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Doug Butchy complies a collection of music education related online resources distributed daily. He draws from blogs, Twitter and other social media sites to collect this information. His collection of links is a great starting point for daily reading.

Marking this website to read in more detail later. It is a blog about Technology in Music Education. The author reviews apps and other technology as related to their use in music education. Could come in handy when trying to find new apps in the classroom that are already reviewed.

This is another site describing the content of a student portfolio.  It is easy to read and understand.  Music educators could easily integrate portfolios into the curriculum. 

This is a great site for older students who are learning about specific composers. In this lesson on Tchaikovsky, students can watch videos, listen to the piece and read about Tchaikovsky's work.

Easily edited to incorporate music, this is a slap vocabulary game to reinforce reading and vocabulary skills. I could use musical terms that we are studying or instruments. I could even show a picture of the instrument and the students have to find the words. I'm excited to try this.

This page is great for younger beginners (elementary age) in orchestra.  The violin fingering chart is very colorful and easy to read.  The site includes lists of music for each instrument and performer bios.

This SFCV site is for the arts community to read articles, listen to podcast from other orchestras, and allow users to purchase tickets to concerts. Another purpose is to allow youth to explore new music that they might not know or understand yet. This website includes upcoming events in the San Francisco area, Critic Reviews, the ability to listen to music online, and other music resources such as biographies on composers and musicians of today, and from the past.

Music Matters is a blog that allows users/readers to utilize websites, information, and activities for students in music. There are sources for educators that include training, games, and blogs that help students grow as musicians and music learners. This website includes information for Music History, Music Theory, pedagogy for instruments, music organizations, and music education conferences. Each source includes guides, activities, and blogs for the reader to navigate to a certain website or community, and reflect on what has been read or what is happening in the world of music.

(a) The purpose of the resource is to have interactive activities for instructional use and possibly free-time in the music classroom.(b) The specific musical content the resource deals with Note identification, note reading (c) I would use this site for both instructional and free-time activities.

This is a great site to utilize for music history lessons! It has popular american songs and composer biographies to use for student read alouds or assessments. I will definitely be coming back to this site in the next few weeks!

a) The purpose of the resource is to have provide a database of teacher materials including lesson plans and materials inside of the music classroom.(b) This resource covers most national music standards including note reading, pitch identification, and music vocabulary. (c) I would use this site for instructional use in the classroom and outside of the classroom.

This is a website that describes software for learning the recorder. It uses interdisciplinary aspects that seem to be interesting - and probably appealing to students.

Here is as software program review of Go for the Gold! I have never seen a software program for the Recorder. This program can be useful for elementary school music students that are beginning to play on song flutes.

A wonderful site to get students into jazz. This site has a load of jazz resources from ear training to lead sheets to history. Amazing site. Fun to explore and read into.

Has anyone used this app? This looks like something even I would use - and I don't use our iPad much... The feature that I think would appeal to my underclass vocal majors is the ability to play along - so they can learn their music from listening rather than from reading (which some of them don't do well at all!).

This website deals with all things related to the saxophone. There are links on this page for many articles. Some information is geared towards beginners (such as reading notes and how to hold the instrument). Other information is geared toward more advanced players (such as improv and even changing pads/neck cork).

Kahn Academy provides free online instruction in a wide array of domains. Their music section contains information on basic music reading and terminology, examinations of orchestral works by Gerard Schwartz (former music director of the Seattle Symphony), and and introduction to the instruments of the orchestra. 

This link provides information about the annual New England Band Directors Institute conference. This conference takes place in Plymouth, NH on the campus of Plymouth State University. The conference offers a variety of session on specific topics for bands, marching bands, and jazz bands. They also offer two reading sessions so directors may hear and experience new band music.

This is an excellent resource for piano teachers. There are articles about books to read, piano pedagogy, studio management, and other pertinent topics for piano teachers. This would be a very useful resource for teachers of all experience levels to learn more about how to fine tune their teaching.

Sonja, an app available in the app store, lets you read, write, record, and edit music hassle free. It' serves as a great educational tool for singers and musicians that lets you play or sing along with other app users. You also have the ability to import MIDI and audio files as well.

I found this to be a very interesting read/listen. She discusses how to foster creativity in the classrooms. In music, composing is an essential skill and the ultimate creative activity. However, I find myself sometimes nervous to let the kids compose. What if they are not successful? What if they talk too much or get too loud? But Goodwin really gives me the courage to start small and grow from there. It's not about having the kids write a symphony, but to show what they learned by creating something new.