Webquest

Here is the link to my webquest if anyone is interested.  I did it for a middle school general music class.  Students have to compose music to cartoon images.

 https://sites.google.com/site/imageinspiration/

Week 7-Choral Wiki

http://www3.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Category:Sheet_music

This is a great site for discovering new choral music.  You can view, listen to, and download scores for free!

Week 7-Virtual Choir

I am a huge fan of Eric Whitacre, although I have never had a group large enough or skilled enough to handle the music.  Here is an amazaing performance of Lux Aurumuque done all online.  It contains 170 voices from 12 countries all singing together.  This would make a great opening reflection to a choir rehearsal.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7o7BrlbaDs&feature=related

Week 6-Interesting Stomp

I am a big fan of stomp!  I think it is a great way to teach rhythm to general music, and improve coordination in my show choir.  This would also be fun for a drum core.  Here is a fun take on the traditional stomp/step.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJzMoODAcls&feature=player_embedded#at=126

Week 6-Breathing

This video has some great breathing exercises!  Breathing is key to developing  a good vocal sound.  As a middle school director, I think there are several exercises in this video that my student will love.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEz0ku-oXM4

Week 5-Music Games

This site contains many quick and free music games.  Staff Wars is really fun!  I could definitely see this being used in my classroom.. http://www.themusicinteractive.com/TMI/The_Music_Interactive_-_Welcome.html

Week 5-Brain Based Classroom Management

I went to a workshop in my district today about brain based classroom management and discipline.  It was wonderful.  It was taught by Nancy Laursen and Wilma Santana, both incredible teachers!  Here is an article I found discussing many of the techniques and research we learned about.  I'm sure reading the article will not be nearly as meaningful as taking the workshop, but hopefully you can get some tidbits from it.
www.brains.org/classroom_management.htm