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Making music education work for everybody

Our goal is to provide a way for music teachers to share ideas and work together to make music education relevant to today's kids.

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Blog posts by John Gabriele Apr 13, 2010

Barry R. Hill commented on Kevin Poole's blog post 'iPod Touches'

Even a conservative district will have people who use iPhones, iPods, and web stuff, so don't let that stop you. Start small - just one piece on the concert would be very different and interesting for those attending. Once parents see how…

Mar 31, 2010

Classrooms Rock - A free event from Apple

I received information about this workshop. Just passing along:Learn how to bring the newest digital music solutions into your curriculum.Join us to explore the next generation of digital creation tools designed to energize music instruction on the approachable Mac OS X platform. At this FREE half-day event, we'll introduce you to iLife and explore and demonstrate the powerful software and hardware tools that bring new levels of excitement to your classroom music projects -- and possibly your…See More

Blog post by John Gabriele Mar 31, 2010

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Classrooms Rock - A free event from Apple at Northampton Community College, Fowler Family Southside Center

May 12, 2010 from 8am to 12pm

From the description: Learn how to bring the newest digital music solutions into your curriculum.Join us to explore the next generation of digital creation tools designed to energize music instruction on the approachable Mac OS X platform. At this FREE half-day event, we'll introduce you to iLife and explore and demonstrate the powerful software and hardware tools that bring new levelsof excitement to your classroom music projects -- and possibly your entire curriculum. View website for more…See More

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Kevin Poole commented on Kevin Poole's blog post 'iPod Touches'

Thanks for the links--I'll check them out. I think my first attempt will be with different instruments--I found some free apps of different percussion instruments, also kazoo and harmonica (that should be fun). I would like to see what my…

Mar 25, 2010

Barry R. Hill commented on Kevin Poole's blog post 'iPod Touches'

I've also been very interested in iPod Touch/iPhone apps these days for education. I've purchased several, some music, some other topics, to see what's there. For music, tons of stuff such as different instruments, guitar chord…

Mar 24, 2010

Barry R. Hill commented on Kevin Poole's blog post 'iPod Touches'

Sorry I'm late to the conversation...I just demonstrated a couple of web-based apps for doing clicker-like activities (clickers without clickers). Depends on what kind of information you're trying to get - Polleverywhere.com allows you to…

Mar 24, 2010

John Gabriele commented on Kevin Poole's blog post 'iPod Touches'

Yes. http://itunes.apple.com/app/eclicker-host/id329199509?mt=8 The eClicker host is $24.99, but the student app is free.

Mar 18, 2010

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Welcome - so what's this site about?

This professional network is for music teachers, faculty, and students to share and collect cool ideas for making music education exciting and relevant in today's world. This is not the place, however, to discuss the finer points of which valve oil to use on your trumpet...we want to explore new ideas for our classrooms. Much of this involves technology such as blogs, podcasting, gaming, and software, but it's not solely about gadgets and tools. The more people contribute, the more we all benefit from this, so let's move things forward!

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iReview for iPod/iPhone

iReview is a flashcard app that is very easy to use and I have seen it used in a Spanish class with the teacher just telling the students to use it on their iPods/iPhones - if they have one. Some neat things about it is:

1) the app is currently free: http://atmark.com/

2) it uses Quizlet: http://quizlet.com/ for the flashcard generators, where you can actually make up your own flashcards for free, and

3) the self… Continue

Posted by John Gabriele on April 13, 2010 at 9:55am

10 Amazing Musical Instrument iPhone Apps

http://mashable.com/2010/04/11/musical-instrument-iphone-apps/

Posted by John Gabriele on April 13, 2010 at 9:30am

Classrooms Rock - A free event from Apple

I received information about this workshop. Just passing along:

Learn how to bring the newest digital music solutions into your curriculum.

Join us to explore the next generation of digital creation tools designed to energize music instruction on the approachable Mac OS X platform. At this FREE half-day event, we'll introduce you to iLife and explore and demonstrate the powerful software and hardware tools that bring new levels of excitement to your classroom music projects -- and… Continue

Posted by John Gabriele on March 31, 2010 at 7:30am

iPod Touches

Our school just purchased a classroom set of iPod touches to be used in Spanish and music classes. I was wondering if anyone had ideas for good apps to use in the classroom. I have been searching iTunes, but was hoping for some ideas on the best practices involved with using iPods. Thanks for your help and ideas.

Posted by Kevin Poole on March 8, 2010 at 9:25am — 9 Comments

Web 2.0 Technologies to Use in the Classroom

I have come across the following wikispaces that list some great web 2.0 technologies that can be used in the classroom with one computer or many. Some of the pages also list art technologies that can be easily adapted to the musical classroom.

Web 2.0: Cool Tools for Schools:

http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/Music+Tools

Keyarts:…

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Posted by John Gabriele on September 30, 2009 at 8:58am