Comments for Confessions of a Band Director http://dougbutchy.wordpress.com Experiences and thoughts on music and teaching elementary and secondary band. Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:45:46 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Wordles – Looking back on the year and more! by Doug Butchy http://dougbutchy.wordpress.com/2009/12/30/wordles-looking-back-on-the-year-and-more/#comment-209 Doug Butchy Thu, 31 Dec 2009 16:45:46 +0000 http://dougbutchy.wordpress.com/?p=218#comment-209 Thanks Andy! In looking at the Twitter Wordle again, I love that one of the biggest words is "ha"! Happy New Year to you as well! Thanks Andy! In looking at the Twitter Wordle again, I love that one of the biggest words is “ha”! Happy New Year to you as well!

]]> Comment on Wordles – Looking back on the year and more! by Andy Zweibel http://dougbutchy.wordpress.com/2009/12/30/wordles-looking-back-on-the-year-and-more/#comment-208 Andy Zweibel Thu, 31 Dec 2009 05:07:11 +0000 http://dougbutchy.wordpress.com/?p=218#comment-208 Doug, I love how positive your tweets are! It really says something about you that some of the biggest words in your Twitter wordle are "good," "great," "awesome," and "love!" Your passion shows in your tweets :) Happy New Year, Andy Doug,

I love how positive your tweets are! It really says something about you that some of the biggest words in your Twitter wordle are “good,” “great,” “awesome,” and “love!” Your passion shows in your tweets :)

Happy New Year,
Andy

]]> Comment on Why My Students Make Me Cry by musicteacher541 http://dougbutchy.wordpress.com/2009/12/14/why-my-students-make-me-cry/#comment-206 musicteacher541 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:47:17 +0000 http://dougbutchy.wordpress.com/?p=213#comment-206 Wow, you've got a very nice blog here. Your posts are very interesting and informative. The successes of our students could have been our great successes, too; something that we could always be proud of and forever cherish in our hearts. Such positive outcome and development either on their personal or professional endeavors can surely give us the satisfaction and joy to keep us motivated and committed to our profession. Since we have devoted our time, effort and resources to music teaching and have taught young minds with all our passion and love for both music and teaching, we cannot simply take our emotions away from it. Thanks again for your generosity in sharing your bright ideas and useful experiences on creative and innovative <a href="http://www.musicteachershelper.com/blog/" rel="nofollow">music teaching resources</a> to most music teachers out there. Good luck to you and your future endeavors. Til your next posts! Happy holidays! Wow, you’ve got a very nice blog here. Your posts are very interesting and informative. The successes of our students could have been our great successes, too; something that we could always be proud of and forever cherish in our hearts. Such positive outcome and development either on their personal or professional endeavors can surely give us the satisfaction and joy to keep us motivated and committed to our profession. Since we have devoted our time, effort and resources to music teaching and have taught young minds with all our passion and love for both music and teaching, we cannot simply take our emotions away from it. Thanks again for your generosity in sharing your bright ideas and useful experiences on creative and innovative music teaching resources to most music teachers out there. Good luck to you and your future endeavors. Til your next posts! Happy holidays!

]]> Comment on Why My Students Make Me Cry by Third-Stream Music Education » Cry like a Man http://dougbutchy.wordpress.com/2009/12/14/why-my-students-make-me-cry/#comment-204 Third-Stream Music Education » Cry like a Man Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:49:18 +0000 http://dougbutchy.wordpress.com/?p=213#comment-204 [...] post by Doug Butchy over at Confessions of a Band Director. Cruise on over and have a look…this is how [...] [...] post by Doug Butchy over at Confessions of a Band Director. Cruise on over and have a look…this is how [...]

]]> Comment on Why My Students Make Me Cry by Cary http://dougbutchy.wordpress.com/2009/12/14/why-my-students-make-me-cry/#comment-203 Cary Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:44:52 +0000 http://dougbutchy.wordpress.com/?p=213#comment-203 Awesome! For you and for them! Awesome! For you and for them!

]]> Comment on How social media has helped me come out of my shell by Confessions of a Band Director » My First Experiences In Second Life http://dougbutchy.wordpress.com/2009/09/28/how-social-media-has-helped-me-come-out-of-my-shell/#comment-200 Confessions of a Band Director » My First Experiences In Second Life Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:45:06 +0000 http://dougbutchy.wordpress.com/?p=176#comment-200 [...] while back I wrote a post about how I thought Twitter was helping me to become a more social person. Second Life has fostered that growth even more. I have to admit that I was even a little shy about [...] [...] while back I wrote a post about how I thought Twitter was helping me to become a more social person. Second Life has fostered that growth even more. I have to admit that I was even a little shy about [...]

]]> Comment on How social media has helped me come out of my shell by My First Experiences in Second Life « Confessions of a Band Director http://dougbutchy.wordpress.com/2009/09/28/how-social-media-has-helped-me-come-out-of-my-shell/#comment-196 My First Experiences in Second Life « Confessions of a Band Director Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:12:57 +0000 http://dougbutchy.wordpress.com/?p=176#comment-196 [...] while back I wrote a post about how I thought Twitter was helping me to become a more social person. Second Life has fostered that growth even more. I have to admit that I was even a little shy about [...] [...] while back I wrote a post about how I thought Twitter was helping me to become a more social person. Second Life has fostered that growth even more. I have to admit that I was even a little shy about [...]

]]> Comment on A Student’s Thoughts on Wikipedia by Music Teacher http://dougbutchy.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/a-students-thoughts-on-wikipedia/#comment-194 Music Teacher Mon, 16 Nov 2009 05:05:00 +0000 http://dougbutchy.wordpress.com/?p=195#comment-194 Thanks for sharing this to your readers - you simply give us something to think about. Your post as well as the comments made on this page seems to be so true. Generally, Wikipedia is a multilingual, Web-based, free-content encyclopedia project based mostly on anonymous contributions. Wikipedia's articles and information provide links to guide the user to related pages with additional and reliable inputs and details. To quote, Wikipedia is not a source, but it is a gateway to actual and good sources and resources. Anyway, I appreciate your efforts in posting creative and innovative <a href="http://www.musicteachershelper.com/blog/" rel="nofollow">music teachers resources</a> . Keep up the good work and see you around. Til your next posts! Thanks for sharing this to your readers – you simply give us something to think about. Your post as well as the comments made on this page seems to be so true. Generally, Wikipedia is a multilingual, Web-based, free-content encyclopedia project based mostly on anonymous contributions. Wikipedia’s articles and information provide links to guide the user to related pages with additional and reliable inputs and details. To quote, Wikipedia is not a source, but it is a gateway to actual and good sources and resources. Anyway, I appreciate your efforts in posting creative and innovative music teachers resources . Keep up the good work and see you around. Til your next posts!

]]> Comment on A Student’s Thoughts on Wikipedia by Cary http://dougbutchy.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/a-students-thoughts-on-wikipedia/#comment-193 Cary Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:44:59 +0000 http://dougbutchy.wordpress.com/?p=195#comment-193 I agree: Wikipedia is not a source, but it is a gateway to actual sources. The rest is just invective from a teenage mind. BTW, did the student cite a source when he claimed that his ninth-grade teacher told him Wikipedia was evil? Has he checked to see whether it was a primary or secondary source? I agree: Wikipedia is not a source, but it is a gateway to actual sources. The rest is just invective from a teenage mind. BTW, did the student cite a source when he claimed that his ninth-grade teacher told him Wikipedia was evil? Has he checked to see whether it was a primary or secondary source?

]]> Comment on A Student’s Thoughts on Wikipedia by Doug Butchy http://dougbutchy.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/a-students-thoughts-on-wikipedia/#comment-192 Doug Butchy Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:16:48 +0000 http://dougbutchy.wordpress.com/?p=195#comment-192 Great points Bob! You have given me some things to think about! Great points Bob! You have given me some things to think about!

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