Adventures of A Music Educator

Just me talking about the new formats I explored in podcasting and some new video skills that I have learned and its taking a toll on my laptop. 

The pandemic has affected education worldwide and scholarly pursuits in music research is not left out. In this video podcast, I'm joined by Lee Voon Foong to discuss about some of the challenges and changes in the field of music research during this trying times. Is going virtual the only research method now? We also discussed a little about how the pandemic has affected music teaching and the learning attitudes of music teachers.   

Timestamps 

00:00 Host intro
00:35 Guest intro
07:55 Topic intro
09:07 Brief overview of Voon Foong's research
11:20 Type of research he is doing
14:14 Finding his research participants
15:19 Getting information from music teachers
17:28 Challenges during the pandemic
21:15 The new norm of research
24:00 Using survey in research
25:34 Is the pandemic discouraging qualitative research?  
27:46 Significance of research observation
29:51 Challenges of experimental research
31:07 Opportunities in research now
32:03 Challenges in virtual learning - Latency, teacher experience in virtual class
33:39 Self-efficacy of music teachers in teaching and learning
37:50 The attitudes of music teachers towards the pandemic
40:05 The difficulties of teaching wind instruments virtually and how it affects audio suppression in video calls
42:56 Closing thoughts by Voon Foong
46:25 Phd????
47:55 Connecting with Voon Foong

This episode is about my journey on Youtube Algorithm, SETO tools and developing video editing skills. I shared about my experience revamping my Youtube channel and how I learned some tricks from SEO tools.

Here is a solution I shared for teaching drawing in Google Meets. 

An update and continuation of my journey in differentiating in the virtual music classroom. In this episode, I share how video tutorials can be helpful during a live virtual lesson. 

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It's tricky navigating tech tools in the virtual classroom. What one student has, the other may not. In this episode, I share my experience teaching my secondary students on creating video collage with an app available on the mainstream platforms, Android and iOS. 

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A mini sharing about my experience using the transcription tool in Soundtrap. Have you used it before? Let me know at cherthemusic@gmail.com

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It is Teacher Appreciation Month! In this episode, I share my thoughts about the inspiring teachers and mentors in my life and how they influenced my growth as a teacher.

Just a very quick update on what's happening and I finally appear on camera for this podcast. Frazzled me is just real life.   

Have you ever felt your week passing by in a blink of an eye? That's how I felt in the past two weeks. In this episode, I share some new experiences I got from school this week [funny story spoiler] and discovering my new superpower while doing teacher training in Google Slides. 

I've been using Loom for awhile now after discovering and exploring it for the past two months and I think it's a really cool piece of tech for work and lessons. 

Just like music, time does not stop. It does not wait. In this episode, I shared about an awesome episode I heard from Top Cast and a new thing I learned from it: keystone habits. 

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I find solutions for my private studio and continue to maintain the interest of my students. In this episode, I share about how important it is to go beyond method books for piano teaching and go the extra mile to create or find supplements to lessons.

Below are useful links I shared about in this podcast episode.

You lose nothing by trying something new.

I started this chapter of my life two years ago and now it has (temporarily) comes to end as I pursue other priorities in life. In this episode, I share my experiences working at a local music studio.

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The whole world recently observed the first anniversary of the pandemic lockdown. My friends and I reflected on this during an online gathering. In this episode, I share about how the pandemic affected my career and the experiences it gave me.

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Paul Potts of Britain's Got Talent fame in 2007 has his own bio pic now and you can stream to watch on Netflix. In this episode, I share my thoughts of this movie production and the important lesson I learned from the story.

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If you have not kick up a storm before, my little adventure might interest you! Google Slides was buggy near mid-March and boy, don't mess with teachers during the pandemic! In this episode, I share how I connected with educators around the world to solve this problem and get Google's attention! 

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My butt must have been itching to do it for awhile now but I have finally started it! In this episode, i share how I came across Az Samad, Anchor.fm and Bobby Rose. It's my wish to collab with other Malaysian music educators. 

School exams are not spared from being different during the pandemic. In this episode, I share my first time experience invigilating the school exams VIRTUALLY. Yep, you got it! Tune in to listen to my story. 

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While I'm still figuring out how I want this podcast to work, I decide to try creating a Youtube video version. In this episode, I share how I research on creating audio visualizers with my video editing software. 

I shared about my love for Penang Island, my experience working at an IB school, my transition from working to studying my Masters and a bit about my private piano teaching. 

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Follow and subscribe to Cherthemusic's Podcast: Adventures of A Music Teacher. Cherylyn is a music teacher from Malaysia. She teaches the music classroom and private piano studio. She has many interests like movies and technology. Tune in to look for teaching inspiration or get insights into a music teacher's life. 

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