March is Music Therapy Awareness Month in Canada. Learn more about
Algonquin College’s Therapeutic Recreation program and how music is incorporated into teaching and learning. Therapeutic Recreation learner Kristen Kelly shares some great information about music therapy and its benefits.
Understanding Music Therapy: Who’s a Perfect Fit?
If you’re feeling blue, why not listen to some music? It’s more than just a fun pastime — it’s a form of therapy.
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In the mid-to late 1970s a new device was introduced in classrooms setting off
debates and uproars, as to whether or not it would help or hurt student learning. Some fifty years later, the conversation around calculators still goes on, with many wondering if that device is taking away or adding to a student’s learning.
Today, a new form of technology is raising similar discussion. Artificial Intelligence (AI) (and specifically ChatGPT) is the latest tool to have educations minds buzzing. Continue reading
For Indigenous students to thrive and succeed at Algonquin College,
Indigenous voices need to be involved at every level of the College, bureaucracy and red tape need to be streamlined, student resources better promoted, and faculty should demonstrate flexibility and willingness to accommodate family emergencies.
These were some of the suggestions and recommendations shared with an audience of college employees and faculty, at the March 2 Indigenous Student Leadership Panel, hosted by Shelia Grantham and Kerry Potts, Algonquin College’s Indigenous Pedagogy and Curriculum Consultants in Learning and Teaching Services. Continue reading