In this episode I'm joined by Richard McCready, who runs a popular music tech course for senior students at River Hill High School. He talks about his students' composition-based projects and the online publishing process they use to share work. Listen to the episode here (or on your favourite podcast app): Resources and [...]
Free Ebook: Ultimate Free Music Tech Resources Guide 2017 Each year I put together a list of free music tech resources - websites, software and more - that you can use in your music classroom. It all began with a workshop I ran in 2009 titled Music Technology On A Shoestring. In 2012 I [...]
Midnight Music Community Member Spotlight This member spotlight features Traci Cenedese from Victoria Australia. What do you teach and where? I am a leading teacher in Performing Arts at Hampton Primary School. I teach classroom music and also manage the 15 instrumental teachers we have. Name one favourite technology tool or resource [...]
Composing movie soundtracks - or film scoring - has always been a hugely popular topic with students and teachers alike, but there are always questions around where to find movies, what to do if there is a soundtrack already, which software to use and how to approach the topic with students. I answer those [...]
In this episode: Middle school teacher Josh Emanuel from New York has been running engaging music and coding classes using Scratch software and the MaKey MaKey invention kit. Josh shares his lessons, student responses and some tips. Listen to the episode here (or on your favourite podcast app): Resources and links mentioned [...]
Music Technology in Education Books Note: This is an updated version of an earlier post: 15 Of The Best Music Technology in Education Books. I've kept the original list of 15, but added some more recently-published editions. I love buying books - both digital and paper - especially when they are relevant and useful. Here [...]
George Hess has been teaching music tech to tertiary students for more than 25 years in the USA and also in Singapore. We talk about his experience with project based learning and using video to enhance student learning. Listen to the episode here (or on your favourite podcast app): Resources and links [...]
I chat to Fred Flowerday of MakeMusic and we take a behind-the-scenes look at the new SmartMusic - the widely-used online repertoire and practice tool that speeds up student learning and assessment. Listen to the episode here (or on your favourite podcast app): Resources and links mentioned SmartMusic - you [...]
A listening and observation lesson - using Youtube videos There are some truly amazing videos of crazy, weird, unusual and wacky instruments on Youtube that are perfect for showing students in class. This lesson is adaptable - there are a set of questions for students to answer (individually or as a group) and you can [...]
In this episode: Meredith Allen is a music educator from the States who has been using collaborative learning with her students and in professional development workshops that she runs with teachers. During this episode, Meredith shares the "aha moments" she has experienced with technology and discusses her favourite collaborative music tech resources. Listen to the [...]
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