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Archive for December, 2009

Wordles – Looking back on the year and more!

Posted by dougbutchy on 30th December 2009

At this time of year, it seems everyone is reflecting on “a years worth of tweets/status updates.” So, of course that got me thinking about doing the same. I really enjoy using Wordle, so I decided to make two – one of my most used words on twitter (from TweetStats) and from this blog. Here [...]

Posted in Blogging, PLN, Reflection, Social Networking, Technology | 3 Comments »

Why My Students Make Me Cry

Posted by dougbutchy on 14th December 2009

The best advice I ever received in my teaching career came from another band director in the area. He is kind of a mentor to all other band directors around here, as he has been around for quite some time, and has a marvelous program. In fact, I can remember looking up to him as [...]

Posted in Concert Band, Musicality, Performance, practicing, Reflection, Repertoire, Senior High, teaching techniques | 4 Comments »