Tuesday 24 April 2018

Aussie Teacher Tubers Meet Up!

What's an Aussie Teacher Tuber you might ask? It's an Australian Teacher who has a YouTube channel. I had the pleasure of meeting some amazing Teacher Tubers last week in Sydney. All of them have YouTube channels and they vlog about their experiences as teachers in Australia. It's great to see teachers sharing their knowledge about teaching with a wider audience. Do you watch any of these Aussie Teacher Tubers vlogs?


On the far right of the photo is Bec West she is an Assistant Principal at a primary school. Check out her channels Talkin' Chalk and Clever Pickles






Standing next to Bec is me (Rocking Dan Teaching Man). I am not a vlogger, however, I am a teacher and I have a YouTube channel. I write and record educational tunes and create animations to go with them.


Standing in front of me is the first Aussie Teacher Tuber I ever came across. It's Florence and she is a Year 1 teacher from Sydney. Her channel is called Teacher Tales.

Up the back in the middle is Daniel Yong he is a Primary teacher also from Sydney check out his channel mrdanielyong.


Next to Daniel is the always funny and entertaining EJ Kafoople. She is a High School English teacher from the NSW north coast. Her channel is called Kafoople Land (but it will always be Life in Kafoople Land to me).
On the left of EJ is Erin and she is a Music teacher. Erin teaches music to students from Years 3 to 12. Her musical channel is called Insidethismusicbox.
On the far left of the photo is Kylie and her channel is called Kylie's Edventures. Kylie is currently a Stage 3 Primary teacher from Sydney. 
Go and check out these Aussie Teacher Tubers YouTube channels to hear their teaching stories. Are you a Teacher Tuber? If so leave a link to your channel in the comments below. Maybe you are a teacher and you would like to share your teaching story. Perhaps you too could start your own YouTube channel and become an Aussie Teacher Tuber.


Until Next Time Rock on,
Rocking Dan Teaching Man











Sunday 15 April 2018

Top Children's Music Blog Award for Rocking Dan Teaching Man


It is a tremendous honour that my blog Rocking Dan Teaching Man has been named as one of the top 25 children's music blogs on the web in the world for 2018 by Feedspot.com! I want to thank everyone at the Feedspot organisation for this most prestigious award. It is wonderful to have my musical educational work recognized in this way. I am most humbled and grateful! It gives me great joy to know that I have reached so many teachers and children from around world with my educational music and as a result helped so many kids with their learning. Thank you to all the teachers, children and parents who have watched my videos and listened to my songs on my YouTube channel Rocking Dan Teaching Man. I am grateful for all of the support I have received from everyone. I would like to thank the Australian Catholic University and Sydney Catholic Schools for the ongoing support and encouragement of my work in helping children to learn through music and movement. Congratulations to the other award winners as well.


Rocking Dan Teaching Man has had over 3.2 Million views on YouTube so far which is amazing! It's incredible to think that my music and animations have been seen in so many different classrooms by so many children from around the world. It's great to make a difference outside of my own classroom.
















In other news my second studio album Dance, Count, Bounce and Sing will be released soon so keep an eye out for that. The album contains 24 fun, energetic tunes for the classroom to get your students moving and learning!

In the meantime you can download my original album Rocking Dan Teaching Man from CDbaby.com or from itunes. You can also listen to my educational music on Spotify.







I have also been having a lot of fun playing live versions of my songs and giving YouTube shout outs to classrooms from around the world. If you would like a shout out from me for your classroom let me know in the comments below or email me rockingdantm@gmail.com 
Check out my YouTube channel Rocking Dan Teaching Man and don't forget to click on the subscribe button.

Until next time keep rocking,
Rocking Dan Teaching Man.