TUNING AND EAR TRAIINING THEORY
MUSIC NOTATION AND COMPOSITION
ASSESSMENT AND DEVELOPMENT
Smart Music: The most widely used assessment aid. Used by most districts.
Practice Sight Reading.com
Kahoot.com: Learning through gamification for student. Download data and view results
Great for pre-testing and reviewing concepts
Educator’s guide to Kahoot!
Padlet
Collaborative virtual bulletin board, Great for concert feedback from parents and colleagues
Examples:
Quizlet: Interactive flashcards and games
Search from hundreds of premade sets or make your own from scratch Create note name, fingering, and music term study sets
Example: Note name study sets
EDPuzzle: Engage students with video and track student understanding Teacher Resources
Example: Listen activity – The Rowan Tree by Randall Standridge
Screencastify record playing test videos and submit for assessment. Ideal for programs that utilize Chromebooks
Need help instructing students how to record? Use this
How to, advantages & suggestions for implementing in the classroom
DAILY REHEARSAL SLIDE
Daily Rehearsal Slide Template with Countdown Timer –
Viewable by all students as they enter rehearsal
Use PowerPoint, Pages or Google Slides
Embed video, like YouTube countdown timer
Keep a record of all lessons
Include learning targets and objectives
GOOGLE CLASSROOM
Classroom management system that works beautifully with Google Drive. Post links, create assignments, collect assignments, post discussion topics to promote interaction
Currently only available to schools or districts that use Google Apps for Education. Excellent for assigning & collecting written and video assessments
MOBILE COMMUNICATION Group texting app designed for educational use
Send quick, simple messages to any deviceSafe: Keep phone numbers private—students never see yours, and you never see theirs
Great for trips, concert reminders, fundraiser due dates, and assignment reminders
EMAIL COMMUNICATION Easily incorporate with Weebly website. Can also create sign in forms and newsletters that can be emailed, printed, and downloaded.. Embed photos, links, maps, and Google forms. Great for newsletters, concert info, and field trip details. Store all your letters in your account, and be able to sort by date or occasion. Replicate or update for future letters.
Survey Monkey: create surveys to quickly gather parent or ensemble feedback and suggestions to activities, music or almost anything.
Productivity Tools for the Teacher
Pocket
Chrome extension & app
Save anything to read later
Print Friendly & PDF
Make any web page Print Friendly & PDF
Cleans-up articles found online to print
CloudConvert Website & Add-on to Google Drive
Converts just about everything to any format (support 211 different file formats) Audio, video, Word, PDF, photo files, and more
Symbaloo Visual bookmarks - never type again.
Create a custom webmix to share with students or colleagues
Web Resources
- Music Theory and Tenuto
MUSIC NOTATION AND COMPOSITION
- Noteflight Easy-to-use online alternative to Finale or Sibelius.Cloud-based, i
- Finale; The most widely used notation system. intergratable with almost everything.
ASSESSMENT AND DEVELOPMENT
Smart Music: The most widely used assessment aid. Used by most districts.
Practice Sight Reading.com
Kahoot.com: Learning through gamification for student. Download data and view results
Great for pre-testing and reviewing concepts
Educator’s guide to Kahoot!
Padlet
Collaborative virtual bulletin board, Great for concert feedback from parents and colleagues
Examples:
Quizlet: Interactive flashcards and games
Search from hundreds of premade sets or make your own from scratch Create note name, fingering, and music term study sets
Example: Note name study sets
EDPuzzle: Engage students with video and track student understanding Teacher Resources
Example: Listen activity – The Rowan Tree by Randall Standridge
Screencastify record playing test videos and submit for assessment. Ideal for programs that utilize Chromebooks
Need help instructing students how to record? Use this
How to, advantages & suggestions for implementing in the classroom
DAILY REHEARSAL SLIDE
Daily Rehearsal Slide Template with Countdown Timer –
Viewable by all students as they enter rehearsal
Use PowerPoint, Pages or Google Slides
Embed video, like YouTube countdown timer
Keep a record of all lessons
Include learning targets and objectives
GOOGLE CLASSROOM
Classroom management system that works beautifully with Google Drive. Post links, create assignments, collect assignments, post discussion topics to promote interaction
Currently only available to schools or districts that use Google Apps for Education. Excellent for assigning & collecting written and video assessments
MOBILE COMMUNICATION Group texting app designed for educational use
Send quick, simple messages to any deviceSafe: Keep phone numbers private—students never see yours, and you never see theirs
Great for trips, concert reminders, fundraiser due dates, and assignment reminders
EMAIL COMMUNICATION Easily incorporate with Weebly website. Can also create sign in forms and newsletters that can be emailed, printed, and downloaded.. Embed photos, links, maps, and Google forms. Great for newsletters, concert info, and field trip details. Store all your letters in your account, and be able to sort by date or occasion. Replicate or update for future letters.
Survey Monkey: create surveys to quickly gather parent or ensemble feedback and suggestions to activities, music or almost anything.
Productivity Tools for the Teacher
Chrome extension & app
Save anything to read later
Print Friendly & PDF
Make any web page Print Friendly & PDF
Cleans-up articles found online to print
CloudConvert Website & Add-on to Google Drive
Converts just about everything to any format (support 211 different file formats) Audio, video, Word, PDF, photo files, and more
Symbaloo Visual bookmarks - never type again.
Create a custom webmix to share with students or colleagues
Web Resources