Interviewed by Steve Adubato on Caucus: NJ
Amy Burns, Music Teacher, Far Hills Country Day School and Chair, Early Childhood Music Education, NJ Music Education Association, shares the benefits of exposing children to music even before birth to enhance their learning ability.
Steve Adubato speaks with Amy Burns, Lauren Meehan and Matt Ross, who are all passionate about the importance of music and the arts in a child’s life, staring as early as birth.
Podcast Interviews
Music Ed Amplified with Missy Strong: Virtual Performance? Help! | S02E02 - Missy sends out another tech SOS to Amy Burns who, as always, steps up in a big way to help Missy think through attempting a virtual performance with elementary students.
Music Tech Teacher (MTT119): Using Technology With Elementary Approaches with Amy Burns - In this episode of the Music Tech Teacher Podcast, I chat to Amy Burns – an elementary music teacher from New Jersey who also happens to be a well-known music tech expert.
MusicFirst: Profiles in Teaching with Technology - Episode Eight - Amy Burns by MusicFirst interviewed by Dr. Jim Frankel.
MTT18: Collaboration, Assessment and Digital Portfolios in Elementary Music – with Amy Burns, interviewed by Katie Wardrobe
SEESAW IN THE ELEMENTARY MUSIC CLASSROOM WITH AMY BURNS: Episode 392 with Amy Burns on the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast by Vicki Davis
Articles
These links bring you to articles that I have written recently about integrating technology into the elementary music classroom.
Five Takeaways from the Free NJMEA Monthly Webinars from NJMEA Tempo, January 2022.
Keeping the Performing Arts Alive in Our Ever-Changing Teaching Environment from NAIS Independent Teacher, Fall 2021
Best of the Elementary Music Technology Discovered During the Pandemic from NJMEA Tempo, October 2021.
The Benefits of Early Childhood Music Across the Curriculum from NJMEA Tempo, March 2021
Six Technology Tips Every Elementary Music Educator Should Know When Teaching in an Ever-Changing Environment from NJMEA Tempo, January 2021
Elementary Music Activities for Various Teaching Scenarios from NJMEA Tempo, October 2020
10 Websites and Uses for the Elementary Music Classroom: #10-6 from NJMEA Tempo, April 2020
Elementary and Early Childhood Sessions at NJMEA from NJMEA Tempo, January 2020
NJMEA Member Spotlight: Maedean Kramer from NJMEA Tempo, January 2020
The Benefits of Early Childhood Music Across the Curriculum from NAIS Independent Teacher, Fall 2019
NJMEA Early Childhood Music And Advocacy Highlighted On Caucus NJ With Steve Adubado from NJMEA Tempo, October 2019
five books to enhance the elementary music classroom
Click on the link and go to page 40 to read about the webinars for elementary music educators. NJMEA Tempo, March, 2019.
creating musical ebooks in the elementary general music classroom with book creator
Click on the link and go to page 48 to read about the webinars for elementary music educators. NJMEA Tempo, January, 2019.
Learning Empathy Through the Arts in the Elementary Grades found in NAIS Independent Teacher, fall 2018
Students will seek understanding of their world through empathy if we give them a context they can relate to, like art and music, through which they have the freedom to explore all their questions. https://www.nais.org/magazine/independent-teacher/fall-2018/learning-empathy-through-the-arts-in-the-elementary-grades/
five ways to use seesaw in the early childhood and elementary general music classroom
Click on the link and go to page 40 to read about the webinars for elementary music educators. NJMEA Tempo, October, 2018.
part Two: Five Chromebook Apps/Websites for the elementary general music classroom
Click on the link and go to page 38 to read about the webinars for elementary music educators. NJMEA Tempo, May, 2018.
part one: Five Chromebook Apps/Websites for the elementary general music classroom
Click on the link and go to page 38 to read about the webinars for elementary music educators. NJMEA Tempo, March, 2018.
Top items i have learned when preparing for an elementary general music concert
Click on the link and go to page 38 to read about the webinars for elementary music educators. NJMEA Tempo, January, 2018.
Project-Based Learning Across the Curriculum found in NAIS Independent Teacher, fall 2017
Project-Based Learning across the curriculum is an excellent way for students to have a meaningful learning experience. When students relate content they are studying in their classroom to content they are studying in music, art, or other extended classes, they are joyful. https://www.nais.org/magazine/independent-teacher/fall-2017/project-based-learning-across-the-curriculum/
Quick Tech Tips for The Elementary music educator
Click on the link and go to page 37 to read about the webinars for elementary music educators. NJMEA Tempo, October, 2017.
Recap of NJMEA Webinars from the 2016-2017 school year
Click on the link and go to page 36 to read about the webinars for elementary music educators. NJMEA Tempo, May, 2017.
The Intriguing Music Educator with the Technological Know-How
This article written by Ron Berger was published in the Huffington Post. It is a really nice article he wrote about my work.
using technology to assist with assessment in the elementary music classroom
Click on the link and go to page 36 to read about assessment in the elementary music classroom. NJMEA Tempo, March, 2017.
STEAM: Connecting music across the curriculum
Click on this link to read the article about STEAM in the elementary music and science classrooms. Southwestern Musician, January, 2017.
Great day with denise gagne!
Click on the link above go to page 48 to read about the one-day workshop with Denise Gagne. NJMEA Tempo, January, 2017.
STEAM
This article was published by NAIS Independent Teacher in the Fall of 2016.
adding technology to enhance global communications and creativity in the elementary music classroom
Click on the link and go to page 34 to read about implementing global communications in the elementary music classroom. NJMEA Tempo, October, 2017.