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This website has just about everything a band director would ever need. From resources about administration and fundraising, to sight-reading, theory, and ensemble skills, this is a tremendously beneficial resource for all band directors.

This blog contains many posts that would be helpful for novice and experienced band directors alike. Of particular interest are the posts about improving the sound of particular instruments or exercises to help develop a stronger swing feeling in a jazz band.

Band Directors Talk Shop is a website devoted to helping band directors become better teachers. Posts on the site are from current and former band directors, as well as private lesson instructors. The website allows band directors to share suggestions and ideas on how to improve instruction so that students will have a better learning experience.

Viola Online is a website devoted to the viola. It includes information about viola basics, such as how to set up the viola and start playing the viola, viola fingering charts, viola care, viola practice tips, how to read music, and much more. It also has free sheet music for the viola and exercises specifically for the viola. Finally, it offers a string class that discusses string music throughout history. It is a similar structure to Violin Online, with slight variations in what is offered for the instrument.

Violin Online is a website devoted to the violin. It includes information about violin basics, such as how to set up the violin and start playing the violin, violin fingering charts, violin care, violin practice tips, how to read music, and much more. It also has free sheet music for the violin and online lessons for the violin. Finally, it offers a string class that discusses string music throughout history.

This page offers different curriculum maps for elementary school. Katie's curriculum can help a teacher plan their year out better of give ideas on how to format their year. The curriculum maps can also serve as models when creating your own curriculum map. The website also offers grant writing tips, PD opportunities, classroom design, and music center/game resources.

HotChalk Lesson Plans offer a multitude of online resources in regards to lesson plans. The plans can be modified to fit a specific grade level and it shows what other subject area the lesson plan overlaps with. The lesson plans list materials needed to complete the activity and provides related lesson plans at the bottom of the page. Teachers can also share their own lesson plans on the page. There is also a tab for news and tips that teachers can look at to aid in different types of learning.

This section of the NAfME website gives members access to lesson plans attached to standards. You can search the database based on specific content (band, chorus, collegiate, etc.), based on specific standards, or based on grade level. This area of the website also brings up relevant articles to what you are searching to give you helpful tips and/or links to relevant websites.

This page lends itself as a particularly valuable resource, especially for those whose weakness is intonation. In it, you will find philosophies, phrases, analogies, activities, and what the author terms "common threads" for approaching the aforementioned topic with your students. Among the most popular suggestions are singing, practicing characteristic tone quality, and listening down, or back, to the tuba section--all of which can and should be practiced in the early stages of a student's musical development.

The NAMM foundation is another great organization for music educators. On their website, they offer different resources for educators through the Music Achievement Council. They also offer some videos with 'tips for success', which can help you advocate and support music programs, and the 'business side' of teaching music.

Music Blog by Dale Duncan, a middle school choral director. Dale shares tips and resources on his blog regarding middle school choral pedagogy and also sells a sight singing method called S-Cubed that he has developed with his choral programs and has seen great success.

A great website for step-by-step theory instruction, exercises, and quizzes. This website would be great to offering out-of-class instruction or assistance to students who may need extra help. The instruction is organized by concepts (ex. key signatures, chords, etc) and gives helpful tips and tricks to understand the concept being taught.

The American String Teachers Association is filled with helpful resources for string teachers specifically. The "teaching resources" page includes tips for working on string specific content such as bowing technique and left and right hand position.

Midnight Music is designed to simply technology for music teachers. The YouTube channel provides tips, tutorials and lessons and advice. With new videos posted each week there is an abundance of information available to any music teachers. This site could be useful with navigating which software to use for certain projects or discovering what technologies are available. The channel's owner is not based in Australia and may make some references to grade level that are not familiar to teachers in other countries.

This podcast has a technology focus and puts out weekly episodes. There are over 73 episodes with topics that vary from apps to websites to equipment.

The Music Tech Teacher Podcast hosted by Katie Wardrobe has become one of my favorite podcasts. I am teaching music technology for the first time this year and various episodes regarding productivity for music teachers and using technology such as iPads in the classroom are extremely helpful.

This is a podcast for music technology teachers, which is good for anyone who is looking to get into the study of technology when it comes to music. The podcast are discussions of many topics, to give tips on how how to be come better at the specific topic.

Band Directors Talk Shop is a great online resource that works towards having music educators collaborate on ideas and share resources that others may find helpful in their own classes. Teachers can share links to teaching materials or exchange tips and ideas on methods that they have used in their classes and found to be effective.

Authors Nicole Springer and Ella Wilcox summarize strategies for effective classroom management in the ensemble classroom. By citing the experiences of former high school orchestra director Gretta Sandburg as well as her tried-and-true teaching methods, they provide their audience with four substantial tools that enable directors to make the most of their students' rehearsals; reading suggestions pertaining to this same topic are also provided at the end of the article and are accompanied by downloadable handouts. 

This website is all things oboe! Students and teachers can find valuable information about oboe repair, practice, and fingerings.

Resource designed for teachers and parents of oboists who are not strong in oboe. Includes practical resources to help students, repairs, tips for reeds, fingering charts, and more.

String Bass Online is a website designed specifically for bass players. There is a section with information about bass technique: how to hold the bass, bow holds, how to care for the bass, etc. There is also a section with free sheet music for students to download and play along with. There is another section with scales and etudes for the bass as well as a section of Christmas music for bass players to download and play.

String Bass Online is a website designed specifically for bass players. There is a section with information about bass technique: how to hold the bass, bow holds, how to care for the bass, etc. There is also a section with free sheet music for students to download and play along with. There is another section with scales and etudes for the bass as well as a section of Christmas music for bass players to download and play.

String Bass Online is a website devoted to the string bass. It includes information about string bass basics, such as how to set up the bass and start playing the bass, bass fingering charts, bass care, bass practice tips, how to read music, and much more. It also has free sheet music for the bass and exercises specifically for the bass. Finally, it offers a string class that discusses string music throughout history. These websites are great because they keep everything instrument specific rather than covering all the instruments together.

Cello Online is a website with specific help for cello students. The website contains sheet music for students to download and play. The sheet music also has accompaniment for students to play along with. The website also contains fingering charts for cellists, technique information, information on how to care for the cello, information on the history of the cello and a page for Christmas music.

Cello Online is a website with specific help for cello students. The website contains sheet music for students to download and play. The sheet music also has accompaniment for students to play along with. The website also contains fingering charts for cellists, technique information, information on how to care for the cello, information on the history of the cello and a page for Christmas music.

Cello Online is a website devoted to the cello. It includes information about cello basics, such as how to set up the cello and start playing the cello, cello fingering charts, cello care, cello practice tips, how to read music, and much more. It also has free sheet music for the cello and exercises specifically for the cello. Finally, it offers a string class that discusses string music throughout history. It is a similar structure to Viola Online, with slight variations in what is offered for the instrument. There is also a link to a store for all these websites for purchases for the instruments.

This website is a tool to help teachers create assessments. The site is easy to navigate and provides helpful step by step help to create authentic assessments for class. There are examples provided on the website, and there are helpful tips written on how to create tasks and rubrics.

Katie Wardrobe provides a brief introduction on her podcast on technology in music education and how to use these resources in the classroom.

This website is run by Katie Wardrobe, and she has great tips on how to integrate technology into teaching music. She even has a few freebies, like a free iPad course!