Music Is Not for Insects

The great thing about conferences these days are live bloggers who report back almost in real time about what they have seen and heard. Their insights and summary are a great way to “virtually attend” a conference you may not be able to be at in person.

I am bummed that I can’t attend NCCE 2008 especially since it’s right here in Seattle. But as a subscriber to Wesley Fryer’s excellent blog Moving at the Speed of Creativity, I was able to read about a great workshop he was recording and blogging about and glean some music resources for this blog post. You should really add Wesley’s blog to your RSS reader; his podcasts are great too.

Below are just three music resources from Karen Fasimpaur’s workshop at NCCE 2008, “Free Content + Open Tools + Massive Collaboration = Learning for All.” You can find more resources from her presentation here: http://www.k12opened.com/wiki/index.php/Learn_About

Musopen - Free Public Domain Classical Music

ccMixter-remixes licensed under Creative Commons

Commons:Media of the Day

The Northwest Council for Computer Education is hosting their 2008 conference in our fair city of Seattle starting today.

Distinguished ed-tech blogger and fellow Seattle Public School teacher *Mark Ahlness and I are hosting a meet-up Thursday night after the NCCE workshops from 8:30 p.m. until ? at The Palomino Bistro in downtown Seattle on 5th ave. between Pike and Union, a short walk from the WA State Convention Center. Join us for some downtime and great conversation. See the link below for a map to the restaurant:

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*Mark will be presenting at NCCE on Thursday and is doing some incredible things with his students and blogging. Check out his blog and his latests posts on using XO laptops with his students.