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This blog is great for seeing what other band directors are up to. This post specifically is an introduction to Google Classroom. It outlines what Google Classroom is and how it can be utilized within the music classroom. As someone who uses Google Classroom, I highly recommend it.

NAfME Music in a Minuet is a music blog. It includes articles and interviews to support music educators.

Blog featuring different ways to utilize a circle game for music instruction.

Blog post on ways to improve the design of a classroom to better serve students.

The Yellow Brick Road website contains a blog full of free, well-designed, standard-based lesson plans as well as links to her store on www.teacherspayteachers.com. You can sign up for a newsletter on the website to get additional resources emailed to you. This site is geared towards K-6 general music.

Pinterest is a phenomenal place to get new ideas or games for music education. I generally search pinterest now before I look at google for new ways to teach music concepts. Pinterest is also where I have came across music teacher blogs that I follow. This site is also great for non music education things such as decorating your house and more.

This blog is provides a updates on current trends in music education technology. Posts also include ideas on curriculum and additional professional resources for teachers.

EastWest Sounds is one of the most popular sources for digital instruments. The website includes an online store, community blogs, news and updates, and customer support.

The Talent Code is a blog centered website by the published author of a book of the same name, Daniel Coyle. The Talent Code is a book that talks about the importance of proper practice and its link to success. The purpose of this website is to share ideas of effective strategies for successful practice that correlate with the book. The ideas that are shared have a direct connection for practice for students both at home and in the performing arts classroom.

The Music Parents Guide is a blog centered website that focuses on educating the parents of performing arts students. The purpose of this website is to help parents with ideas of how to support their performing arts child when the parents may have very little personal music experience. This website advocates for the importance of arts in the schools and connects parents to various resources pertaining to music education.

This blog provides many applications for iPads in the choral classroom. It investigates Apple's "student-proof" technology, so that they don't get off task and use the iPad for other activities. It's a useful resource for anyone considering purchasing iPads.

This blog is a critique of the common "everyone gets a trophy" system of musical competitions that is pervasive in today's arts culture. The author expands to make a compelling argument to limit the amount of awards given in our school music programs (thus eliminating the participation certificate).

For a Northern perspective on music education, the Canadian Music Educators Association is the authority here in Canada. They release journals, blogs, newsletters and share many other materials that promote the ideals of music education to be used all music teachers in this country.

Many students are left-handed and in a Ukulele program, this may present a challenge for the teacher. In this blog post, Bernadette discusses strategies for teaching left-handed Ukulele students as well as tips for instrument stringing/tuning.

A great website by a seasoned general music teacher. This website has many lesson plans, songs, and activities for Pre-k through 5th grade general music. The blog includes archives that date back 8 years and posts are searchable by title, content, and activity.

This website is filled with information about every song you can imagine. It also includes information about artists as well as some fun games and trivia concerning musicians. A top ten list of songs is given with further explanation about the music.

This site is a great resource to help students get into the minds of their favorite pop artists. Students often find it easier to connect to pop tunes than to classical music. This site provides a list of different pop tunes/artists along with descriptions about those pieces and artists. This helps students realize the thought behind creating music, which they can then transfer to their school music class. This site also includes blogs about songwriter interviews, quizzes, and song facts to name a few. The featured songs fall into the category "daily top ten" or "weekyl top ten," keeping the songs up-to-date and easy for young students to recognize/connect with.

This website is a great resource for discovering the stories behind popular songs. The list of songs seem to be extensive and include pieces that would be familiar to students. This resource could help create a relevant curriculum that speaks to the non-traditional music student's interests and their music experience.

This is an excellent blog post detailing the steps for utilizing and more specifically creating a Kahoot game. Kahoot can be used for reviewing test questions, instrument families, pitch names, or rhythmic examples. This article details tips and tricks for creating a game for your class.

In this blog post, Bernadette describes the scenarios and performing experiences she has provided for her students. She focuses on the aspect of student confidence and how performance can build confidence.

This site is a great resource for everything band related. You can find theory sheets, instrument fingering charts and even band trip support documents. Membership is free!

This website includes educational videos, PDFs of fingering charts, trill charts, seating charts, and links to music and music vendors. This is a great website to visit for useful links all stored in one place.

This is a forum-based website where teachers can share resources and media that they find useful. Available media include videos, fingering charts, rubrics, and blog posts, just to name a few. Though primarily geared towards middle school level, their are resources that can be found useful for all levels of band instruction.

For lessons based on music listening and intervallic training, this website is a helpful tool. It takes popular songs and uses them to help students identify intervals and provides links to blogs and information on music advocacy.