Workshop notes and links
Hello everyone!
Thanks for being at the workshop. Here are the workshop notes and links for the content we covered.
There are quite a few things listed here which we didn’t get to, but I’ve left the links in case you’d like to check them out anyway.
Katie
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Technology can….
Reinforce something
- Staff Wars download link
- Staff Wars Live (iPad app)
- Printable Staff Wars game cards
- Chrome Music Lab – Rhythm and free lesson plan: Explore Rhythm and Meter with the Chrome Music Lab
- Steve Reich’s Clapping Music
Enhance another activity
- Beatlab (drum machine)
- 808 Drum Machine
- Isle of Tune (the car on the road)
- GarageBand iPad app (Smart Drums and the Drummer)
- Rap My Name free music tech lesson plan
- How To Make A Funky Beat in 30 Seconds
Introduce a concept
- Incredibox (the beat boxing “dudes”) – remixing
- Chrome Music Lab – Oscillators
Be used for music literacy
- Explain Everything (iPad and Android app)
- NotateMe Now (iPad and Android app)
- Noteflight (works on all devices)
Present information to students and display student work
Be used for formative assessment
- Create a Kahoot here (to PLAY a Kahoot game go here)
- Plickers
- Playposit
- TED-ED (we didn’t get time to look at this one!)
Create awesome digital resources
Learn just 5 tips to create your own awesome music resources
Places to find free images
- Pixabay (my favourite source of public domain images)
- Icons – The Noun Project
- Music notation library
- Guitar chord symbols
- Ukelele chord symbols
- Music fonts
Other freebies!
1. Free iPad mini course
iPads + Music Education Getting Started
2. Free ebook: music tech resources
Ultimate Free Music Tech Resources Guide