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Music history and elements of theory, as approached from rock music. Useful for the older students, who would appreciate seeing a connection between classical music and what they (or their peers) listen to.

This website is a fantastic resource for teaching backgrounds about Rock n Roll. I've used this as a web quest assignment for students, but could easily be adapted to full-class instruction. Offers engaging videos with great examples and connections.

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.

Carnegie Hall provides music educators with resources to use with students in K-5. There are various activities, exercises, class games, and assessments that incorporate songs, instruments, and various styles of music. Some concepts taught include rhythm, meter, form, pitch, expressive qualities, and overall performance. Activities and resources are categorized by appropriate grade levels. This website also links to other educational resources, programs, and opportunities that music educators can utilize to benefit themselves and their music students.

Music Teacher Tools & Resources is a resource for teachers in grades K-5 and includes lesson plans, assessments, listening examples, activities, and videos. The resources also integrate the elements of music with engaging activities. A wonderful resource to use and/or complement any lesson.

The purpose of this website is to provide music educators with tools that address music fundamentals. The site also had digital music learning options that provide professional development for educators as well as connect students to diverse musical communities. The resource provides unique learning opportunities for elementary students.

Lessons, videos, etc. for bassoon players

This site was created to assist bassoon players in learning their instruments as well as a resource for educators. A student has access to 50 different units, covering pitches and basic techniques. Like a digital method book, the creator provides audio clips to perform along with as well as videos to introduce key techniques like key flicking.

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 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.

This site allows you to meta-search images for course design pages. In putting together Canvas or Google Classroom pages having resources for non-proprietary digital images is a huge help.

A site with free digital resources for building online course content. Adding links to pages for students is a good first step, but making it visually stunning has been a challenge for me. These free resources allows to spice up the visual layout of course pages.

The Carnegie Hall's Weill Music Institute provides music educators with many invaluable resources. The Digital Library provides lesson plans, videos, and other material for teachers to look through and stream or download for their own classes. This is a very thorough website from a giant of musical performance and education.

Flash assignments in front of your smartphone, tablet, webcam or document camera. Grades instantly populate onto your computer and can be transferred into your electronic grade book with one keystroke.

This site contains an audio example along with a viewable example of the lead sheet (in most cases). This is a fantastic resource for jazz students.

The purpose of this website is to provide a list of free jazz sheet music in the keys of Bb, Eb, and bass clef from the "Real Book". The content lists songs from A to Z which provide an audio recording link for each without any ads. Students can use this site to play along with the sheet music and accompaniment provided. It would make a great practice tool in addition to method book material for students of all ages. The author of the site also promotes a "my music apps" page for beginner and experienced musicians.

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The purpose of this blog is to provide music educators with useful hints, tips and teaching strategies that can improve instruction. The content features articles on helping educators with problems that they might have encountered with software programs or with problems they are having with their students grasping musical concepts.

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The purpose of this blog is to provide examples of teaching ideas and lesson plans for k-5 general music classes with worksheets and/or sheet music. The content focuses on rhythmic and melodic structure as well as accompanying lyrics. Historical content associated with the music is included as well as some video and audio recordings.

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The purpose of this website is to provide individual drum lessons to young aspiring percussionists. This also would be useful for music educators whose primary instrument might not be percussion. The content features material and video on drum rudiments, purchasing options, showmanship, performance technique, musicality and world connections.

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This is the companion site the Dr. Bauer's text Music Learning Today.  It deals with technology as it relates to music teaching and learning.  This site goes beyond what is in the text.

This is the companion site the Dr. Bauer's text Music Learning Today.  It deals with technology as it relates to music teaching and learning.  This site goes beyond what is in the text.

This site links every computer key to a unique sound and visual effect. It could be used as a lead in for composition, especially relating to digitally created beats.

A website that helps teachers use their iPad in their music classrooms. It contains resources and advice on apps and software that will benefit the modern music class.

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Great ideas in the implementation of iPads in the music classroom

Get your scores here! You can find just about any score here and they will ship it out the same day. Also available are downloadable digital copies of scores. It is easy to search the site and I really like that there are sound files to hear examples of pieces you are considering purchasing.

This is the best site to find scores and performance ideas. The site allows you to search by composer or title, and you may also purchase scores one at a time to try them out and see if you want to purchase large numbers later after trying them out.

J.W. Pepper is a site where you can order most published sheet music, books, and more. 

Beethoven is my favorite composer and this site has many great resources as well as many links to other great resources (see the "links" tab).

The purpose of this website is to provide music educators with video blogs on software, apps, teaching ideas, and useful strategies that can improve instruction. The content is in the form of video/audio and/or power point presentations. It is created by a network of music educators who have used the material before and are describing the benefits and/or problems they have had with it.

Robin's video blogs are a great resource for teachers. She demonstrates and reviews ways that technology can be used in the music classroom. You can subscribe to her weekly videos, which are both fun and informative.

A music teaching site/blog by Robin Giebelhausen