Tech tips, lessons, apps and websites for using Macs and PCs in music education
Listen to the episode here (or on your favourite podcast app): David Bennett of Overnewton Anglican Community College has been working on remixing projects with his music tech students in years 7 through to year 10. He also likes to keep things fresh by using current music with the students
Listen to the episode here (or on your favourite podcast app): Dr Jim Frankel is the Director of MusicFirst and the Head of Digital Education for the Music Sales Group. He is also on the faculty of Teachers College at Columbia University where he runs courses in Music Technology in Education.
Shawna Longo is the Music Educator, STEAM Facilitator and Arts Integration Specialist at Hopatcong Borough Schools. She teaches General music technology classes to grades 6-8 students, has established makerspaces as part of the STEAM initiative at her school, she serves on numerous committees and presents professional development workshops to other educators in her district.
In this episode I catch up with Zachary Gates - a young music teacher I met at the Texas Music Educators’ Association (TMEA) convention that I attended in February this year. Although Zach has only been teaching for a couple of years, he presented some interesting and innovative technology ideas at the convention. You can
Lesson ideas for using GarageBand or Soundtrap - part 2 In part 2 of this series, I share some intermediate and advanced lesson ideas for using GarageBand or Soundtrap with your music students In this podcast episode I cover: How to get started with using GarageBand or Soundtrap with your students How to decide what
I need some ideas for using GarageBand or Soundtrap! Almost every day I see a music teacher post on Facebook asking for ideas for using GarageBand or Soundtrap with their students. Most teachers are keen to use GarageBand or Soundtrap in a meaningful way and want lesson ideas that will teach musical concepts. In this
In this episode I share some ideas for using the free interactive music website Incredibox. Listen to the episode here (or on your favourite podcast app): Resources and links mentioned Links Incredibox website Incredibox iPad app link My free Incredibox lesson plan - Beatboxing Basics Using Incredibox To Introduce Remixing
Dr. Scott Watson has been incorporating technology into his music teaching for many years and takes a project-based learning approach when it comes to creative music assignments with his elective students. He also uses technology on a daily basis for his own composition work. Scott and I talk about how he got started with
Guest author: Alan Cameron This article has been written by a guest author. If you’re an educator or music industry professional who is interested in contributing an article to the Midnight Music blog, you can apply here. Welcome to another blog post written by a guest author. The author of today’s article is Alan Cameron
In this episode Vanja Steinholz is a freelance musician, a songwriting and music production teacher and the Business Developer at Soundtrap in Stockholm. She chats to me about audio recording collaboration using the online studio Soundtrap. Listen to the episode here (or on your favourite podcast app): Resources and links mentioned
