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Full of games, music and movies....just for kids!

This is a fun and education site for kids that has word and knowledge games, music, jokes, and homework help studying tips. The music section of the site has lyrics to kids' favorite songs, music videos, biographical information on a featured musician, and music trivia. It also allows you to submit a question on any music artist you are interested in.

Fun site for kids! Have you looked at the "Jokes" section. . . very cheesy. :)

This is a cool website that will allow you to convert a file into another type of file. It has the capability to convert audio, video, image, document, ebook, archive or hash files into anything else! The audio file conversion tool could be particularly helpful in band. Many students like to download music on iTunes, but then can only play those songs on iTunes. Students could convert the file and then play it on any other type of music player. This would allow the music to be portable if they don't have an ipod. Students would be able to hear their music and practice their parts mentally from anywhere!

this loooks like a very useful site, with all the new audio and video formats out there, this would be nice to be able to utilize the various files without purchasing software that has a short shelf life

Finale Notepad will allow students to actually put their music theory notes to use. Students can put their notes from class on a music staff that they can read and play on their instrument. They can even hear how things will sound before they play it themselves. This very simple demo version won't allow you to do anything extravagant, but will allow students to see the basics of music theory on a music staff instead of a notebook.

A website that feature free educational videos that are organized by subject and theme. There are so many videos here. Any time that you need a short video for just about anything, this is the place to look. For example, do you need a video that explains the history of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day? Go to the Holidays link and find the link for MLK, Jr. Day. A great resource!

For educational purposes, I think this site is actually easier to use than youtube. The search and subcategories make it very simple to find good videos to fit what you are teaching.

This is a pretty sweet website! There are over 600 videos for music alone! Bill Nye the Science Guy has a 24 minute video about music that would be perfect for my music appreciation class next year.

Freeplaymusic.com has a library of copyright-free music spanning all genres, available for download either on-line or through a portable hard-drive. Music is organized by style, feel, and volume and features many classical composers, indie artists, and various sound effects. If students are making a video for a project, they will definitely want to check out this site!

At jiskha.com, a student can get homework help in any subject area and grade level. You can view recent questions that have been asked and either post an answer yourself or view other's answers. For the music section, there were quality, complex questions regarding composers, instruments, styles of music, music history, and more! Students can also chat with live on-line tutors. The site features a homework help reference page which includes links to dictionaries, encyclopedias, maps, almanacs, etc. I think it might be a fun assignment to have my students develop a question regarding a topic we are studying, post-it, and report back to the class with answers they received.

This site has many ideas for teachers teaching anything with music. It has lesson ideas, charts, and fun activities for students to do while learning about music.

I like that this site regularly features different composers. I also found some valuable info. on this site (rhyming dictionary) that I will use in my upcoming composition unit!

This website is an elementary/middle school music teacher's dream! The 130 quizzes and games on music theory, composers and the piano will engage and motivate students! The games have colorful graphics, fun sound effects, and provide students with instant feedback! Many of the games give individual student recognition when completed by allowing them to type their name to a printable award certificate.

This is a wonderful site for students to use with multimedia presentations. It offers royalty-free music that can legally be used by our students for public presentation. The music is actually of high-quality and is abundant. This site further lends itself to the discussion of what can legally be used.

This website allows students to get quick information about anything related to music. The information is given in the form of text and graphics. The graphics are particularly nice because they can help students who need to physically see things to help them understand a particular concept.

I agree, the graphic representations are nice. The site also provided free staff manuscript paper for download and printing and had a handy music dictionary.

For those who don't know, the DeForest Library subscribes to this service. It allows you to enter your library card number and download up to three free songs every week. I use it to add music to my atmosphere in the classroom.

Sadly, my Madison PL card doesn't work. :(

A great web site to help students learn musical theory.

This site rocks! I can't believe I've never known about it! There were great programs and activities for teaching and practicing intervals which was the unit I just finished with my students.

At this web site, students can hear pieces/songs that they are learning in their music class.

I use this site all the time. You can often print a few pages of the songs as well!

Playmusic.org was developed by the League of American Orchestras and allows students to meet and hear living musicians and composers and play numerous exciting games that build musical skills! My students love (and get addicted) to playing the ear training percussion memory game!

Help students find music and easily find information about each song and artist.

ITunes are also very compatible with the Smartmusic software that our school uses (unlike our PC's).

This a great site that allows users to create multimedia presentations that include pictures, text, and music.

This is a pretty cool website. It is a nice change from using Microsoft Office all the time. Different is good.

This is a great place to set up a website for classroom or personal use. Many teachers are now moving toward websites on blogspot. You are able to do so many things on these blogs such as: post pictures, play music, follow others, post documents, etc. These blogs are incredible. I usually get lured into one, then another and another most days/nights and before I know it...an hour has passed. Why not set your blog up today?

Students can make online, multimedia posters. The website description: * A creative, dynamic, and innovative digital outlet that captures learner's excitement for online creations, keeps learners engaged in course content, and makes teaching and learning more fun. * A private and safe platform, monitored directly by teachers. Teachers control all the activities of their learners. * A valuable teaching tool that integrates diverse core subjects including math, science, history, art, photography, music and more for individual learner portfolios, unique alternative assessments, and differentiated instructional activities. For Learners: * A fun, imaginative, and powerful learning experience which fosters independent creative self expression, positive learner-teacher relationships, and teamwork on collaborative class projects. * A vibrant, multi-sensory learning experience which integrates learner's knowledge and skills into traditionally text-oriented subjects and motivates learner's desire to explore topics in which they may previously have been less interested.

Students really do enjoy using Glogster. I do think that it is gret that the students have so many different ways in which to show their knowledge and mastery of the material. It also does give them the opportunity to use some cretivity when designing them.

Great resource for teachers! Features lesson plans, archived videos, and much more that can be useful in the classroom!

I had never checked out this site before. After looking around on it a bit, I am very excited to take advantage of it. I noticed that they have archived a bunch of webinars. There were many that interested me, and I'll be checking them out more later. I also loved that you can ask questions and respond to other teachers. What a great way to get new and fresh ideas!

Very nice resource. So many great aspects to this site.