Update 45

Howie Gordon
Dec 24, 2020
2 min read

Welcome to all our newest members

Growing up outside of Israel, I was aware of Christmas time with the beautiful street lights and decorations. While I was celebrating Hanukkah, my school friends would be celebrating Christmas. A Merry Christmas to all of you that are celebrating.

Here is a site that I am sure will make you happy even if you cannot sing in tune and have little or no musical background. I never saw Christmas Carols in action, yet this reminds of the act itself.

Create your own opera inspired song with Blob Opera - no music skills required ! A machine learning experiment by David Li in collaboration with Google Arts & Culture

https://artsandculture.google.com/experiment/blob-opera/AAHWrq360NcGbw

I am excited to tell you that teachers have begun enrolling their pupils in the E-Talent competition. As teachers register their pupils, they receive a code for the Flipgrid and then they are on their way to make their pupils and school “famous”.

I know that we are heading once again into a lockdown. On the bright side this promises to be the last lockdown…for 2020. I would like to suggest that you continue working with the E-Talent participants online and through Zoom. If you have many participants, hold “regionals” via Zoom or Flipgrid. I know these are not easy times ahead of us. Learn in Tune will assist you with the E-Talent competition where possible.

All the relevant information is here.

https://www.canva.com/design/DAEPJ5miPNM/ZBkqZQMpJU349BHyW0eX6A/view?utm_content=DAEPJ5miPNM&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=sharebutton

I was looking for content on YouTube and I came across this gem. It is really for the younger grades but vital for word repetition and a lot of fun.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hffIy4jbagA&list=PLURq16SjxPm3Krabdhl9Ch5tBWyFNORJ4

Lots of amazing songs here.

*Digital Tool of the Week*

Chatterpix

Create ChatterPix with friends and family as silly greetings, playful messages, creative cards, or even fancy book reports. Simply take a photo, draw a line to make a mouth, and record your voice. And best of all, it’s FREE

Look for the app in the IOS Play store.

It is even possible to create a Chatterpix video for the E-Talent Competition.

Before I end off, this song is my “earworm”

An earworm, sometimes referred to as a brainworm,[1] sticky music, stuck song syndrome, or, most commonly after earworms, Involuntary Musical Imagery (INMI) is a catchy and/or memorable piece of music or saying that continuously occupies a person's mind even after it is no longer being played or spoken about. Involuntary musical imagery as a label is not solely restricted to earworms; musical hallucinations also fall into this category, although they are not the same thing. Earworms are considered to be a common type of involuntary cognition. Some of the phrases often used to describe earworms include "musical imagery repetition" and "involuntary musical imagery".