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Music Technology Teaching and Learning

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Creative Musical Engagement & Learning with Technology & Media

The following curated resources can be helpful for music learning and teaching in varied formal and informal settings. Some affiliate links are included. You can find out more about affiliate links at the bottom of my about page.

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Curated Apps & Software

Web-based resources for being musically creative   (most can be used with chromebooks and mobile devices)

Ableton in music learning and teaching

DAWs and related applications (includes web-based apps)

Recordings & Music for learning & Teaching Contexts

Recordings for use in music learning and teaching contexts (mostly free, public domain, or creative commons licensed)

Information on Music Technology & Related Socio-cultural & Historical Contexts

Books on Music Technology & Teaching

Foundational and Principles of Learning and Teaching with Technology

Theory and Practice of Technology-Based Music Instruction – Jay Dorfman

While many books focus on technology itself, Jay Dorfman’s book is an excellent research-based resource to guide teaching with technology. This book will help you develop or strengthen your pedagogy and think through issues that often arise when addressing technology in music programs and other settings.

Music Learning Today: Digital Pedagogy for Creating, Performing, and Responding to Music – Bill Bauer

An overview of addressing technology in music programs, this book is helpful for figuring out where technology might fit across an entire music program and how we might integrate technology in ways that support student learning.

The Oxford Handbook of Technology and Music Education – edited by Alex Ruthmann and Roger Mantie

If you are looking to get a sense of the most current research, thinking, and practice in terms of technology and music learning and teaching, this Oxford Handbook is an excellent starting place. One of its strengths is the diversity of perspectives, which are international in scope. As with the other books in this section, this handbook explores important themes and topics around technology that are often missing from resources that focus on the specifics of how to use particular technologies in music programs. This is the type of book that has potential to really impact how we think about and work with technology to support learners of all ages (In full disclosure, I have two chapters of my own in this book).

Information and Strategies for Including Technology in Music Programs

Experiencing Music Technology – David B. Williams & Peter Webster (New Edition Coming soon)

This is one of the most popular music technology textbooks in university music technology classes and with good reason. This comprehensive book is a great starting point for people who are new to music technology and need a foundation of what things are and how they work. Experiencing music technology can give you the starting points to feeling comfortable and confident with music technology in music learning and teaching settings.

Creative Music Making at Your Fingertips: A Mobile Technology Guide for Music Educators – Gena Greher & Suzanne Burton

This is a set of highly practical strategies and approaches for integrating mobile devices in music programs. Unlike many music technology books, this book includes chapters addressing early childhood and middle school as well as supporting students with disabilities.

The Music Technology Cookbook: Ready-Made Recipes for the Classroom

This book includes over 50 lessons that integrate technology for multiple types of music programs and contexts. Adam Patrick Bell, editor, did a great job in curating a broad set of lessons that span across forms of musical engagement and address beginners through advanced students.

Using Technology With Elementary Music Approaches – Amy Burns

This book focuses specifically on technology in the context of typical elementary music classrooms. The specific plans and strategies are mapped onto what might already be occurring in the elementary music class. Amy Burns has been helping elementary music educators think through creative uses of technology for years.

Interactive Composition: Strategies Using Ableton Live and Max for Live –  V.J. Manzo & Will Kuhn

A set of sequenced projects for creating music with Ableton Live and Max for Live that lay everything out step by step with details and easy-to-follow instructions.

Electronic Music School: A Contemporary Approach to Teaching Musical Creativity – Will Kuhn & Ethan Hein

Arriving in June – pre-order a copy of what is sure to be a helpful resource full of plans and projects.

Scratch Music Projects – Andrew R. Brown & Alex Ruthmann

As schools increasingly address coding, programming, and computer science education, open-minded music teachers will find plenty of opportunities to address STEM/STEAM in the music program. This book offers numerous projects for helping students develop and practice computational thinking with and through music with the Scratch programming environment. Both authors have deep experience supporting computational thinking with real organic and meaningful musical contexts.

Online Communities & Forums For Technology & Music Education

Other Curated Music Learning and Teaching Resources

Take a look at my other curated resources for music education

Learn about initiatives and resources around technology and other related issues from the Consortium for Innovation and Transformation in Music Education at Arizona State University