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I found it interesting that playing music can be beneficial to learning and engagement.

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What stuck with me that most part of the brain is activated by music, similar like PE activity from yesterday's video. Efforts in both are engaging the brain and help to develop skills.

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It was very interesting to see what music does to our brain when we listen to it or make it. It connects and activates our brain. I like how it is proven in multiple ways how much the brain is activated during music.

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Making music helps kids with a lot of things, like attention, confidence and overall well-being. I love seeing all the middle school students during their concerts, all dressed up and respectful and taking pride in what they can do and providing entertainment to others.

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Austin Humphrey-Making music matters. There are studies underlining the connection between the cortex in the brain and music itself. Students who are not even musically inclined can stand to benefit from having a music education. 

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Austin Humphrey-Making music matters. There are studies underlining the connection between the cortex in the brain and music itself. Students who are not even musically inclined can stand to benefit from having a music education. 

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Making music matters.  It may have an even greater benefit kids who are least musical best.

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Making music matters.  It may have an even greater benefit kids who are least musical best.

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Rachel

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Music, just like exercise, is another activity that stimulates healthy brain growth and development. Even if a student isn't necessarily 'good' at music, they can still benefit from practicing it.
I also find it interesting that as humans we do not have a way of measuring brain growth aside from standardized testing. People are so much more than just a test score and it would be interesting to see how students who don't test well in typical areas like reading and writing, what their brain growth truly is.

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It was interesting seeing the charts on keeping the beat with the music over time for kids who have experience with music and no experience with music. It's also interesting how playing music activates different parts of the brain as well as develops other parts of the brain too.

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Music kids get better more consistently (not necessarily faster) and tend to have better test scores.

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It is very interesting how music can have such an impact that it can develop a brain. Learning different notes and keys can be very challenging for most people. It is almost as if it is a different language.

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Kids want to be in a positive rhythm throughout the day during school. Always surprised of the number of students tapping or moving to a beat in all classrooms. Better consistency of success with music/musicians.

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The correlation between the motor planning cortex and beat perception was really interesting. That a larger motor planning cortex generally meant greater beat perception.
Also the kids with music gained consistently, and it aided not just music, but other skills.

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"Making music matters". A music education is important for developing parts of the brain. It correlates with language and attention. It helps develop the motor planning cortex in our brain.

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What stuck with me most was looking at the brain scans. I love looking at brain scans for different things and learning about them. So, seeing them and looking at what they represent and what changed was really cool.

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What stuck with me the most was the effect that playing music has on the brain, how so much of the brain was engaged during that activity. The data he presented about how in music students improved continuously was also interesting.

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For me what stuck to me the most is the end quote he said "making music matters" also how some of the kids that can benefit from music the most are those that aren't musically inclined.

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The idea that stuck with me the most was that we currently do not measure the brain as a way of tracking growth. I think this will be implemented in the future as a way of individualizing societal health.

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Music kids get better more consistently (not necessarily faster) and tend to have better test scores.