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The ISME website is to give readers a better understanding of music communities, build rapport among musicians, and enhance the learning curve for teachers and students. This site has a mission to integrate musical learning into all school systems and cultures to build a stronger body of music educators in the world. This website includes news and articles that pertain to the advocacy of education arts, the development of small groups of educators, and music therapy and technology. It also includes world music educators news and conferences around the globe.

The ISME webpage is useful for educators who teach outside the country or move around a lot. It is a great source for conferences and professional development opportunities. Check out the news area too, lots of great information on advocacy and advancement!

This is a blog post for music educators in search of quality PD podcasts. This article provides a list of many different podcasts that focus on specifically music education, technology integration, and general educational topics.

List of great podcasts for music educators

An online marketplace for teachers to buy and sell classroom resources. I have found many free and low cost worksheets, visuals and even lesson plans online. Resources include worksheets for pitch, rhythm, composers, specific songs, like the Star Spangled Banner and so much more. A valuable resource for a teacher who does not want to "recreate the wheel" OR who is creative and likes to "recreate the wheel" and earn a little cash doing it!

Teachers Pay Teachers (TPT), is a great resource for lesson plans, bulletin boards, and so much more! While most resources are free, some you do have to pay for.

This would be a great source for teachers who need the documentation for certain topics. This website provides every grade level, along with every subject being provided. There are lots of information on this source for free, and there are also many sources that are not free. But it depends on what you want or need. The purpose of this sources is to give teachers a wide range of things, that they may need in their classrooms.

Class recorder method by Texas music educator, Jo Lynn Cookus. The method is based on common American folk songs that are commonly taught in elementary settings, and therefore integrates well with common curricular models including Kodaly and Orff. It is a lesser-known alternative to common recorder methods including Recorder Express, Recorder Karate, etc. The author is a seasoned music educator with 30+ years of music education experience teaching elementary education, choir, and band.

The Cleveland Orchestra's Education & Community website includes learning/teaching opportunities for families, educators, and adults, and has performance opportunities for youth. This is a well-developed webpage that engages youth to adults.

The purpose of this website is to allow you to browse upcoming educational workshops and events scheduled to take place at the annual Midwest Clinic International Band, Orchestra, and Music Conference in December. The content focuses on the schedule of events which shows the most recent upcoming material on specific teaching strategies/pedagogies and how to implement these in the classroom. It allows you to sign up as an exhibitor, advertiser or attendee. It also allows you to sign up your performing ensembles to showcase their talent or to feature newly published music. Exhibits include workshops, musical equipment/instruments, and other material to help music educators and musicians.

This site is for the Midwest clinic. The Midwest clinic is an international clinic for music educators. I have been 4 times and every time it is so much ti take it and I have left with tangible and intangible thing that have increased my knowledge and made me a better teacher.

This website is the home page for the international band and orchestra conference. The page also offers professional development resources.

Marking this website to read in more detail later. It is a blog about Technology in Music Education. The author reviews apps and other technology as related to their use in music education. Could come in handy when trying to find new apps in the classroom that are already reviewed.

This site is the Mecca for music educators, and this is our Bible. These are our national standards for music education and are vitally important to the education of our students. Mathis is the foundation from which we teach.

This site has the 9 national music standards. The purpose of this resource is to have it bookmarked so I can look back quickly and make sure I am getting the most out of all of my lessons.

This website allows music educators to explore how music technology is being used in special education classrooms.

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.

Teachnology offers music educators a vast assortment of planning tools for all subject areas, including music education. Plans are broken down by age levels to make planning easier. These plans could easily be taken and tweaked for any music classroom, more than likely leading to the creation of original ideas by educators.

The Instrumentalist is a great resource for all music teachers. Most teachers have a subscription to the magazine paid through their membership to their state's music education association. However, you can purchase a subscription through the website for the standard subscription as well as students/groups subscription. You can also subscribe to two other magazines, Flute Talk and Piano Explorer. All of three magazines have articles written by music educators assist instructions and tips for instrumental pedagogy.

The Instrumentalist is a great resource for all music teachers. Most teachers have a subscription to the magazine paid through their membership to their state's music education association. However, you can purchase a subscription through the website for the standard subscription as well as students/groups subscription. You can also subscribe to two other magazines, Flute Talk and Piano Explorer. All of three magazines have articles written by music educators assist instructions and tips for instrumental pedagogy.

The website for Pennsylvania Music Educators Association. PMEA supports music educators with resources on lessons, advocacy, and performance opportunities. 

This YouTube Channel is dedicated to jazz music education, sponsored by Jazz at Lincoln Center. It is filled with videos about jazz pedagogy and heritage. This is a great site for music educators to keep their jazz education up-to-date, and for students who have an interest in jazz music. Students are able to take video lessons or learn about different styles and composers of jazz. What a great resource about America's own style of music.

This list of podcasts has the TED talks that focus on education. While not all of them deal with music education, they have some great insights on general pedagogy, creativity, and teaching.

This is a blog that contains many useful videos and projects for music educators. It is written by a high school music technology teacher. Though a few of the posts are irrelevant, this is a great source for music educators to learn about different types of audio and project examples. It also explains how to teach certain aspects of music technology to students. Many of the things that we learned in this class are discussed in various blog entries.

This is a blog that contains many useful videos and projects for music educators. Though a few of the posts are irrelevant, this is a great source for music educators to learn about different types of audio and project examples. It also explains how to teach certain aspects of music technology to students. Many of the things that we learned in this class are discussed in various blog entries.

An education organization dedicated to all aspects of music education. They advocate at the local, state, and national levels. They support music educators of all teaching levels.

This link provides a brief history and understanding of jazz and it's connection with jazz education.

This site has a number of resources including links to books, articles, festivals and events dealing with jazz history and education.

This is an excellent resource for jazz educators.  It includes jazz history information, links, resources, books, festival information, jazz theory, and much more.  

Benefits of music education for children. 

PBS discusses the importance and benefits of music education. PBS explains that music facilitates learning in other subjects. Learning music taps into multiple skills sets. PBS explains the various categories that music helps benefit.

Language development, IQ, test scores, being musical