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This website is a tool to advocate music education and technology to a widespread group of people, and allow readers to write feedback on the website. As well as the feedback, this site is for the general musician audience to search for resources that will help with teaching in schools and responding to young musicians. This website includes articles about music technology and its benefits and uses, posts about music education, the advocacy of music and its importance to all students, and general posts about things such as copyright laws, orchestra and its instruments, apps for music, and planning education tools for teachers.

Part 2 of 2. Exercises that help create good vocal tone.

To any teachers still getting used to using your smartboard in the music class, don't worry. This site helps to find great ways to make the smartboard your musical haven!

TeacherVision.com is not a music education website exclusively, however, it provides many great resources that music teachers may find interesting or helpful. The site contains printables, graphic organizers, lesson plans, tips on classroom management, and great links to apps and software.

This site provides links helpful to band, chorus, orchestra, and general music teachers. The recommended sites have been researched and are of legitimate use for educators and musicians. The sites listed include professional organizations, academic music education resources, blogs, discussion forums, and  app/software reviews.

Great tips and reminders on both the current state of education and concepts related to every teacher from technology to classroom management, this is a resource that regularly helps to remind one of what the true goals and approaches to education should be centered around, regardless of specialty.

This blog describes ways to motivate students to practice. These tips can be helpful for private lessons as well as performing ensembles.

The Cool Cat Teacher Blog is written maintained by educator, Vicki Davis. Her mission is to keep teachers inspired and motivated. This is not specifically a music education resource, but the information contained on the blog can be helpful for teachers of any subject area. I am specifically interested in the aspect of Social Media and the Classroom.

Music K-8 is a popular site among elementary/middle school classroom music teachers. The popular magazine is full of great ideas, music, games, articles, and musical performance programs. A very useful aspect of the website is the "Idea Bank" which is located in the Resources tab. Subscribing to the idea bank list allows music teachers to instantly interact, discuss, and share with colleagues across the nation. The diverse wealth of resources available here are sure to be helpful in every kindergarten through 8th grade music class.

Another helpful site for when you have to write a musical critique. I especially like there "SHMRG" acrostic: Sound, Harmony, Melody, Rhythm and Growth (texture/formal structure) Good for students when evaluating a musical performance.

A quick helpful list of music terminology when wanting to speak properly about vocal music.

This is a simple online metronome tool that can be used in a pinch during practice. The makers of this website are also currently working on a database where musicians can share practice tips.

This is a good free online metronome for students requiring a browser based metronome. There It also contains articles about metronomes and tempo. There are links to other products and downloads on the metronome page.

An online metronome ideal for quick and easy use while practicing music, this music tool helps with your rhythm as well as tempo selections and it is always available for free to all students of music at metronomeonline.com

Clinician and Trumpet player Chris Clark discusses the challenges of creating a middle school lead trumpet player for Jazz Band. He includes strategies and exercises to help develop such a player

Folk Song Collection that may be used to help find songs for teaching almost any musical concept. Primary and Secondary Sources with authentic notation and referenced material.

Zoom products are some of the best recording devices on the market. These could help from recording a student to a full ensemble. The recorders also balance the recording and are very user friendly. I have used these on many occasion professionally and will in the future. There is also free app for most smart phones that will do just as good of job as purchasing a recorder.

If you're looking for free downloads or shareware, this is where you'll find it. Particularly helpful is the central news reel with regular new articles and tips.

This is a great resource for developing your music education leadership program. Scott Lang offers resources for teachers and students that will help them become better leaders, not only within their music program, but in life as well.

This is a really great blog with some helpful hints for music teachers. From organization, to lesson plans, to unit plans there's lots to be seen on this blog.

I have used this company since high school for my music purchases both personally and for school. They can get almost anything available in print for a multitude of publishers. Most importantly - they take 20% off all items purchased. This really helps me stretch my school budget and order a couple extra pieces each year.

There is a supposed "separation of church and state." However, Gospel music can be a key source for teaching elements of harmony and rhythm and can help fill in certain gaps in music history.