Credits
Many thanks to Kathy Matthes for introducing me to webquests as part of the EDT612 "Meaningful Learning" class through National University. I have learned much about the benefits of education via webquests and will begin incorporating them in the music curriculum of our district. Also a special thanks to Kenneth Doerksen for his expertise in programming html coding.
The are many wonderful organizations willing to share their resources for the music education of children. I would like to give credit to the following websites which were used to generate this webquest:
Adobe Systems Incorporated (2008). Adobe Acroba Reader. Retrieved March 15, 2008 from the Adobe Systems Incorporated website: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html?promoid=BUIGO
Large Animal Games, Symphony Works/Moon Road LLC (n.d.). The New York Philharmonic Kidzone. Retrieved March 6, 2008 from The New York Philharmonic Kidzone website: http://www.nyphilkids.org/main.phtml?
Microsoft Corporation (2008). Microsoft Online Clip-art. Retrieved March 6, 2008 from the Microsoft website: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/clipart/default.aspx.
Various (2008). Music Educators National Conference National Standards. Retrieved March 8, 2008 from the Music Educators National Conference website: http://www.menc.org/publication/books/standards.htm.
Subotnick, Morton (1999). Morton Subotnick's Creating Music. Retrieved March 6, 2008 from the Morton Subotnick's Creating Music website: http//creatingmusic.com/new/hearing/index.html.
Unknown (2008). The Sphinx Kids. Retrieved March 6, 2008, from the Sphinx Kids website: http://www.sphinxkids.org.html.
Author Biography
April OwensI am an Orff-Schulwerk music specialist with Chesapeake Public Schools in Chesapeake, Va. I have ten years experience teaching Instrumental music at the elementary and secondary level. I have been an Orff-Schulwerk certified instructor for five years. I love everything about the Orff Schulwerk process and love teaching the younger children. Outside of teaching, I enjoy spending time with my husband Chris and playing flute in my spare time. I am proud member of the The Tidewater Winds, a professional wind band in the Sousa style. I also enjoy learning to cook different regional styles of Mexican cuisine. Mexican food is my absolute favorite comfort food.
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