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This article is written by Marcela De Vivo, mother of a child with a severe disability.  She writes on immigration law, health and special education law and inclusion.

This article is written by Marcela De Vivo, mother of a child with a severe disability.  She writes on immigration law, health and special education law and inclusion.

An extremely useful site to peruse free music for download in various categories like orchestral and chamber music parts. I have frequently used this for myself and students when faced with auditions that I/they need an "original" part to.

This is a great resource for all band directors. It contains articles, background, and lesson strategies for many compositions in the wind band repertoire. It also contains articles relevant to other ensembles, such as chamber groups. This site helps band directors plan ahead for their selection of reputable works in the band world.

This is a great resource for all band directors. It contains articles, background, and lesson strategies for many compositions in the wind band repertoire. It also contains articles relevant to other ensembles, such as chamber groups. This site helps band directors plan ahead for their selection of reputable works in the band world.

The Montcalm School offers autism programs to help young children deal with their disorder. In this blog, Jeffery Cornhill teaches us about the benefits of music therapy.

The Montcalm School offers autism programs to help young children deal with their disorder. In this blog, Jeffery Cornhill teaches us about the benefits of music therapy.

Hookpad is a free web app that simplifies songwriting by helping you choose chords that sound good together and guiding you to write a good melody. It's a musical sketchpad with music theory "built-in" to make it easier and more intuitive to find the sound you're looking for.

Hookpad is a free web app that simplifies songwriting by helping you choose chords that sound good together and guiding you to write a good melody. It's a musical sketchpad with music theory "built-in" to make it easier and more intuitive to find the sound you're looking for.

As a high school teacher this site can help find music schools for students about to graduate.

As a high school teacher this site can help find music schools for students about to graduate.

The Violinist.com is a resource for music educators, specifically string and orchestra teachers. 

This is a site where all string players can discuss just about anything and everything from teaching, set-up, practicing and more. Besides articles, there are also blogs that are very helpful.

This is a site where all string players can discuss just about anything and everything from teaching, set-up, practicing and more. Besides articles, there are also blogs that are very helpful.

This is a great interactive and multimedia resource for teachers from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum's website.  The beta Digital Classroom begins with the 1950s.  Different artists are highlighted from the 1950s, each with a bio, authentic performance video, "why it matters" section and lesson objectives that highlight important musical aspects of the artist.  

Rock and Roll music plays a large role in the development of modern music. Once classes get to this genre/time period, students tend to become more interested in what is going on. Rock Hall provides lessons and interactive elements that help teach the story of rock and roll. They also offer classes you can register for about the history of the genre.

Rock and Roll music plays a large role in the development of modern music. Once classes get to this genre/time period, students tend to become more interested in what is going on. Rock Hall provides lessons and interactive elements that help teach the story of rock and roll. They also offer classes you can register for about the history of the genre.

Ear training website with exercises to help improve ear training. Various exercises and categories provide good opportunities for practice and developments.

This is a simple, yet effective free online interactive software for ear training. It offers practice tools in: intervals, chords, scales, chord progressions, perfect pitch, scale degrees (functional), intervals in context, an melodic dictation.

This website is perfect for listening exercises. The interval practice was very appropriate and the difficulty can even be adjusted based on the level of the student. I would like to use this site with my after-school chorus.

This a rhythm game that can be used as a fun activity in private lessons. This allows piano teachers to add some new activities to lessons that will also help students review rhythm.

This a rhythm game that can be used as a fun activity in private lessons. This allows piano teachers to add some new activities to lessons that will also help students review rhythm.

This website provides band directors with a variety of practical resources. Many topics are covered including fingering charts, recruiting, annotated music lists, music history, links to music organizations, and much more.

This site features band, choir, orchestra, classroom, music, etc..  Is link provides countless information that is particular to that subject.  This site will be very helpful this school year.  I will also share it with my colleagues to make their lives a little easier as well.

This site features band, choir, orchestra, classroom, music, etc..  Is link provides countless information that is particular to that subject.  This site will be very helpful this school year.  I will also share it with my colleagues to make their lives a little easier as well.

Helpful insight on starting your beginning band students.

Helpful insight on starting your beginning band students.

Music transcription software

ScoreCloud is a free notational software. There is also a paid version, but the free version is fully functional. This program allows for MIDI input, traditional computer notation input, and also translates live music performance into notation. The online features of this program allow for sharing of files with others through email and social media. ScoreCloud is downloadable as a computer program and application for IOS devices. This program could be used to help teach music creativity, music literacy, and music response.

ScoreCloud is a free notational software. There is also a paid version, but the free version is fully functional. This program allows for MIDI input, traditional computer notation input, and also translates live music performance into notation. The online features of this program allow for sharing of files with others through email and social media. ScoreCloud is downloadable as a computer program and application for IOS devices. This program could be used to help teach music creativity, music literacy, and music response.

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.

Collection of 428 folk songs organized by categories (origin, subject, grade level, melodic, elements, sequence of concepts, etc.) The songs follow Kodály Method sequence of introducing music concepts/elements. Excellent resource for elementary teacher.

A database of folk songs catalogued for the Kodaly methodology. Songs are searchable by elements of music, name, and more.

This is the entire American Folk Song collection. This excellent resource can be used by educators to print out folk songs to use to teach their students specific music skills such as singing, audiating, pitch, and rhythm. The website even gives activity ideas to use for each specific song.

Learn Jazz Standards is an online jazz resource for musicians. We specialize in helping musicians learn jazz repertoire and become better jazz players. The Learn Jazz Standards website has two main components: the Blog and our Jazz Standards.

This is the hub for the Learn Jazz Standards podcasts and YouTube videos. This is a great resource for learning jazz theory, ear training and approaches to improvisation.

The Learn Jazz Standards website contains a comprehensive list of jazz standards, including lead sheets (in different transposing keys), essential and/or original recordings, and a recording of a rhythm section playing through the chord changes several times (a la Jamey Abersold). Often, these "jazz minus one" rhythm section recordings are offered in a few different keys. The site also includes a blog, podcast, and a list of articles on the topic of jazz. This resource is especially helpful for melodic instrument jazz players, giving them practice with chord changes, and I use this site frequently in my jazz classes.

The Professional Music Educator is a podcast designed by a music educator for music educators. The podcast covers a variety of topics to help music educators navigate their complex world. For a cost the Professional Music Educator will offer individual advice and coaching.

This website was created by Jon F. Mueller, a professor of psychology and neuroscience at North Central College in Illinois. Mueller discusses the differences between traditional assessment and authentic assessment - two different concepts that have different long-term goals and outcomes for students. Mueller, a strong advocate for authentic assessment, provides various examples to illustrate the pros and cons of both methods of assessment at different levels and fields of education, while providing data and research to support his stance. Mueller also provides information and structured examples on how educators can incorporate authentic assessment (in many forms) in their classrooms.

A website to help create and utilize musical assessments. A teacher can learn about new assessments, compare state and national music standards, and learn about the most up-to-date musical research.

This site provides several useful resources for educators. It is an authentic assessment toolbox filled with tips to help teachers create rubrics, include standards in their assignments, and examples of assessments to use.

DonorsChoose is a great place to start looking for additional aid for your classroom. You can pose a project that you need funding for, if its more instruments, books, materials, and/or other resources that you may need, but can't get your district to obtain. It is very easy to use and you create a project where people can find or search and donate their own money to fund. You can have several people donate and you can share your proposal on various forms of social media to help spread the word. The choral teacher and I did a few projects and we were able to get Orff Instruments, Drums, and even Ipods for the kids. You have to follow up with DonorsChoose and send photos and thank you letters from the students to show how you are using the materials in the classroom. It is a perfect way to receive that additional funding for your program.

DonorsChoose is a miracle for programs with little to no budget. You can create an account as an educator and create projects that go towards your classroom. You can ask for anything from Chromebooks to instruments and sheet music. Donors from all over the world can donate and support your classroom. This is the resource that helped me build my band program.

This is an online site for ear training. It has tests covering intervals, chords, scales, cadences etc.

For teachers who want to help their students improve their ear-training skills, Good-Ear is a great and easy-to-use website that focuses entirely on this topic. This resource has a simple layout and allows its users to train their aural skills on anything from intervals and chords to harmonic progressions. Teachers who are just beginning to introduce this skill to their students can also find use in the beginner level training exercises. Good-Ear is free and can easily be used by not only teachers, but also students who have access to an electronic device and internet source.

This is great tool to develop an ear for music. It has all of the qualities and the features to be able to help the student become a stronger performer. Being able to hear is very important when it comes to music. What I love mostly about this training tool, it strengthens your ability to enhance perfect pitch.

A collection of blogs to help band directors tackle the specific challenges of our job. Wonderful insights and printable materials such as sub plans and warm up ideas.

I have used this website as a resource for a long time. This site can be used for information. I have recently used the substitute music assignment in my class. Also, I have been redirected to blogs, podcasts, and many more thing just from this site.

The creators of this website are dedicated to sharing resources that help band directors improve their craft. Posts can be filtered by category (i.e. brass, intonation, theory, etc.) to save time and narrow focus. Additionally, educators can comment on posts, share ideas, and ask questions.