{"data":{"ID":1187,"Class":"Conversation","Created":1697817531,"CreatorID":79,"RevisionID":null,"Status":"Accepted","Title":"Let's Write a Song","Handle":"let-s_write_a_song","ShortDescription":"Join us as we listen to famous songs from the American folk and blues traditions and then write our own songs in response.","Description":"Despite its prevalence across society, songwriting is rarely taught as a fundamental form of communication in the school curriculum. We listen to songs, and we sing songs. But when it comes time to write in school, we tend to focus on essays, reports, short stories, and poems. They are the types of writing that \"everybody\" is supposed to know how to do \u2014 while songwriting is just something that musicians need to know about. Well, let's flip that script and imagine a world in which all learners are expected to understand how to listen to songs and how to write them. Let's have a conversation and write a few songs while we're at it. In this session, we'll listen to key examples of song-form from the American folk and blues traditions. Then we'll write new songs modeled on those forms. Extra points for bringing a guitar or banjo.","Link":[],"Audience":["All School Levels"],"Practice":"We're going to sit in a circle and write and perform songs together.","Presenter":["Shelly Blake-Plock"],"PresenterAffiliation":[],"PresenterEmail":["blakeplock@gmail.com"],"ScheduleSlotID":161,"ScheduleLocationID":35,"SubmitterID":79,"AdditionalComments":"While all of my professional and research background can be found here: https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/sblakeplock\/ -- this presentation really isn't about all of that. It's just about exploring and opening up a new way of communicating as learners.","LiveChannel":null,"Hashtag":null,"VokleID":null,"RecordingURL":null,"ConferenceID":11}}