Tech Task #3 - Mrs. Miracle's Music Room

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In my third Tech Task, I am to find an edublogger I like, describe their background, why I follow them, and what I have learned from them. Thankfully, the task mentions that if there are other bloggers I follow and like, I can link them also. Wonderful, because there are so many great music education blogs out there! I will only describe one in depth, or else this task will take too long.

Mrs. Miracle's Music Room by Aileen Miracle

Aileen Miracle has taught for over 20 years in both Ohio and Michigan, anything music including general music, band, choir and strings. She currently teaches K-5 general music, but has taught K-7 general music as well. She is a past president of the Midwest Kodály Music Educators of America, and has taught Kodály levels at different universities. She also has her own Teachers Pay Teachers store with lesson plans, unit plans, sub plans, holiday activities and visuals, among other things. 


I first followed Miracle when I decided to switch into the music education program from performance. Before our first teaching placement, we are only given a couple weeks in a "methods" class for our respective stream, meaning I have little general music teaching experience, but also little band experience and choral experience. Miracle gave me a good starting place in terms of activities to use with the students, and now she also provides me with wonderful resources surrounding planning long term for the music classroom (as seen above).

First, I found her Instagram page. I admit I don't read her blog or listen to her podcasts actively, but I always take the time to read her posts when they appear on my Instagram feed. Recently, she shared some apps she uses, both in and out of the classroom.



Her blog itself is informational and has a variety of topics. Her post (and podcast) "Perspectives of a Student Teaching Supervisor" was interesting for me to listen to, as a current student teacher! I found it let me think more about my cooperating teacher's perspective. I also like her blog posts about project-based learning and tips for using centres in the music classroom.



I also enjoy following Tracy King, Katie Wonderly, Music Teacher Coffee Talk (podcast), Moriah Holmes, David Row, and Matthew Stensrud.

Thanks for reading!

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