learning via webcam
Piano at Home
Neil mentioned Mandy and Colin Cummins’ new app for teaching online. I just had a Demo Test with them and I cannot recommend this enough. It allows the teacher to see the student and your own face, while having a large keyboard view. It is…
Collaborative Teacher Training
Here is the collaborative teacher training created and facilitated by Ian Belloso that Neil mentioned in his latest update. Really great information here, divided into three separate videos. Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiSe3VmXxhjX02EXPEgfIoRFhh95dChbe I added time stamps to all the videos for easy reference. If you’re wondering “what’s…
Anxiety About Teaching
Does anyone get nervous or anxious giving a piano lesson? If so, has it been worse or better online vs in-person? My experiences… Fear of Playing in Front of People https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifNDugEc1Iw&list=PL3o0aF_9qHn4F2sy8QRuPb_jf_r4D9823&index=16 I definitely get nervous playing for people at the FIS. Sometimes I do when…
Lesson Bomb Surprise
Lesson bombs with Neil – has anyone told your students ahead of time rather than having it be a surprise? Would that be OK to do? Or perhaps telling them there will be a surprise guest and to choose a short piece or a 20-second…
Pop Up Lesson and Lesson Bomb
An idea that might be helpful, especially to those teachers in the southern hemisphere wanting to schedule a lesson bomb with Neil: I invited students to a Pop Up Piano Lesson. This was a time outside of anybody’s regular lesson time. I scheduled a lesson…
Facebook Marketing Initiative
Kat Marie’s Facebook Marketing Initiative Hi all. Several of you have been asking about how to advertise online for students. I said I would share anything that I came across. . One of our newer Simply Music Teachers, Kat Marie, has been posting about her…
Online & Recorded FIS
Has anybody had to do their introductory session online yet ? Has anybody thought about recording themselves talking and sending it to possible future students or post it live on Facebook ? I don’t know if I’d do a recorded version as I believe it…
Optimizing Musical Sound on Zoom
IMPORTANT UPDATE to Zoom. In addition to all of the security enhancements that have been made to the Zoom mettings desktop client and apps, they have also added ORIGINAL SOUND for mobile devices!👍🥳🙌 This is available for all iOS and Android devices. On iOS devices,…
Gesture Communication in Online Lessons
When teaching groups of kids and they are processing something either keypad or however, have the love coach BEHIND them in your view. The MOMENT they get it correct up goes the THUMB from mum.The kid doesn’t know but there’s lots of other miming behind…
Clarifying Fingering Online
I’m sharing my online tricks as I think of them. This is really helpful to enhance the visual when demonstrating. Use the a fluoro marker as you ba ba the song slowly — as you teach the song you tap and move to each finger with…