The Rising Decline Project on Bill Selak Talks: Part 28 of 30
You’ve listened to the episode, now listen to the song, and sing along. Free for a limited time. And by limited, I mean forever. Note: this is the 14th track of the 15-track album, and episode 28 of...
View ArticleThe Rising Decline Project on Bill Selak Talks: Part 27 of 30
In episode 27, I talk about the 14th track from my old band Rising Decline’s album Socially Acceptable Disaster. In each episode, I try to connect lessons learned (and just fun stories) to educational...
View ArticleThe Rising Decline Project on Bill Selak Talks: Part 30 of 30
You’ve listened to the episode, now listen to the song, and sing along. Free for a limited time. And by limited, I mean forever. Note: this is the 15th track of the 15-track album, and episode 30 of...
View ArticleThe Rising Decline Project on Bill Selak Talks: Part 29 of 30
In episode 29, I talk about the 15th track from my old band Rising Decline’s album Socially Acceptable Disaster. In each episode, I try to connect lessons learned (and just fun stories) to educational...
View ArticleSongwriter and Creator: Empower Students to Create Art and Music
Students need to interpret and understand new content more deeply. By creating original music and art in minutes without picking up an instrument or a paint brush, learn how students can create...
View ArticleThe Musician’s Lens
You’ve probably heard about viewing the world through a Scientific Lens, but what about a Musician’s Lens? What might that look like, and why might more educators adopt this way of looking at teaching...
View ArticleMxPx and the Complexities of Change in Education
What is good teaching? It’s complex. It’s not easily replicable. Let’s listen to an MxPx song, and hear why that song accomplishes its goal, but why my songs don’t.
View ArticleBill Selak Talks About Finding That One Perfect Word
As my phone auto-played a song this morning, I was vividly reminded about the hour we spent in 2002 at Orange Whip Recording Studio with the band Bad Astronaut trying to find the one perfect lyric....
View ArticleWhat Do You Need for a Podcast Studio in Your School? Here’s the list!
So you want to podcast with you students? Awesome! I definitely have a list of gear that is my favorite for schools–high quality and good prices! I’ll walk you through what gear to buy for both a...
View ArticleKeepers of the Magic
I am not impressive to my fourth grader, nor are most (all?) of the things I share with her. But… there are some extraordinary, dare I say magical, things that exist in the world that did not exist...
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