I am excited to share with you my inspirational piano album, Expressions of Worship. Some of the most loved classic hymns and top contemporary worship songs are arranged in sensitive piano settings. Perfect for personal times of worship and relaxation, and a great gift for friends and family! You can preview the tracks first. Then, you have the option of ordering packaged CD’s or purchasing digital downloads. I pray that [...]
I had the privilege of presenting a session titled “Web Tools for Teaching Music” on Thursday at the annual Fall Professional Development Conference of the Arkansas Music Educators Association in historic Hot Springs, Arkansas. I enjoyed the opportunity to meet and share ideas with so many talented educators who are passionate about music education. In my presentation, I described a variety of creative strategies for using web-based tools and resources [...]
I recently created a new Trailmeme of web tools for teaching music at all grade levels and in all types of music courses. I will add to this as I discover new web tools that can be used to enhance music instruction and enable collaborative learning in the music classroom. Check it out, explore the resources, and let me know what you think. Also be sure to subscribe to my [...]
Storybird is a website that allows users to create short stories accompanied by artsy imagery. In addition to its obvious implications for creative writing, Storybird can be used along with multimedia applications to create digital stories or podcasts. In music tech I might incorporate this into a Foley sound effects project where students write original stories and produce authentic sound effects to accompany them. Storybird would be the publishing platform, [...]
Like web tools in general, there is a constantly growing number of unique and (mostly) useful music tech sites and resources popping up around the web. I have setup a Diigo group where my students and I can bookmark and collaborate about new music tech web tools and categorize their potential uses. (read more…)
Check out my music tech wiki, where you can find lesson ideas, project examples, links, and other resources for teaching music with technology. The topics encompass a wide range of fields and disciplines where music and technology intersect. This is a growing resource and an ongoing project of mine (read more…)
In my music technology courses, we spend a notable amount of time investigating music, Foley sound effects, and motion picture soundtracks. I often let my students nominate films with particularly rich musical scores, and I select one of them to use in a comprehensive film music analysis. We use Google Docs for this. (read more…)
This is #5 in my blog series on the book, 147 Practical Tips for Teaching Online Groups. The idea of taking time to gain an understanding your audience is too often overlooked. However, it is essential to consider diverse learning needs and preferences along with technology skill sets when planning and delivering an online course. (read more…)
This is #4 in my blog series on 147 Practical Tips for Teaching Online Groups. Teaching online provides a unique and exciting opportunity to refine and refresh your teaching skills and, quite frankly, recalibrate your approach to one that is appropriate for the online environment. Here are five quick tips for adding to your arsenal of teaching resources! (read more…)
