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TeacherVision.com is not a music education website exclusively, however, it provides many great resources that music teachers may find interesting or helpful. The site contains printables, graphic organizers, lesson plans, tips on classroom management, and great links to apps and software.

This site provides a myriad of links to several music education resources such as Pedagogy resources, power point presentations, songs, lesson plans, instruments, listening, and assessment resources.

An extremely useful site to peruse free music for download in various categories like orchestral and chamber music parts. I have frequently used this for myself and students when faced with auditions that I/they need an "original" part to.

This is a great resource for all band directors. It contains articles, background, and lesson strategies for many compositions in the wind band repertoire. It also contains articles relevant to other ensembles, such as chamber groups. This site helps band directors plan ahead for their selection of reputable works in the band world.

This is a great resource for all band directors. It contains articles, background, and lesson strategies for many compositions in the wind band repertoire. It also contains articles relevant to other ensembles, such as chamber groups. This site helps band directors plan ahead for their selection of reputable works in the band world.

Online drum kit, online piano, inter-active singing, lesson plans, powerpoint Peter and the Wolf, all kinds of music resources for pitch, rhythm, notation, graphic scores

This website provides teachers with resources that include sample lesson plans, example student work, pre-made work sheets and interactive activities that students can use individually, in a group, or with the whole class.

Online interactive experience of Humperdinck's Opera Hansel and Gretel. Players can control interactive elements in every scene and watch the play unfold. Explore elements of orchestral and opera music through guided listening including set design, programming and costumes. Lesson plan, text and libretto for teaacher download. Interdisciplinary activities for the classroom available. Flash version 8 required.

Online interactive experience of Humperdinck's Opera Hansel and Gretel. Players can control interactive elements in every scene and watch the play unfold. Explore elements of orchestral and opera music through guided listening including set design, programming and costumes. Lesson plan, text and libretto for teaacher download. Interdisciplinary activities for the classroom available. Flash version 8 required.

This is a great resource for the History of American Rock/Popular music that I'm teaching. It lists all of the inductees as well as information about the artists who have been inducted. There are also lesson plans available.

This is a great resource for the History of American Rock/Popular music that I'm teaching. It lists all of the inductees as well as information about the artists who have been inducted. There are also lesson plans available. 

This is a nation wide, multiple chapters of the American String Teacher Association. Much like NAfME, ASTA give a wonderful string standards to use in lesson plans. Journals can be accessed from the site under the membership. There are competitions, conferences, instrument outreach and job posting. This is just for string educators with many resources and support around the nation.

This is a nation wide, multiple chapters of the American String Teacher Association. Much like NAfME, ASTA give a wonderful string standards to use in lesson plans. Journals can be accessed from the site under the membership. There are competitions, conferences, instrument outreach and job posting. This is just for string educators with many resources and support around the nation.

Online interactive experience of Humperdinck's Opera Hansel and Gretel. Players can control interactive elements in every scene and watch the play unfold. Explore elements of orchestral and opera music through guided listening including set design, programming and costumes. Lesson plan, text and libretto for teacher download. Interdisciplinary activities for the classroom available. Flash version 8 required.

Online interactive experience of Humperdinck's Opera Hansel and Gretel. Players can control interactive elements in every scene and watch the play unfold. Explore elements of orchestral and opera music through guided listening including set design, programming and costumes. Lesson plan, text and libretto for teacher download. Interdisciplinary activities for the classroom available. Flash version 8 required.

Here are some excellent ideas for introducing various tempo and rhythmic patters to students of grade levels K through 5. The examples go over steady beats, eighth not patterns, and dynamic changes of loud and soft. The first few examples do not specify grade levels but the later examples do. The grade levels are highlighted in yellow.

This great site is for music teachers interested in using or enhancing their use of technology in music education. Resources on how to get started with using technology in music education are included as well as specific lesson plans. These lesson plans cover areas such as general, choral and instrumental music. Teaching about sound creation and recording with students are just a few of the topics covered in the blog and podcast.

An incredible resource for music technology. Offers lesson plans, resources, and suggestions for the music technology classroom.

This resource offers countless creative ideas to incorporate technology into music classes. There are blog posts, podcasts, PDF articles, and references to other technology offerings. Overall, a great resource to gain some insight on projects and effective ways to use technology in your classroom and with your students.

If you teach Music Technology, check out this FREE resource related to Ableton. There are great lesson plan ideas that can be adapted for use with any DAW. The site links to sample chapters from the book of the same title.

20 Great Lesson Plans for your Beginning Music Technology Class! Here you will find projects that can be adapted to your own music technology class - very simple, progressing to a more advanced Final project. Great source with PD opportunities! Contact information is on the website.

Another GO TO site for Music Technology lesson plan ideas! A listing of project based assignments for Digital Audio Production or Music Technology. The link to Ethan's Google Spreadsheet is worth the click to this site - trust me!

Classics For Kids is a great website with fun activities and music resources for use in the classroom. Each month, they feature a different composer and provide activities, handouts, and listening maps that help students learn about various topics in classical music history. There are also online games for kids and lesson plans for teachers.

Classics for Kids is a website that is full of information about classical music for kids/students. It includes links to learn about various composers, listening examples, activities, games and quizzes about music. There are lesson plans also available for teachers, and a parent information link is also available. This is a great site for introducing students to the genre of classical music.

Site for a plethora of music information, games, activities, downloads, broadcasts, listening, all relating to music education.

The Smithsonian Jazz website offers an education page that features information about jazz and jazz musicians, free streaming recordings, and guided listening activities. Some categories also offer parent guides, lesson plans, and education kits. The website suggests that the appropriate age range is 8-15 years.

The Smithsonian Jazz Education page is a resource provided to showcase jazz and it's history. They have many lesson plans with recordings and activities to do with your class.

Complete units for music classes that talk of the history behind many aspects of the music industry. Units include music technology as well as music genres and how they started. Lesson plans have links to all necessary handouts, videos and pictures.

Purpose of this resource: This is an excellent source of information, sheet music, lesson plans, and worksheets for the elementary music educator. Musical Content: This webpage contains composer biographies, sheet music downloads, worksheets, music theory games, music dictionaries, private teacher directories and more. The content is geared toward students in grades K-6. Other information: This webpage has excellent, free content, but some of the advertisements on the page may by inappropriate for display in class. Educators should find the resource they need and then print out hard copies for use in class.

This website has a lot of lesson plan ideas, theory worksheets, games, piano music and more all for free (mostly). I like to use this website if I want to find a new way to teach an old music concept.

This is a Pinterest page geared towards music teachers. It provides you with many ideas on how to decorate your classroom or hallway. You can also access seating charts, lesson plans, organizational skills as well as basic ideas for your classroom. This is a fun page where you can be creative and explore others creative ideas for your program or students. Pinterest is a great place to share your own ideas while exploring so many others!

Thoughtco.com/music has many articles pertaining to many different genres and styles of music. It has anything from, pop, country, and hip hop, to world music, classical, Latin, and punk. It also has a music education section that has lesson plans, articles on music history, theory, instrument care, and instruction. This would be a great resource for students to research topics in music.