Great resource for many different percussion related topics, including playing techniques, musical issues/approaches, mallet/stick choice (the list goes on and on...)
Found in Vic Firth's "percussion 101" website...a nice tudor for your percussionists who struggle with the mental aspect of keyboard percussion playing.
Tons of resources for teaching general music with technology. Check out games, quizzes and worksheets. Excellent resource for music and technology in the classroom.
Excellent article. If I hear "the research shows" one more time I'm going to hit the roof. If the research was valid we wouldn't be changing course every two or three years. "Best practice" is usually an attempt by a superintendent, principal, or school board to put a feather in their cap by doing something new and "cutting edge."
It's an awesome alternative to PowerPoint, more dynamic and fluid. You start by constructing a "mind map," and then instruct the software to zoom into various parts as needed. Topics may be sized to show their relative significance. Once you try it, you'll be hooked! They offer free educators' licenses, which give you vastly more features and space than the free-to-anyone license. (No, I am not on Prezi's payroll!)