Kan-Ed Reflection

After exploring the Kan-Ed websites, I came to some conclusions about how they will be useful to me as teacher in a music classroom. I really thought that the KERC website was one of the more helpful parts of the site that I found. I've actually used this resource before, but now that I am closer to being a teacher in the field, I realize that this may be helpful as I begin my career. I really liked how the standards were addressed on this site. There are links to lessons plans pertaining to each standard and its sub-sects. However, I thought the layout of the home page was a bit jumbled and disjunct. I found it a bit challenging to navigate through the amount of sites listed. I've noticed that I become overwhelmed with websites if they are too overkill, meaning that the ratio of blank space to text is heavy on the text side. Also, the tabs on the top of the page are helpful as search tools, but they weren't what I expected them to be when I clicked on them. I initially thought that under each tab would be more information about it, but in most cases, clicking on a tab jumped you to a search bar. Overall, I thought that the information contained on this site is useful to students and teachers alike as a resource, but was a bit overwhelming to learn to use.