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Cross-curricular lesson idea that uses a variety of educational technology tools including GarageBand. There are other similar lessons on this site that also provide and interesting model to consider.

The American Composers Forum BandQuest program brings some of the best living composers together to write music for school wind bands. Many works in the series incorporate a cross curricular element that connects to disciplines outside of music. 

Site offers educational rap music videos that cover a variety of subjects including math, science, history, and current events. Also provides interactive and online lesson plans, quizzes, and activities related to each video. Requires small subscription fee (~$1/month) but well worth it. Great way to use music for cross-curricular teaching.

This is a really great local event called Art and Algorithms. It's purpose is to provide a great connection between the arts and mathematics, science, and technology. It teaches our students how to embrace the entire STEAM curriculum, and helps them make those connections in a wonderful cross-curricular event.

Article written to support the use of technology to compliment instruction and enhance student learning instead of technology for technology sake. Teachers should use social media cites, e.g., blogs, to facilitate discussion and feedback from students, create online PLNs. The cross curricular benefit is increasing writing facility and literacy. A couple of concerns are cyberbullying and parents who may question how much learning is taking place with social media. Educators can help others, including students, understand that music learning can take place outside of the classroom through social media and broaden the audience.

GoNoodle is an interactive website that offers activity songs for different classrooms. The videos can be used as brain breaks, but it also has songs that could be use in cross-curricular settings (English, history, etc).

This website is a spin off of a Podcast from Mrs. Miracle. MusiQuest is an application designed to utilize technology to make music education accessible, creative and fun, and in keeping with digital advancement. Different music genres, personalize learning, cross curricular studies, song writing and sketching, melody, and, literacy and drama are a few of the attractions fo this website.

This article is geared towards the non-music classroom but has much to offer to the music educator. Music teachers could incorporate the suggestions for songwriting into their own lessons. Ever more, they could use this resource as an example and a guide to collaborate with core subject areas engaging in cross-curricular instruction.