Digital Musicking

Great article on using technology strategies in performing ensembles

Any music educator thinking about taking their performing ensemble to music festival? Great article with great information.

Making Music Fun contains many different printable resources along with a 900+ free music lesson plans and resources. Each lesson is categorized under the different educational topic which makes it easy to navigate the site.

Making Music Fun.net is a fun resource for both teachers and students. There are fun worksheets, and free sheet music for a variety of different instruments arranged by difficulty level. I like to leave these worksheets for a sub, and I give the sheet music to my trumpet students for practicing fun items in addition to their method books which may get boring from time to time. There is also information regarding composers, and is perfect for the elementary classroom.

Has a variety of resources for elementary level music teachers. The collection of sheet music organized by playing level is particularly good. You can also access theory, music history, and composer activity worksheets. Also contains a large number of lesson plans with accompanying worksheets.

Site offers educational rap music videos that cover a variety of subjects including math, science, history, and current events. Also provides interactive and online lesson plans, quizzes, and activities related to each video. Requires small subscription fee (~$1/month) but well worth it. Great way to use music for cross-curricular teaching.

SmartMusic: music education software for educators and students. Make practicing and tracking student progress easy and fun. Smart Music is similar in features to Band in a Box. It allows teachers to create recordings for their student to practice with!

A great piece of software geared toward engaging private rehearsal times. This is a must have for band & orchestra teachers. 

Smart music is a great for students and teachers. This also helps the helps students with their practice. It also helps teachers understand the problems that students have during practice. The assessment is also great for students and teachers.

Technology ideas for teaching music by Dr. Wallis of Auburn University. She includes helpful links.

Technology ideas for teaching music by Dr. Walls of Auburn University. She includes helpful links.

Great ideas for the technology for music teachers. This website has great links and information about music technology it would an asset to any teacher.

This provides a large collection of folk songs that you can use in your classroom. It provides sheet music and audio recordings of all songs as well as a detailed analysis. It allows you to search for songs by title, origin, region, age group, etc.

This provides a large collection of folk songs that you can use in your classroom. It provides sheet music and audio recordings of all songs as well as a detailed analysis. It allows you to search for songs by title, origin, region, age group, etc.

This website is a resource for a variety of childrens music. It allows you access to artists, recordings, stories, etc. that you could use in early childhood classrooms.

This website is a resource for a variety of childrens music. It allows you access to artists, recordings, stories, etc. that you could use in early childhood classrooms.

PodSnack is a music playlist maker that allows you to create custom players in three simple steps: add your songs, customize the player to your tastes and publish it. Once created, the Html mp3 players can be shared, embedded or downloaded for HTML websites.

PodSnack is a web application that allows you to create custom audio players for your website. You can create custom playlists very easily and share them with anybody you wish.

PodSnack is a web application that allows you to create custom audio players for your website. You can create custom playlists very easily and share them with anybody you wish.

Ear training website with exercises to help improve ear training. Various exercises and categories provide good opportunities for practice and developments.

This is a simple, yet effective free online interactive software for ear training. It offers practice tools in: intervals, chords, scales, chord progressions, perfect pitch, scale degrees (functional), intervals in context, an melodic dictation.

This website is perfect for listening exercises. The interval practice was very appropriate and the difficulty can even be adjusted based on the level of the student. I would like to use this site with my after-school chorus.

The San Francisco Kids website offers students many musical activities from listening, performing, composing and even conducting. I think that my elementary music students would love this site, and that it would also work well on the SMARTboard in class. I think the visuals would keep students engaged, and excited about music learning.

The Choristers Guild foundation promotes the music and spiritual development of young singers. I am interested in learning more about the organization. Members have access to online tutorial teaching videos, skype lessons, and monthly jounral subscriptions. Benefits of membership also include discounted rates on ordering music. This looks like a wonderful organization that would be beneficial to a choral educator.

Audacity is a great program for recording and editing music. I have personally used the site to record my All-State auditions, as well as plan to use it to record my ensemble rehearsals. The program is easy to use, and a wonderful tool for any music educator.

The purpose of this site is to help students improve their knowledge of music theory and keyboard skills. I have used this site when I was teaching middle school choir and band. The site features both lessons to explain new content, as well as exercises to practice and deepen knowledge. I think this would be a great tool to implement in the classroom especially with the use of SMARTboard technology.

The Infinite Jukebox may come as somewhat of a revelation. For an introduction, readers may go to the site and click on a few of the popular tunes listed on the homepage. For instance, selecting Superstition by Stevie Wonder kicks off the 1972 hit in the way you've always heard it. But then The Infinite Jukebox takes over, matching beats and rhythmic patterns to create intelligent patterns for where the song can go next. No simple loop here. Instead the song plays for as long as the listener would like, but with seemingly infinite variety. Once users understand the basic principle, they can upload their own MP3s for free and let The Infinite Jukebox reorganize them into epic soundtracks for their working day.

This quirky creation create an infinite musical loop from any song you select - and by infinite I mean never-ending. You can select a track from the site's vast library or upload a song of your own, which the site will analyze and use to create a pattern. This site could be beneficial for use with classical music to make easy background music.

Pretty innovative program that remixes your favorite tunes so that you can listen to them over a long period of time! No need to use the "repeat" button anymore when you like a tune. It is INFINITE!

This is the website for "The President's Own" United States Marine Band. There are many resources available from this website. One of the features is access to some of the music recorded by the group. Some music can be downloaded directly from the website with some sheet music available, some music must be ordered, but it is provided for free. Also available are tour dates, news, and photos or the group.

This is the website for "The President's Own" United States Marine Band. There are many resources available from this website. One of the features is access to some of the music recorded by the group. Some music can be downloaded directly from the website with some sheet music available, some music must be ordered, but it is provided for free. Also available are tour dates, news, and photos or the group.

Free online recording device with unlimited recording time! Great cloud-based tool for recording practice sessions. After done recording students can easily submit a link to their recording as part of their practice logs.

Dallas Symphony Orchestra for Kids website features games, listening activities, family programs and teacher lesson plan resources. It is a place where young children can be introduced to the instruments and inner workings of an orchestra. There is an activity called Flat Beethoven, which is like Flat Stanley, where the children send Beethoven in the mail to different places and he has "adventures' with the people where ever he goes. Hosts of Flat Beethoven write the children back and send him to another place. FUN!

The Dallas Symphony Orchestra has a website for kids with great resources for educators. Students can learn in a fun way about the orchestra, instrument families, timbres, and other aspects of the orchestra.

The Dallas Symphony Orchestra has a website for kids with great resources for educators. Students can learn in a fun way about the orchestra, instrument families, timbres, and other aspects of the orchestra.

An education organization dedicated to all aspects of music education. They advocate at the local, state, and national levels. They support music educators of all teaching levels.

A great online resource for educators seeking a tool to help students gain fluency at sight reading music. This interactive tool allows for you to schedule assignments at customized levels as well a customized instrumentation.