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"Two child-friendly music Apple apps. A sound sampler which record sounds and play them back to make interesting 'music', the other is drum machine. Supply your own earplugs!"

Strike a chord with your students by doing some virtual strumming with this superb guitar chord player. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Music%2C+Sound+%26+Podcasts

A fun music site where movements of your mouse creates a virtual stringed instrument performance. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Cross+Curricular

Ever wondered why Christmas Reindeer have red noses? You are about to find out with this musical Reindeer Orchestra. Make sure your volume is up. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Winter+%26+Christmas

A collection of 37 video guitar lessons and other resources to get you playing in no time. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Music%2C+Sound+%26+Podcasts

Yes, this study was funded by Booktrack (a 2011 study), however, I find that the information is fascinating. By setting sound tracks of different mood music, this study showed: *Virtually all subjects performed moderately to significantly better on information retention tests. * Subjects reported a strong correlation with interacting with the enhanced platform and an ability to focus. There are other results on this, but I find this fascinating and find this a very interesting point to consider as ebooks evolve. Will ebook authors attach music to different pages? Will reading become more cinematic and theatrical? All kinds of interesting thoughts here.

Musical composer Jason Robert Brown debates copyright of sheet-music with a teenager. Follow their email conversation for excellent insight into the copyright dilemma. Great real-life scenario to use if discussing copyright with teachers and/or students.

We retain the copyright, but so long as it is not resold you are welcome to use music here in virtually any way you want. We simply ask that we are correctly credited in your production, under a Creative Commons License. Via Tim Childers

Ways to incorporate music/tech into curriculum

Music and tech integration

Find and share free sound effects and loops

Sound effects and music for free - but your work must be creative commons and you must share it!

Sound effects and music for free - you must creative commons license it.

DeweyMusic is a new interface for Archive.org's wonderful public domain music library. You can listen to, download, remix, and share anything you see on this site legally and for free.

Cutting music and arts instruction to save money is shortsighted

Today there are new creative ways to use an iPod and similar Mp3 players to support learning in adult education programs. These handhelds or portable digital devices were originally developed as a convenient way to listen to music. Now their uses have evolved beyond just music, their new expanded role is providing both audio and video learning applications for education. Online tool and application resources are provided for completing adult education and training programs using internet-based audio and video technology.

Today i am introducing to you a set of the best music sharing web tools. All these tools are free and easy to use. They can allow you to listen and share music with your friends through a real time listening. Educators can use these tools to educationally share and study songs with their students as well.

many lessons on music theory

These theatrical scripts are available for each school to buy at $90 Australian. Quote-"Our plays are varied in length and style, ranging from full-length plays to full-length musicals to mini-plays. While the full-length plays and musicals address social and environmental issues, the mini-plays deal more with health and social issues. Our plays are especially suitable for secondary and upper primary school performers and have broad audience appeal. Most plays incorporate original music as well as allowing for your own musical selections."

This is an amazing site which allow up to 4 people to collaboarate and play virtual instruments over the web in real time. Play a variety of guitars, drums and drum machines and keyboards. There is no sign up needed and you just invite other 'musicians' by sharing the link and begin jamming. Set to 'pro' mode to play using your computer keyboard. Requires Google Chrome. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Music%2C+Sound+%26+Podcasts

A simple drum sequencer for making percussion sounds. Save files to your computer to re-use later. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Music%2C+Sound+%26+Podcasts

Learn to play guitar with this beautifully designed site. Work through the lessons using your own guitar along with your computer's microphone so the site can interact with you as you play in real time. The site will even help you tune it. If you haven't got a guitar to hand, you can use the on-screen virtual guitar. The course is designed for beginners, but lessons progress quickly. The site seems to work best on Google Chrome. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Music%2C+Sound+%26+Podcasts

A superb sound and beat virtual synthesiser. Click the number buttons to choose your sounds. Use the full screen version at http://www.buttonbeats.com/images/Vmeter.swf http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Music%2C+Sound+%26+Podcasts