Digital Musicking

This website provides teachers will an array of resources for lesson plan and substitute teacher plans. They also provide a fair number of technology based resources.

This website provides teachers will an array of resources for lesson plan and substitute teacher plans. They also provide a fair number of technology based resources.

The Fun Music Company gives you instant access to the music resources you require within minutes, so you can have something for your class the next day!

A blog I love dedicated to thoughts on the performing musician. Great resource with approaches to use as an individual performer and information to present to students.

Dr. Noa Kageyama is a sport and performance psychologist with a music background.  He provides very interesting and introspective articles to help people improve themselves as people and performers, and offers a course to teach you how to overcome performance anxiety.  Great resource for people who struggle with performing.

How To Overcome Stage Fright & Performance Anxiety

The purpose of this website is to provide music educators with video blogs on software, apps, teaching ideas, and useful strategies that can improve instruction. The content is in the form of video/audio and/or power point presentations. It is created by a network of music educators who have used the material before and are describing the benefits and/or problems they have had with it.

Robin's video blogs are a great resource for teachers. She demonstrates and reviews ways that technology can be used in the music classroom. You can subscribe to her weekly videos, which are both fun and informative.

A music teaching site/blog by Robin Giebelhausen

This 100 Years of Rock link contains a chronological display of how popular music has evolved.  It provides listening examples for dozens of American genres of music, from rock to country, blues, pop, and countless other sub-genres.  This link would make for interesting conversation with a History of Rock N' Roll class or classes about American music.  I especially enjoyed the listening examples because they give evidence to how much culture has influenced the different styles of American popular music.  I feel that students would very much enjoy this link because the listening examples cater to their interests, especially as the viewer scrolls toward the bottom of the page.

The ISME website is to give readers a better understanding of music communities, build rapport among musicians, and enhance the learning curve for teachers and students. This site has a mission to integrate musical learning into all school systems and cultures to build a stronger body of music educators in the world. This website includes news and articles that pertain to the advocacy of education arts, the development of small groups of educators, and music therapy and technology. It also includes world music educators news and conferences around the globe.

The ISME webpage is useful for educators who teach outside the country or move around a lot. It is a great source for conferences and professional development opportunities. Check out the news area too, lots of great information on advocacy and advancement!

This is a website that gathers resources of free music technology for teachers. It's easy to use and inludes workshops, online courses, lesson plans, and websites. Happy hunting!

This is a music wiki, that focuses on technology at the K-5 level.

I really like the composer-related activities, especially when they related to recorder. I think that many times, students (and parents and classroom teachers) don't view the recorder as a real instrument. I think this is a great way to show them that they can play along with famous classical melodies. 

This is a looping program that is widely used for composition around the country.

The purpose of this website is to provide insightful and practical lessons and resources for the private instructor of the Bassoon. 

Provides links and examples of patriotic music of various ensemble sizes. 

This is a great historical resource for jazz music. Includes biographies, decade-by-decade history, and an interactive jazz performing section.

This is a great site for people of all ages who want to learn about and practice music theory.

The purpose of this blog is to provide teaching materials and ideas to music educators to enhance instruction. The content focuses on musical teaching games and ideas as well as new technology that can be used in the classroom with students. It also features articles on music education advocacy.

This is a fantastic blog with internet and technology resources and instructional aids for all K-12 music classrooms.

This site covers blogs, lists concerts, provides ideas for educators to use in their classroom. Also includes podcasts!

My favorite publication for instrumental music education. Includes composer, and educator interviews; pedagogy, recommended recordings, and more.

This is a great resource for the History of American Rock/Popular music that I'm teaching. It lists all of the inductees as well as information about the artists who have been inducted. There are also lesson plans available.

This is a great resource for the History of American Rock/Popular music that I'm teaching. It lists all of the inductees as well as information about the artists who have been inducted. There are also lesson plans available. 

You can create a "stomp-like" composition with various sound clips from a kitchen. You can also create a composition using instrument sounds and "surreal objects." This could be an easy introduction to composition for the younger students. I also think this would work better for a SMARTboard.

You can create a "stomp-like" composition with various sound clips from a kitchen. You can also create a composition using instrument sounds and "surreal objects." This could be an easy introduction to composition for the younger students. I also think this would work better for a SMARTboard. 

This website has a lot of websites (broken down by stage 1, 2, and 3) for students to explore creating and learning about music. The only issue I have is that many of the websites don't work anymore. However, there was at least one website in each stage that I could find useful. Another resource for smartboard.

This website has a lot of websites (broken down by stage 1, 2, and 3) for students to explore creating and learning about music. The only issue I have is that many of the websites don't work anymore. However, there was at least one website in each stage that I could find useful. Another resource for smartboard. 

The purpose of this website is to explore resources for trombonists of all ages to help improve musicianship. The content provides possible performance and workshop opportunities, competition events, and scholarship opportunities. It also offers musicians and educators access to high quality audio recordings and videos.

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A great resource for trombonists from professional to amateur. Includes pedagogy, competition listings, orchestral openings, and more.