of possibilities and dreams.  This book has helped me to realize that all the negativity about not having a job and never even being called for a job interview to teach does not define who I am.  My thinking either positive or negative is what defines me and my actions allowing me to choose to explore my own world of possibilities in order to move forward in my life and ignite that spark in others around me.

MAC - Week4 Blog Post #1 Reading Chapters 9 - 12

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Ch. 9 Lighting a Spark

The concept or practice of enrollment provides someone with the idea that the people around you have the potential to inspire and only require the lighting of a spark. People can influence others in unlikely and unexpected ways

Ch. 10 Being the Board

Being open to suggestion and accepting of bad experiences for the purposes of personal growth seems to be one important concept in this chapter. If your focus is too narrow, you cannot see all that there is to see in a situation and you are liable to miss something important or not understand how bad experiences have a way of providing for positive future outcomes. It becomes a self-reflection and an inward look at the implications and results of your own actions. In context to the reading, the focus is on maintaining relationships.

Ch. 11 Creating Frameworks for Possibility

The importance and clearer understanding of Vision makes a difference in determining your own perception and the value of things around you. In context, the power of possibility creates for opportunities that would not otherwise exist without the vision to see it first.

Ch. 12 Telling the WE Story

This chapter speaks largely about the consideration of group interests. It helps to breakdown the controversy of opposing view points and interests and instead looks to connect people by creating a mindset that makes everyone feel apart of the group and reinforces a thinking that is selfless or at least mutually beneficial.

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Does computer technology advance student achievement in instrumental music performance? This question was used in developing a plan of action for an Action Research Project that looked into the validity of instructional enhancements with multimedia resources in music education. The use of Smart Music and MusicTheory.net software helped to answer that question by providing example sources of technology for student use in sight-reading situations. Data collection processes involved included correlating performance scores comparing traditional assessments with technology assessments in note recognition exercises involving urban public school students. The population sampled for the purposes of this research ranged from 6^th to 8^th grade and varied in experience from 0 to 3 years of music performance experience.

MAC - Week 3 Blog Post #5 Wimba Session

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Wimba Session Week #3

I took away the info on our publishing / presentation project. Essentially my questions answered about needing to fit our into the guidelines of the journal we are submitting to is an essential step in the construction process.

Having the link presented at least 24 hours in advance is essential for the purposes of sharing and communicating the process to fellow classmates.

With the reading content, I took away the overall idea about the focus on possibilities and less on the limitations. My thoughts on what to do in an anti-tech environment or any environment not conducive to learning pertained to a reintroduction of practical design. What do teachers need to be able to do, what do students need to be able to do, and how can the environment enhance that end.