Have you seen or used Pandora Radio? If not, you have got to check it out! My friend Olivia just mentioned it in an e-mail and I did a quick search to find out what she was talking about. The tagline is, “Listen to Free Internet Radio, Find New Music.” When you first go to […]
Technology Tips
Computer Lab Signup Sheet
As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, I’ve instituted a rather informal computer lab option in my studio this semester. Students can opt to sign up for an additional 15 minutes in the computer lab either before or after their lesson time. This is a simple, generic form I created for the students to sign up […]
Wendy’s New Site
Today has been mostly occupied with lots of brainstorming, jotting down notes and putting together all the details for next year’s studio incentive. You can check out some of the previous practice incentives I’ve developed in the Practice Incentives category. Anyway, in the process of gathering some links for my student assignment books, I clicked […]
How to Register Your Own Domain Name and Point it to Any Website
I just gave a workshop last weekend to our local music teachers association on setting up your own website. Regardless of whether you are designing your own site from scratch or are using a pre-designed website from another provider (like Music Teacher’s Helper), you will definitely want to set up your own domain name so […]
The Most Amazing Site for On-line Music Quizzes, Puzzles and Games!
Okay, so I think I’ve been living under a rock to have not found this treasure trove of on-line music quizzes, puzzles and games before now! Created by Ms. K. Garrett, a Music Tech Teacher in Birmingham, AL, this site is an incredible resource for music teachers! I haven’t officially started working on my computer […]
Random Ramblings…
Is everyone else equally crazy this time of year?! We just finished our Music Progressions evaluations this weekend – hooray! (So that’s my excuse for a dearth of posts this week.) I told my students I would even give them one week off of playing scales as a reward for all their hard work. 🙂 […]
