I Guess I Have a Blog Now

 Copyright and fair use is a big thing in the music education world, specifically with sheet music (but also textbooks, recordings, etc). As a future music educator, I have to respect the rights of people who have produced materials that I may want to use in the classroom. I might not be able to use copyrighted material, that is, material that is made by someone, who is the only one who can use that material. However, if it falls under fair use, which in a nutshell is where if it's not copied excessively and is being used for educational purposes, then I might be able to use it as a teacher, at a free or reduced fee. I will have to budget for purchasing enough sheet music for each student of mine, and if we have performances where students pick out music to perform, I will need to ensure I've taught them about copyright rules, and make sure that by performing certain works, we are still abiding by said rules. I may write my own warmups, and possibly concert music. My students m...

 Growing up I used Microsoft Word. There was no other option as far as I knew. I even took a class in the seventh grade where we learned how to type well and did a lot of stuff with excel and word. I didn't retain most of it, besides being a good typer! I used word until probably high school, I feel like something in high school made me switch. Collaborating with someone on google docs, or maybe having my own computer, or something for an assignment, I'm not sure. But now I exclusively use google docs. I don't like using word, because I'm unfamiliar with it, it doesn't save automatically, and it doesn't save all in one easy place (I could solve this by having a folder on my computer for my work, but if I went onto another device I wouldn't have access to it.) I also like that I can share documents easily with people and collaborate on them on google docs. There were lots of good options for the ISTE standards, but in terms of technology use, I think designer...

 Hello frens, this is my blog. I've never had a blog. For now I won't share my name, I think it's kind of funny and safer to be anonymous. Some fun facts about me. I'm a triplet, but unfortunately by brothers don't attend Florida State with me. I'm also a hula dancer, and I've been dancing for over 10 years! I am a marching chief, and I hail from the Hornz section. I am also a psychology major, with a minor in education, and I think I want to be a band director when I grow up! I really don't think I have much experience with technology in an educational setting, or maybe I do and just don't realize it. Of course I use my computer for assignments, and have made powerpoints and even edited mediocre videos before. I like using google slides and google docs, as well as google calendar to keep track of things. I suppose there are apps that I use that could be used for my teaching such as the tonal energy tuning app. I've also had to use things like Sm...