Last weekĀ HelenĀ Jackson, RRR's Education Director, attended theĀ Ohio Middle Level Association ConferenceĀ to watch master teacher,Ā Veronica Asbury, lead a great presentation calledĀ "Gettin' on the Groove". Ā Veronica has presented at the OMLA for the last two years as well as at the recent National Middle School Conference held in Louisville, KY. Ā She is well known as a 'can-do' teacher whose students repeatedly have the highest test scores in Ohio state language arts tests!Ā Veronica uses the RRRĀ Language Arts albumĀ to great advantage in the classroom and has students singing and dancing their way to language proficiency.Ā Ā
HelenĀ also found two more great ways to use RRR music with other technology and manipulatives. Ā RRR music can be loaded intoĀ Smart BoardsĀ and used to enhance video clips, visuals and other animations easily and quickly. Jill Dennett, Instructional Technologist for SmartEd and Ivery Toussant, Education Consultant forĀ LEGOeducation, were both impressed by RRR music and it's applications, as well as RRRĀ reallyĀ being impressed with the terrific applications the Tap.It interactive technology and LEGO manipulatives bring to classroom learning! Ā All great tools for 21st century classrooms!
Here's an example of clever use of LEGOS and RRR music by student Jake Valentine: