Clapping

Stepping is the process of using your body as an instrument. This includes spoken word, footsteps, clapping, facial expressions and sometimes props. These props are often canes, but it is not limited to just that. More frequently this percussive dance is done by a group, but can be done by a single individual also formations closely resemble, if not exactly…

Transitions are as important to your day as the lessons; well planned transitions can help all the students in the classroom. Some examples of transitions include, playing music when moving from one activity to another, using the lights or using a clapping type activity. Timers are another great tool to use, especially the visual timer that lets the student see just how much time is left before they need to move to another activity. Whatever you choose, the teacher needs to be specific in the…

On August 23, 2015 I attend a local Maysville church not far from where I live to complete the church visitation assignment. I choose to attend Grants Creek Missionary Baptist Church, because it is located in a quaint building out in the country and not to mention a different denomination than myself. This church is of a Baptist denomination, which is unique because it is the denomination of Campbell University. I thought this project would be a great opportunity for me to become more diverse…

Summative Reflective What does it mean to be part of a professional learning community and co-construct learning? After these past few weeks of Introduction into Foundations, I have learned quite about about this question. The topics involving a professional learning community and co-construct learning has my opinions and reactions following. Co-construct is developing an objective with people other than yourself. Co-construct learning, is learning which objectives these will be by discussion…

culture without displaying violence or behaviour that would make it unsuitable for a younger audience, thus making it more accessible. We created a mime and movement sequence in groups showing two gangs at war in which we used rhythmic stomping, clapping and clicking to signify different gangs to the audience, using positioning and movement to show the conflict between…

Music is said to be the “universal language of mankind;” it reaches across cultural and language barriers in a way that cannot be done with ordinary languages such as English or Spanish. Music impacts people on personal and social levels. On a personal level music can improve one 's emotions and health. This can facilitate social impacts such as bringing unity and understanding to other people’s emotions. The vitally important impacts that music has on people can occur through listening to…

Rett Syndrome Report Cathy Qian Clinical features Rett Syndrome (RTT) is a genetic disease which presents with a seemingly normal development up until 1-3 years of age. The disease is only present in females, as it is an X-linked dominant disorder and males with a defective X chromosome die prematurely. It is rare, with an estimate of 1:10000 - 1:15000 live female births. (4) This is when Stage II begins, with deterioration of mental processes. The rate of deterioration varies. Symptoms…

I sat on the cliff and looked at the hills in front of me. I wondered how my life had changed so drastically in the past six years. Did I have any regrets? Maybe a few, sitting there and thinking all about it all over again I only wanted a breeze of happiness to blow through my life. Few words left unsaid and a friendship left in shambles. I wondered if I could have done anything differently which would have led me to be in a different situation, these thoughts took me back in time where it all…

Morristown jumping jacks are an exercise that, as a team, we do jumping jacks, and with every jumping jack, we say a letter or morristown, until we have fully spelled out Morristown. Then the second we get to that last etter. We run towards the center clapping. This is when we finally felt like we were okay. That whether we win or lose, that we will be able to handle this setting again. Then the fun began. My highlight of the day, my first catch of my football…

Futurity I was shocked for a moment after I watched the show Futurity because I didn’t expect it as a musical show. My classmates who sat next me were also confused. In order to understand what the show is about, I found a brief summary from their website: “Two people try to imagine their way out of impossible circumstances in FUTURITY – an avant-Americana musical by indie band The Lisps. Julian is a Civil War soldier dreaming of a technological utopia. Ada is a mathematical genius thousands…