Digital Musicking

This is my states take on the national music standards. As an educator in Colorado these are what my district looks to for guidance on music education.

This is a great site for finding music clip art to use for newsletters, flyers, or emails to parents. This clip art can be used in advertising and for programs like recitals as well.

This site allows you to organize and schedule music lessons. It also gives an opportunity for feedback to parents. If parents have questions, you can answer their questions between lessons through the use of this site. If you choose, you can also track a student's practice on their instrument.

For any of educators brave enough to tackle homeade instruments in class, this site is great for step-by-step instructions on how to do so. Here, you can find 8 homeade instruments to create with your music students. The istructions are fairy simple to follow. I attempted this once while making homeade maracas with foil paper and rice. The instruments were fun, but the project was very messy. Perhaps, I can give it a shot again using these simpler techniques!

Great site for any music teacher! For those who have ever struggled with catchy bulletin board music themes, this site has a ton of kits to download and use all throughout the year. The themes range from seasons, to advocacy, to careers in music. Of course, they do not come for free. If you are willing to shed some cash, they are all around $6.00. Otherwise, if you can recreate them on your own, then that will save your pockets some stress! In any event, this will definitely be a bookmark for the ages!

Here is a great website for teachers wanting to know about Orff. It includes lesson plans, NAFME standards, a link to the Orff website, and ORFF WITH TECHNOLOGY!

This website is a great place to start if you are interested in learning about Dalcroze, Kodaly, Orff, or Gordon. It includes background on all of these programs and links to their websites.

This page has all sorts of wonderful things: games about instrument families, creative exercises, and music history. This website is extremely useful.

This is a wonderful website for music teacher to purchase sheet music. There is sheet music available for all types of ensembles or solo, duets, and small groups. This site stays up to date with the latest popular music and modern arrangements.

This is the website for the Brigham Young University Music Education program. There are many tutorials for music education programs and concepts. This is a great resource to utilize when researching music education.

This is another great resource for purchasing sheet music and seeing what the latest arrangements for popular music and classics. This site is one of the most up to date that I have encountered.

With almost 65,000 accessible sound files, Stanton's Sheet Music Listening Library is my first resource for finding the publisher's demo recordings of concert band and jazz band music.

I use tis online metronome in my rehearsals almost every day. Since it is web-based, students can use this for individual or group practice without any additional apps or hardware.

Tim Topham's blog includes tips for motivating private piano students, integrating technology into music teaching and general lesson advice.

Standards of Learning for the state that I teach in.  My county's curriculum content is based on the SOLs.  

This site links every computer key to a unique sound and visual effect. It could be used as a lead in for composition, especially relating to digitally created beats.

This is a companion website to a series on improvisation for students, ranging from beginner to advanced. Has anyone ever used this series? I'm considering buying it to see what it has to offer.

This is a music teacher's blog. It has links to simple animated games for practicing music skills and knowledge.

I've used this site with students playing boomwhackers along with the animation. It's very easy for children to use and provides a great tool for visually representing sound and fractions (both in relation to the tube length and also the beats in the measures).

This webpage provides a great visual and aural example of the harmonic series. Utilizing fractions and sound properties, this is a great tool to connect science, math, and musical concepts. Also on the site are programs that can be used to compose and explore with sound bars, directions for creating homemade instruments, and more.