Adventures of A Music Educator

cherthemusic

Hello! I'm Cherylyn and I'm a music teacher from Malaysia. I love sharing my experiences in teaching and other stuff like technology, gardening, movies. Tune in to listen to my learning journeys, funny stories and teaching tricks! Feel free to connect with me here! https://cherthemusic.org/connect/

  1. 06/15/2021

    Revamp in progress and a whole lot more experiments! | Episode 23

    Just me talking about the new formats I explored in podcasting and some new video skills that I have learned and its taking a toll on my laptop.  Connect with me here!

  2. 06/08/2021

    The Changing Landscape of Music Centre Business in Malaysia | Episode 22 | Guest Amanda Ong

    Music learning is mainly provided as an enrichment programme in Malaysia. What is known as music academies or schools elsewhere is known as music centres here in Malaysia. Since the pandemic, the music teaching business is badly impacted and the industry is going through some growing pains as business owners accept, adapt and adopt new ways of running the business.  In this video podcast episode, I'm joined by Amanda Ong, the owner of Fusion Music Studio Puchong and a member of my online learning community, Music Teacher Meets Technology. Amanda shared some of the progressive decisions she made for her studio. Tune in to find out more!   ----  View video Podcast --- Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:52 Guest intro and education background 04:45 How Amanda started her own music centre 10:15 The norms of managing the business (i.e. staffing) 12:32 A brief explanation of the Malaysian music teaching business 13:20 The integrity of music teachers and how Amanda overcome staffing problems   14:50 The service offered to parents and students 17:55 Other services provided by music centres 19:40 Teachers as entrepreneurs 21:40 Teacher branding 24:56 How Amanda started to see the importance of branding 26:26 Cher's aspiration & niche in her own career 29:05 Don't focus on competition and just move forward 31:31 Amanda's success stories and trusting staff 33:47 The initial difficulties 36:27 Shared experience but different coping mechanisms 39:52 How Amanda get her teachers to ease into the new norm 42:40 Training tech to senior teachers 43:55 Zoom fatigue 44:34 Handling large class size online, class management and handling lesson objectives 48:10 Preparing materials for online lessons 49:30 Teaching older students 52:44 Feedback from teachers, parents & students 54:30 Online toddler music class 56:12 Amanda's game plan -"Start local, go global" and advertising the school's programme 59:12 Social media marketing 01:01:26 Mindset reset 01:02:47 Amanda's hope for the industry 01:07:01 How you can contact Amanda [Check podcast show notes]  --- Amanda Ong, Fusion Music Studio Puchong   Cherylyn | cherthemusic.org FB | Insta | Spotify | Many more http://cherthemusic.org/connect/  Podcast music from bensound.com

    The Changing Landscape of Music Centre Business in Malaysia | Episode 22 | Guest Amanda Ong

  3. 06/03/2021

    Music Research During A Pandemic | Episode 20 | Guest Lee Voon Foong

    The pandemic has affected education worldwide and scholarly pursuits in music research is not left out. In this video podcast, I'm joined by Lee Voon Foong to discuss about some of the challenges and changes in the field of music research during this trying times. Is going virtual the only research method now? We also discussed a little about how the pandemic has affected music teaching and the learning attitudes of music teachers.    Timestamps  00:00 Host intro 00:35 Guest intro 07:55 Topic intro 09:07 Brief overview of Voon Foong's research 11:20 Type of research he is doing 14:14 Finding his research participants 15:19 Getting information from music teachers 17:28 Challenges during the pandemic 21:15 The new norm of research 24:00 Using survey in research 25:34 Is the pandemic discouraging qualitative research?   27:46 Significance of research observation 29:51 Challenges of experimental research 31:07 Opportunities in research now 32:03 Challenges in virtual learning - Latency, teacher experience in virtual class 33:39 Self-efficacy of music teachers in teaching and learning 37:50 The attitudes of music teachers towards the pandemic 40:05 The difficulties of teaching wind instruments virtually and how it affects audio suppression in video calls 42:56 Closing thoughts by Voon Foong 46:25 Phd???? 47:55 Connecting with Voon Foong ------- Connect with Cherthemusic Social Media Platforms https://cherthemusic.org/connect/  Follow my podcast on Spotify  https://open.spotify.com/show/3MbVzxiWLFHCCXsbzdhR0N  Connect with Voon Foong  https://www.facebook.com/34foong ---------  Music from bensound.com

  4. 05/28/2021

    Episode 20 | My Journey on Youtube Algorithm, SEO Tools and Developing Video Editing Skills

    This episode is about my journey on Youtube Algorithm, SETO tools and developing video editing skills. I shared about my experience revamping my Youtube channel and how I learned some tricks from SEO tools. Watch video podcast here: https://youtu.be/ejMp5DRcGuE Connect with me here! : https://cherthemusic.org/connect/ Background music from bensound.com

  5. 05/20/2021

    Episode 19 | A Google Meet Hack for Teaching Drawing

    Here is a solution I shared for teaching drawing in Google Meets.  Watch Video Podcast ------------ Connect with me here! : https://cherthemusic.org/connect/

  6. 05/18/2021

    Episode 18 | Differentiating Students in the Virtual Classroom | Video Tutorials and Independent Learning

    An update and continuation of my journey in differentiating in the virtual music classroom. In this episode, I share how video tutorials can be helpful during a live virtual lesson.  ------------ Connect with me here! : https://cherthemusic.org/connect/

  7. 05/17/2021

    Episode 17 | Differentiating Students in the Virtual Classroom | Worth it or no way?

    It's tricky navigating tech tools in the virtual classroom. What one student has, the other may not. In this episode, I share my experience teaching my secondary students on creating video collage with an app available on the mainstream platforms, Android and iOS.  ------------ Connect with me here! : https://cherthemusic.org/connect/

  8. 05/16/2021

    Episode 16 | Transcription tool in Soundtrap

    A mini sharing about my experience using the transcription tool in Soundtrap. Have you used it before? Let me know at cherthemusic@gmail.com ------ Connect with me here! : http://cherthemusic.org/moreaboutcher/

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Hello! I'm Cherylyn and I'm a music teacher from Malaysia. I love sharing my experiences in teaching and other stuff like technology, gardening, movies. Tune in to listen to my learning journeys, funny stories and teaching tricks! Feel free to connect with me here! https://cherthemusic.org/connect/

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