Digital Musicking

QR scan for attendance

EXCELLENT tool for creating seating charts and band/orchestra large group set-ups. You can label stands and chairs. Very user friendly!

I use this seating chart page to organize my students and their seats. It gives me a great tool that I can constantly update as my students change in their various bands

This website makes it easy to create seating charts for music ensembles. Quickly label rows, sections, and students for rehearsal purposes.

Slow down music (and keep pitch) for play along or transcription. Loop sections.

Practice tips! Intended for violinists, but applicable to any musician or music student.

Jazz ear training and warm up ideas

A Youtube channel for teachers and students.

Blog by Robert H. Woody, professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where he teaches classes in music education and music psychology. This blog contains articles and posts (all research-based) regarding music psychology.

TeachRock is an online educational resource presented by Steven Van Zandt's Rock and Roll Forever Foundation and offered free-of-charge to educators and individuals everywhere. Interdisciplinary in nature, TeachRock is geared toward middle and high school students but includes resources for learning at all levels.

A resource including lesson plans, music and video clips, and more for teaching styles and history of rock and roll music.

Mrs. Miracle's Music Room has a wealth of information. Besides the usual blog with free lesson plans and a link to her www.teacherspayteachers.com store, she also has a link to her podcast and facebook group. She includes easy to use labels to sort the blogs as well as a link to highlight her classroom design and organization. Her blogs range in topics from specific lesson plans to teacher self-care and learning styles in the music classroom. She is a Kodaly trained teacher and her blog is geared towards K-6 general music.

The blog has a myriad of resources for the elementary music classroom. I have followed this blog for years and have pulled resources and ideas from it quite often. Examples of resources I have used recently are music centers and music technology/iPad apps.

Mrs. Miracle's blog incorporates a ton of resources for the elementary school teacher. She posts podcasts, lesson plans, and different activities that she does in her classroom. There is also the option to download freebies or purchase activities from her store (similar to Teachers Pay Teachers).The blog also discusses learning styles and best practices that Aileen incorporates in her daily teaching.

The Yellow Brick Road website contains a blog full of free, well-designed, standard-based lesson plans as well as links to her store on www.teacherspayteachers.com. You can sign up for a newsletter on the website to get additional resources emailed to you. This site is geared towards K-6 general music.

Classical Classroom is a podcast that offers a welcoming and simple approach to all things classical. It covers topics such as instrumental music, choral/opera music, film scores, composer biographies and more. The podcast is available through multiple platforms like iTunes, GooglePlay, and the web.

The Music Interactive (TMI) offers music-based games for students (and teachers) to challenge themselves and to reinforce musical elements.

Patatap is a webware that turns a computer keyboard into a sound making machine. No downloads necessary.

Article about adverse childhood experiences in Iowa. Describes how many students deal with these traumas and how we as educators can learn about how their brains are affected so when we are teaching them we are aware of the state they are in. You can't teach a student until they feel safe in your classroom.

This is a great website that I use with my Music History class to discuss the history of different composers and their biographies.

This metronome is a great free website and application that students can use to help their practice with tempo in music.