I think it is very important to share interesting news and information with your students. I believe it motivates students and quite possibly encourages some to research even further into the topics or themes you suggest and describe. For example, a few weeks ago, in all my music classes, I talked about Canadian Music Week, which is taking place this month here in Toronto. Its an annual festival and while it is expensive to attend the sessions, I still think it is important that students know about this event and talk about it a bit. Over the next several days I will talk about an event happening in April, specifically the international day for Jazz! There is a wonderful site: www.jazzday.com, which includes many useful links to other information. This is the point of all this: perhaps by searching one event you navigate to other useful connections and events that can add so much value to your study and may encourage one to connect to something very special indeed.
It's important to stay current and to motivate students with exciting activities happening in the community close to home and beyond.
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