Digital Musicking

This website offers information about hearing and how to preserve your hearing, which can be a useful lesson for many student musicians.

Pertinent information about ear health as it pertains to listening to audio with headphones and preventing ear loss. Could be a good resource for music teachers who engage in individual listening assignments, helping students to understand the importance of turning the volume down when things get too loud, etc.

This website is one of my favorite ways to introduce new musical ideas to K5 and 1st grade students. Older students love using it as well. The lesson plans, games, and activities are all aligned and geared toward specific subjects. These also make great sub lessons.

A comprehensive list of podcasts for music educators looking to learn on the go!

Methods for approaching assessments with large numbers of students. The overall site has a lot of wonderful ideas for teaching elementary general music as well.

A flash-style card game that helps students solidify their identification of notes within the grand staff. There are several different levels available, so it's useful for all ages and ability levels.

A great way for students to practice ear training, including identification of intervals. Excellent for large classroom settings as well as private lessons.

A list of music apps that are great in the private studio setting, particularly for teaching piano lessons. Theory apps are included.

A Sim City-style online game (also available in a downloadable app) that is great for composition activities in the classroom. Warning: it's addictive for all ages!

Classroom noise level meter. Not only great for elementary classrooms but allows junior high ensembles to visualize the differences in their dynamics.

Fun website that allows you to play the drums using the keys on your keyboard- this would be a great way to introduce students to creating rhythms and patterns.

This website has online piano lessons and suggestions for jazz listening.

Being a first-year teacher is, as I'm sure we all know, daunting and overwhelming, especially for those of us who seek to be the best that we can be for our students. Nonetheless, educator Jim Matthews provides his audience with a concise list of eight habits exhibited by several highly effective band directors, which includes but is not limited to having ensembles play long tones, engage in breathing exercises, and participate in warm-up routines that are both effective and efficient. By adopting each of these eight habits, Matthews is certain that every year of teaching will be nothing short of productive and rewarding.

This official website for the Gordon Music Learning Theory provides many core principles and philosophies centered around this theory, professional development opportunities, and accessible links for music teachers to join an area chapter.

Blog Post by Ryan Sargent on how to effectively lesson plan as a music teacher. Ryan gives tips on standards, objectives and assessment music teachers can use to become more effective lesson planners.

This website has a bunch of resources! They have free, downloadable files like beginning of the year checklists. They also post a lot of instrument specific articles, like proper techniques and how to teach them.

This blog is run by Angela Harman, who is an orchestra teacher in Utah. She has several great posts on starting beginner strings, recruitment, and even re-energizing rehearsals. She also has a book on shifting, which can be tricky to teach.

The NAMM foundation is another great organization for music educators. On their website, they offer different resources for educators through the Music Achievement Council. They also offer some videos with 'tips for success', which can help you advocate and support music programs, and the 'business side' of teaching music.

As a member of NAfME, you get access to numerous resources. On their website, you can find different sections for teachers, students, etc. One of the resources as a teacher you can access is the Online Professional Development for Music Educators by Music Educators. Through this, you can get over a 100 hours of professional development. This is great, especially if you don't have a lot of opportunities to do this through your school.

This website provides the materials and step-by-step instructions required to create several simple homemade musical instruments using household materials.