A while back, I did a post about using music for transitions in my classroom. Lots of us do this and it's simply brilliant. Whenever my mom comes into my classroom, she says my kids are "trained like dogs" because they respond so well to the music.
Well, I used to have all of the songs on my iPod that was hooked up to the speakers on the SMART board. Anytime I needed a song to play, I would have to get up (from wherever I was in the classroom) and put the song on (because I didn't want my kiddo's grimy little hands touching my personal iPod). This was not very convenient for me, but it worked. So, you can imagine my excitement when I had this serious lightbulb moment thanks to Pinterest!!!
So, I got to work and started to create my SMART board file.
(I am obsessed with this background!!! It's from Maree Truelove!)
You just press the star to play the song! But the songs I've been using (for the last five years) are starting to get on my nerves... So I picked some new songs from iTunes- some of my favorites:
Pink Panther
Austin Powers
I Like to Move it
:-)
Problem: The songs were too long. I'm sorry but the kids don't need 3 minutes and 47 seconds to line up.
Enter GarageBand.
I created this tutorial (this is my FIRST tutorial!!! Ever! I hope it turned out okay!) to show you how to cut the songs down in GarageBand and embed them into a SMART board file. It's super easy. And if I can do it, you can too! Trust me!!!
What songs do you use for transitions??? Any fun ones?!? Like, I said, my old ones are driving me nuts and I need new ones!
:)
Hope this helps you!
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Well, I used to have all of the songs on my iPod that was hooked up to the speakers on the SMART board. Anytime I needed a song to play, I would have to get up (from wherever I was in the classroom) and put the song on (because I didn't want my kiddo's grimy little hands touching my personal iPod). This was not very convenient for me, but it worked. So, you can imagine my excitement when I had this serious lightbulb moment thanks to Pinterest!!!
Mrs. Lirette at Mrs. Lirette's Learning Detectives is a genius!
Embed all the songs in a SMART board file!!! Duh!!!! Now I can have it up all day, the KIDS can press the song we need (when I tell them to of course!!!) and I'm not having to worry about my iPod all day!!! 
You just press the star to play the song! But the songs I've been using (for the last five years) are starting to get on my nerves... So I picked some new songs from iTunes- some of my favorites:
Pink Panther
Austin Powers
I Like to Move it
Problem: The songs were too long. I'm sorry but the kids don't need 3 minutes and 47 seconds to line up.
Enter GarageBand.
