This series of podcasts discusses the benefits of using technology in music education. Several of the podcasts are previously recorded workshop presentations. Specific topics include technology and creativity, YouTube, Podcasting, Digital Audio, and current trends. These podcasts include information geared towards elementary, middle, and high school students.
PBS discusses the importance and benefits of music education. PBS explains that music facilitates learning in other subjects. Learning music taps into multiple skills sets. PBS explains the various categories that music helps benefit.
This podcast has discussions about all things related to band. Topics range from tips on specific instruments, how to choose music, and interviews with composers and teachers. It is geared more toward the Texas band director experience, but is still a great resource for all band directors.
This is a flash-based musical game site that has several different activities that are appropriate for elementary students. The site is very engaging for that age student and easy to navigate.
a) The purpose of the resource is to provide interactive activities and games for students covering an array of musical subjects for use in and outside of the music classroom.(b) This resource covers EVERY national music standard! (c) I would use the free version of this site more for free-time activities and games.
Website offers a few free items for use on the IWB. I do not own a license for the paid items but the school where I student taught used this program on daily basis.
This is a fantastic flash-based website with many free music games. Students can create an avatar that moves around Quaver's music shop and studio, finding music games to play. Games focus on composition, ear training, and responding. The free games are just the beginning- Quaver Music offers a comprehensive, standards-based K-6 curriculum that is loaded with hundreds of interactive songs, lesson plans, assessment tools, video episodes, games, and more. An annual subscription is required, but teachers can purchase smaller sections of the curriculum to meet their specific needs.
This is a cloud-based music education software with lesson plans, project ideas, audio, video, games, and other special activities to assist teaching new content from note values, line and space identification, world music, and other content.
Sbomagazine.com provides online content that accompanies the SB&O Magazine. Although not all content is free, there are very good free and low cost options for band and orchestra directors across the nation. SB&O provides insight into the latest news, technology, repertoire, and conversations in the instrumental music community. In addition to teaching resources, this website provides online archives for their articles.