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Describes benefits of using ableton live in the classroom. Details features and gives ideas on how to implement the program for kids as well as talking about features such as compatibility, midi mapping and video and podcast integration that could be used in the classroom.

Have you "Flipped your classroom" yet? The flipped classroom is a useful technique that has moved lectures out of the class, and onto digital media. In doing so, teachers can drastically increase interaction time with their students.

8 ways to think about tech in ways that actually improve the classroom. Bringing technology into the classroom often winds up an awkward mash-up between the laws of Murphy and Moore: What can go wrong, will - only faster. It's a multi-headed challenge: Teachers need to connect with classrooms filled with distinct individuals.

The site talks about how using creative commons can benefit you greatly as an educator. From finding material for lesson planning on subjects you are unfamiliar with, or using someone's basic layout of a lesson plan and changing it to fit your needs. The availability of these things can be shared over the web so easily that there are always new ideas and things to explore.

Teacher's blog with many resources including a list of free music apps and programs to use in the classroom.

Teacher's blog with creative ideas for a general music classroom.

Time Management Tips for Music Educators something I think we do not spend too much time on... but something that's very important.

Great ideas for those going into General Music!

Ways to use music if you end up teaching anything other than music.

This article shows you how to connect an iPad to your classroom SmartBoard! This can allow you to pull up music apps on the big screen, draw on the screen so students can see what you're doing, and it keeps you mobile! You can walk around the room while you teach. This could be helpful in just about any classroom, especially in a music setting!

Very brief intro including budgets, figures, and how to get there.

I found a great article that covers music copyright issues in the classroom. Check this article out - The Center for Social Media showcases and analyzes media for public knowledge and action-media made by, for, and with publics to address the problems that they share. We pay particular attention to the evolution of documentary film and video in a digital era. With research, public events, and convenings, we explore the fast-changing environment for public media.

Top resources for teaching and learning Arts and Music National Standards for Arts Education comes from the Consortium of National Arts Education Associations.

Wondering how we can use all these new technologies in a "traditional" ensemble classroom? (I know I am). Here are practical ways to use technology in band!

Tips on how to integrate technology into the classroom.

Found by Patrick Harris and Jillian Kaplan