I have heard friends talk about Pandora, the Online radio station that you can personalize and hear any style, artist, new, or old song on. So, feeling in the music mood, I decided to create an account tonight. It was quite a bit to work through and try to think of my favorite artists to search and begin a station for myself. However, one of the great things about Pandora is since you create your own station, you can always adapt it or add to it!
Also, being in my classroom, hearing all the students sing their hearts out every day regardless if they are in music class or not, I thought maybe having a classroom Pandora in my future class would be neat! I remember some of my favorite teachers (elementary through college) would play music for inspiration, for a mood changer, or just for fun at free time. The first graders have been singing holiday songs, gearing up for their upcoming Holiday Concert, so setting up a Pandora station of not only the songs they are preparing for the concert, but maybe other holiday and classroom favorites would be neat to add to a station.
I completely agree, pandora is awesome. I have had an account for quite a while now and I absolutely love it. I think incorporating music in the classroom is awesome. One of the classrooms I helped out in last year played soothing music after recess to calm the kids down after their break and I thought it was a great idea.
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