Q+A Ep 4 The Basics of Online Teaching Technology

Show Notes Below

Music from this episode
Follow Bas Buwalda on Instagram (@bjjbuwalda), here his other performances. In this episode, we heard Talk is Cheap by Chet Faker with Jaime Chew  @jaimechew_cy  

Rockatta by Mike Dooley

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Dr. Therese Milanovic has provided information for Online Piano Teachers and a free introduction to the Taubman Approach video which you can access here.

 Overview for Episode 4

Where you can find specific answers to your questions in this weeks show (timings in the broadcast):

00:00 Welcome to our guests
02:40 A look at each of the panel members' set up - Elissa's set up
03:50 Helen's set up
08:40 Therese's set up
13:25 What advice for a very simple start online - including some good tech
- Headsets, Microphones and other software - all links are below.
22:00 Our favourite resources for online tech from many different people around the world.
26:20 When do you think we will get back to face-to-face teaching?
29:30 Elissa's microphone 
30:20 What have you found are the positives of teaching in this new way?
33:40 What do you think the experience of video lessons will give to piano teachers when they return to face-to-face lessons?
38:10 Andrew from Kawai offers the Kawai Australia solution for keeping pianos clean. Including a little excerpt from Michael Dooley's ROCKATTA, see the link below for access to the sheet music.
42:10 P-Plate Piano entries with the AMEB
42:50 Elissa Milne's Emergency Bundle for piano teachers teaching piano in groups
48:10 Elissa demonstrates her mic by playing one of the Emergency Bundle pieces on her piano
49:00 Therese offers suggestions on checking a student's alignment and balance using online lessons including seat height, arm/hand position, pedaling, etc
52:10 Helen shares vocal warmups, tips, music teacher idea and tricks to get ready for teaching online.
57:20 Next weeks panel 
58:25 A student who started with Paul at the age of 3, now 15 years old,  Bas Buwalda and his friend, Jaime on Cello, perform Chet Faker's "Talk is Cheap"