Similar to text messages, push notifications are great for sending parents and students timely and relevant information, whether their app is running in the background or inactive. Push notifications are free for both student and teacher.
This is a great blog that supplies tips and resources for all forms of music education. It also supplies a category list to filter the blogs based on what you are looking for. This will be a great blog to check back and see what new ideas and resources have been posted.
This music theory website has some great tutorials and exercises to help develop ear training skills. Also available are articles and other reference materials to help with music study. This is a user friendly site and is very helpful.
The web page for the Midwest Clinic, an International Band and Orchestra Conference that takes place annually in Chicago. A plethora of resources about music teaching can be found here as well as information about the conference itself.
This website is Dr. Bauer's collection of professional articles that was shared with the students in the UFL graduate program. There are articles and resources on a variety of music and music teaching topics.