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This website is the Chrome Music lab. There are activities to explore all the elements of music. Some of the activities are composition related. There are visual representations of sound as well. You need to use the Chrome browser for them to work. My students really enjoyed this site.

This is a site that helps music teachers teach across the curriculum by connecting music to math, science, and art. These are online experiments that are interactive and have explanations behind the experiments.

Created by Google developers, this site contains various apps associated with different musical elements with the premise that users would simply explore. Songmaker and Kadinsky allow the creation of musical ideas while others explore rhythm chords, and how sound functions. Each app is extremely easy to use and is beneficial in any general music setting.

Flat is a cloud-based online music notation software. This is another alternative to Finale Notepad, MuseScore, and Noteflight.

FLAT is essentially Google's attempt at notation software. Thus, it is extremely intuitive. Though more limited than other programs, it essentially does everything a student composer would need. Students can sign up for an account with a Gmail address and can easily share their scores with each other and their teacher.

Music notation softwares like Finale and Sibelius are quite costly for students to purchase and use. Flat.io is a free online music notation software that allows you to notate music online, and share it with your friends in the cloud. It is collaborative in a way that people get to comment on your music, and you also get to comment on other people's compositions. All you need is to sign up with either google, facebook, or with your email address. It is a good resource for teachers to set notation assignments, and while students do the assignments, they learn many concepts in music such as tempo, speed, dynamics, phrasing, structure, to mention but a few.

Resource for teachers who are interested in somewhat "flipping" their classroom. On this site there is information for accessing the Teacher Tribe Podcast as well as downloading the free e-book "Ditch that Textbook."

Music first is a great resource for any K-12. The website offer teaching features using some of the best teaching technology for music.

MusicFirst is an online classroom that offers users premium access to many popular web-based music software titles with one paid subscription. It acts as a "hub" for students and teachers to easily discover and use a variety of tools and programs. The website also provides useful resources for building a technology-based curriculum. The features of this online classroom are designed for learning, creating, and sharing music.

An excellent `learning management system designed for music educators. I would love to use this in place of Google Classroom.

This is a document from an OMEA clinic from February 6, 2014 that was given by Dr. William Bauer. The document describes TPACK as well as links to Music Learning Activity Types; Digital Musicking and K-12 music learning activity types. This is a good resource for uncovering other pertinent links for resources relevant to our Technology Assisted Music Learning class. 

Another document from Dr. William Bauer about making music with an iPad created by Dr. William Bauer for the International Society for Technology in Education on June 24, 2013. A tremendous resource for creating performing, understanding and responding to music with an iPad. Also, there are links for general administrative and productivity apps which are useful for other academic disciplines.  Additionally, there is a lot of information that is useful about hardware and connecting the iPhone/iPod touch/iPad. Great resource for using iPads in the music classroom, which is what is needed for me personally. 

This document comes from a Learning Station Session presented by Dr. William Bauer for the International Society for Technology in Education. The session centered around apps and tools that can be used on the iPad that match the music standards of creating, responding, and performing. The site contains a full list of apps and tools available for the iPad and they help make the iPad a music learning tool. 

Dr. Bauer provides a comprehensive list of programs and apps for the Ipad that can be used in the music classroom. These apps can provide ways to create music and transform the Ipad into an actual musical instrument. Dr. Bauer creates lists separated into apps that will create music, perform music, help with understanding music, ease administration, and other resources. This list cannot only help integrate technology into the classroom, but also show music in a different light.

These clinic notes are a great reference for implementing the new National Arts Standards. This handout has numerous websites and articles for responding, creating and performing music with technology.

This website has some fantastic options for teaching students about music from around the world.  It also gives them a chance to explore different cultures and different ways of life than they are used to.  I like to use these sort of lessons in conjunction with Google Maps Street View where you can go and explore the area you are learning about on the computer.

This musical timeline was designed by Google; It is based on what was bought and when through GooglePlay. You can explore the numerous genres and subgenera of music through this interactive timeline. Popular albums are also linked to each genre. What a great visual for students!

This is a very valuable resource contains helpful strategies on motivating students to practice at home. It also discusses how parent play a major role in making sure that students rehearse.

These are research-based strategies to help motivate and empower students in music practicing.  It gives learning goals and outcomes for progress in practicing and learning with checkpoints.

This is a document that addresses how to make the most out of practice time! These tips may come in handy in conversations with students, parents, and administrators.

This is a document that addresses how to make the most out of practice time! These tips may come in handy in conversations with students, parents, and administrators.

This book is a music education wiki focusing on music education with digital technology. Information in this book unfolds how teachers use technology in music classrooms, the pros and cons of technology, and how to effectively use technology in the classroom. One fascinating information I picked from this book is the use of classroom mobile phones. Almost every student in high school has access to a mobile phone. These mobile phones have a new software called "blue tooth" which enables one to share a file from a phone to a computer or to another person's phone. This tool can be utilised in class during composition, for students to share their compositions and get feedback from each other. These compositions can then be sent to a computer and students edit their compositions using soft wares like Audacity.

Another GO TO site for Music Technology lesson plan ideas! A listing of project based assignments for Digital Audio Production or Music Technology. The link to Ethan's Google Spreadsheet is worth the click to this site - trust me!

Blog by middle school band teachers. Topics often include using technology within the classroom, mainly google classroom and a recording sharing area for teachers programing the same 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.

The purpose of this site is to provide access to information about the school where I teach general music, band and choir. It includes the developing school website and helpful links for our students. Google classroom links and other connections are coming soon.