Week 2 Rhythm This

-Rhythm is a repeated pattern that makes up music.-

• In this video I liked how Miss Taylor presented the concept by using visuals. I also liked that she had examples of "ta's, ti-ti's, and rests", I also liked that she had a definition of what rhythm is, but put it into her own words and made it a way for the students to understand. I also liked that she engaged the classroom by having them clap the rhythm that she had wrote on the board. It allows the students engage in the concept and understand the rhythm.
• The only thing I did not understand is if she is introducing rhythm, then why would her first example of rhythm be a complex pattern? I would have started with just quarter notes (ta's) and rests, as a repeated pattern, just to understand how (ta's, ti-ti's, and rests) work in the pattern. 
• I think this is a good example of good teaching because she used teacher-centered learning by leading the discussion and presenting the material, but she also used student-centered learning by letting the students discuss with peers what they thought rhythm was and then clap them rhythm to understand the concept. I also think it was good teaching to keep the students engaged in the lesson, and she also used visuals. 
• She presented the concept by accessing prior knowledge, having students make their own definition of what they thought rhythm was, used sources to give definition of rhythm, summarized the definition to make it student-friendly, she then used aural skills to allow students to hear how rhythm works, then used visuals to show how the pattern is, then had the students engage and clap with her. These methods are important, because classrooms are diverse. Some students can learn visually, others learn better aurally, and it repeated the concept so retention was more applicable. Music in general is a hands-on, active learning process/experience. I think she did well delivering the lesson.