Google Docs for Collaborative Lyrical Analysis As my colleague Nate Green recently discussed, Google Docs is a fantastic way to respond to student writing. Students receive my comments quicker, they can read them better, and it allows the opportunity for an ongoing dialogue rather than a static one-time handoff. But this year, with the inclusion of WiFi in Avon Old Farms’ classrooms, many more possibilities have opened up to use Google Docs as a collaborative in-class learning tool.
One of my favorite ways to use Google Docs in the classroom is collaborative lyrical analysis. As Doug Ward pointed out last October on ProfHacker, music can be a great way to inspire student thinking. As often as I can, I find a song whose lyrics relate thematically to whatever we are studying, and I ask the class to make those connections. Last year, I would have the lyrics on the SMART Board and ask students to take notes on anything that caught their eye so they could contribute to discussion at the conclusion of the song.
Moon by Björk on Spotify. Moon - Animation. Moon - Biophilia App. Barton Hollow | The Civil Wars | OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO | The Civil Wars: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert. Pete Seeger and Occupy Wall Street Sing 'We Shall Overcome' at Columbus Circle (10/21/11) Runkel's ski movie. Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile And Stuart Duncan: Tiny Desk Concert.
TURF FEINZ "RIP RichD" YAK FILMS DANCING in the RAIN DANSE SOUS LA PLUIE HIPHOP STREET DANCE Oakland. SICK PEN BEAT BATTLE !!!! Lyrical God - Let the Beat Ride. North Koreans weeping hysterically over the death of Kim Jong-il. Alabama Shakes - "Hold On" - Live from the Shoals 8-21-2011.