Module 2 - Moving Mindsets

The mindset I think I would have the hardest time changing in my classroom would be the idea I have that if I am not talking to the whole class all the time, I am not teaching.  I only see my students once a week (50 minutes) or twice a week (50 minutes times two).  I feel that the time I have with them is precious and it is hard for me to hand them all ipads and let them work with the device instead of me.  Yes, I still walk around and interact with the kids while they work with the device but it always feels a little like I'm not doing my job if I am not actively engaged with all my students most of the time.  I'd love it if the kids could all have their own ipads so that I could spend our class time showing them what they can do with them but they could do the actual exploring/creating outside of my room.  I strongly feel that time spent in class should be time spent engaging with the teacher.  Am I willing to change?  A little.  I can give up some time with my kids to let them explore and create on the device but I never want my elementary music classroom to become a place where it is the norm for the student to be more engaged with a device than with making music with me and the other students in the room.