This YouTube Channel is dedicated to jazz music education, sponsored by Jazz at Lincoln Center. It is filled with videos about jazz pedagogy and heritage. This is a great site for music educators to keep their jazz education up-to-date, and for students who have an interest in jazz music. Students are able to take video lessons or learn about different styles and composers of jazz. What a great resource about America's own style of music.

The Library of Congress website has a plethora of free historical recordings. For example, I found The Liberty Bell March from 1905. You should listen to the recordings in advance to check for inappropriate language. I think it would be very valuable to have authentic historical recordings for students to listen to, which would present the opportunity to discuss the history of recording music.

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.

I am a huge advocate of Orff curriculum, as I teach it in my own classroom. There is nothing better than seeing the kids enjoy their experience in music! This site offers opportunities for professional development, as well as resources on how to incorporate Orff tactics into your classroom.

What a great resource site for music recordings! Our student computers block YouTube, thus this site will be great for my students who wish to research and listen to new music. Currently, a second grade "reading" group will be writing biographies of composers, and I want them to be able to listen to their compositions.

I found this site while discovering music technology for Module 5. This is a great interactive game for elementary age children who are or have studied instruments, instrument families, and the orchestra. It teaches the player new information, assesses their understanding of that information, and has opportunities for further study.

I found this great site while looking for composer biographies for my second graders. This site has a wide range of free printable such as listening maps, word searches, games, and biographies. The information is appropriate for elementary school students.

This musical timeline was designed by Google; It is based on what was bought and when through GooglePlay. You can explore the numerous genres and subgenera of music through this interactive timeline. Popular albums are also linked to each genre. What a great visual for students!

I attended an Arts Integration Workshop this past summer (2015), which is designed to train general education teachers how to incorporate the arts into their lessons. This wiki has many, many examples and lesson plans for arts or non-art teachers to use!

Although this is not a specific music site, I think it is still valuable for music education. Classrooms should always have positive and inspirational posters in their rooms. I print many of her printable to hang around my classroom.