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Since You’re In The Kitchen…

December 22, 2008 Joel Wagner 0

This has very little to do with education, but the concept is brilliant and bears sharing. Foodista is a cookbook with a wiki approach. Some […]

Christmas Concert Ruminations

December 20, 2008 Joel Wagner 4

My Christmas concert came and went. No, I don’t have a “winter concert” or “holiday concert.” We don’t play winter music at the concert. We […]

Just How Important Is Excellence?

December 13, 2008 Joel Wagner 11

I love competition. I thrive on competition. I love being able to get a group of kids to create a powerfully musical performance. These are […]

A Modern Retelling of an Ageless Classic [VIDEO]

December 2, 2008 Joel Wagner 1

I love the visual effects employed here. Note the extensive use of whitespace. Greatness! Oh yeah, the message is incredible too.

101 Reasons To Be Thankful

November 27, 2008 Joel Wagner 0

Salvation by grace alone, through faith (Ephesians 2:8) Heaven Opportunities to preach Playing music Writing music Creating music My pastor My church Having the best […]

Thanksgiving Break 2008

November 26, 2008 Joel Wagner 2

As I’ve written in the past in How Not To Waste Spring Break (or Summer Vacation, or Christmas Break, or Saturday, or Tonight!), I prefer […]

Thank You!

October 16, 2008 Joel Wagner 3

I told one of my former college professors about my blog shortly after it first started back in 2007. She liked what she saw and […]

Reminders

October 8, 2008 Joel Wagner 3

Becky writes: Joel ~ Thank you so much for your article on hope. I was sitting here staring at a stack of papers that need […]

5 Guilty Pleasures On My iPod

October 1, 2008 Joel Wagner 6

The 4th edition of the Music Education Blog Carnival is up over at Teacher in a Strange Land. Our beloved host Nancy asks the question, […]

If You Don’t Fill Your Schedule, Someone Else Will

September 29, 2008 Joel Wagner 2

I have gotten 4 comments in the last 24 hours from people telling me about a time in their life (past or present) where they […]

If You Only Make One Change This School Year…RELAX!!!!!!

September 28, 2008 Joel Wagner 8

Nothing in the classroom is worth added stress in your life. Nothing. If you only make one change this school year…Relax! I know so many band […]

Getting Busy

August 8, 2008 Joel Wagner 6

Today is my 30th birthday. I have summer band this morning, and then not much else planned the rest of the day. I’ll probably end […]

Nobody Works Harder Than Teachers! You Sure About That?

July 13, 2008 Joel Wagner 29

I recently wrote the most-commented article on this site to date about the number of hours teachers work and comparing those to standard business world […]