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Orff-Schulwerk blog written by Eric Young, one of the AOSA Division IV representatives. Great ideas on enhancing your Orff lessons in a whole new way.

Great fundraising ideas for any music program.

Great ideas for writing successful grants for any music program.

On this PDF, there are many links that connect to music sites that students can use. All of the programs are "in the cloud". Students can access these from any computer, at home, school or on the road. All sites are included to facilitate musical creativity.

This is a document that is a resource for creativity and technology for music learning put together by Dr. William Bauer for the FETC in Orlando, Florida on January 31, 2014. Other headings include: technology to facilitate musical creativity and general cloud-based technologies useful for facilitating musical creativity. This page is an excellent resource to develop ideas for learning with technology in the classroom. Many of the programs are free, easy to use and applicable to many educational ideas.  

Musical Creativity in the Cloud is a Google Doc by Dr. William I. Bauer. It is a list of resources to integrate technology into the music classroom and encourage creative thinking. Each item on the list will facilitate organization, creativity, or music learning. Dr. Bauer comprised a list of fifty resources to integrate technology into the music classroom including notation software, cloud-based libraries, media players, and organizational tools.

Low cost music education resources with a "free stuff" section to try out the ideas before purchasing the books. Small company with quick turnaround!

This website was developed to share and discuss the science of rudimental snare drumming.  You can also use this source to develop ideas for teaching and developing your marching percussion section.  Also included are common exercises that can be used.

This website is a site that is useful to music educators by providing them ideas of creating differentiated instruction through the use of technology. This was developed by a group of music educators who felt the need to create such a resource.

This site offers great articles and ideas for teachers of ALL areas.  There are videos along with articles and can search just about any topic.  I have included a link from edutopia on motivating students. http://www.edutopia.org/blog/strategies-helping-students-motivate-themselves-larry-ferlazzo?utm_source=SilverpopMailing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=091615%20enews%20stuengage%20ngm%20remainder&utm_content=&utm_term=fea1pic&spMailingID=12417112&spUserID=NjMzMzA5MzI2NjMS1&spJobID=621135309&spReportId=NjIxMTM1MzA5S0

Tips and Tricks to use in an elementary music room. Includes visuals for your room, resources and lesson ideas.

A music teacher blogs an idea for evaluation for kindergarteners. Mine don't do a winter concert, so I'd have to edit it, but another great way to incorporate evaluating (responding) with music in a simple way that young children can understand.

ACTME is the journal of the MayDay group. The May Day group gathers music educators and researchers that have interest in critical ideas and strive for changes in paradigms in music education.

These music education technology blogs are all about music in elementary schools. There are some wonderful ideas on how to get younger students involved in music using technology. The blogs are fun and insightful for teachers to help each other.

This is a podcast designed to help piano teachers of all experience levels. They discuss different teaching techniques, studio information, practice ideas, and other helpful information. This can be used by piano teachers to enhance their teaching knowledge and learn ways so successfully run their piano studio.

A religious website but holds good ideas for music that will fit holiday services for public schools but maintain separation of church and state.

This is a blog full of resources for piano teachers. Susan Paradis blogs about everything from games and worksheets for students to teaching techniques. She offers free resources and has a store. This can be used by piano teachers to enhance their creativity in lesson planning.

I feel this website would be great for acquiring new ideas to pass on to my students about ways to practice effectively.

Elementary music teacher with Orff training describes rules and expectations for her classroom. Website also includes website ideas and links to teachers pay teachers to look at visuals. 

Jazz ear training and warm up ideas

This website has just about everything a band director would ever need. From resources about administration and fundraising, to sight-reading, theory, and ensemble skills, this is a tremendously beneficial resource for all band directors.

This blog contains many posts that would be helpful for novice and experienced band directors alike. Of particular interest are the posts about improving the sound of particular instruments or exercises to help develop a stronger swing feeling in a jazz band.

Band Directors Talk Shop is a website devoted to helping band directors become better teachers. Posts on the site are from current and former band directors, as well as private lesson instructors. The website allows band directors to share suggestions and ideas on how to improve instruction so that students will have a better learning experience.

This sites contains downloadable links that contain very lucid and practical curricular ideas and suggestion for beginning and intermediate guitar classes and ensembles. The language is targeted at two groups: those teachers who are starting guitar programs and those teachers who themselves are not proficient guitarists yet are teaching a guitar class. The "further reading" at the bottom is icing in the cake.