As usual, the PMEA State conference offered very beneficial sessions that covered a wide variety of topics. In addition there were a bunch of very impressive performances including The “Pershing’s Own” United States Army Band. There were also quite a few exhibitors represented including SoundTree, SmartMusic, Finale and Sibelius.
PMEA 2011 Live-Blogs
The PMEA live-blogs were certainly a big success. We did however realize that the schedule for the live-blogs was quite rigorous. So in an attempt to catch up with some colleagues (and eat lunch!), some of the sessions were not covered. I will be updating the schedule to represent the sessions that were covered. For the sessions that were covered, the live-blogs are now in replay mode, which means you can go back and take a look at our session notes for the sessions that you didn’t attend! Overall, I felt that this live-blog model worked pretty well. I was very excited to try this new approach to live-blogging at conferences. It was certainly a necessary and useful step in the evolution of web 2.0 integration in traditional professional development. Be sure to keep checking back here for some posts based off many of the sessions from PMEA 2011!
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Andrew Ritenour is a junior Music Education major at Grove City College in Grove City, PA. He is actively involved in many performing ensembles including brass quintets, concert bands, marching bands, and choirs. Andy plays Tuba and Euphonium and is the Brass/Marching Instructor for the Somerset Area HS Marching Band. You can find him on twitter at @andrewritenour. 