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Has your music classroom been YouTubed?

Have you checked to see if any of your music classes have made their way onto You Tube? You may be amazed at the number of music classes that have been recorded by students and posted onto this video sharing site. What would drive a student to do this? Is there a certain type of classroom culture that leads to this type of action or is it dependent on the individual student? Is it a malicious act? Do students even… Read More »Has your music classroom been YouTubed?

Online Education Database Names Catalysts & Connections one of the Top 100 Education Blogs

Thank you to the people 0r person?  at the Online Education Database for naming Catalysts & Connections one of the top 100 education blogs. Congratulations to all of the other blogs on the list. It is definitely worth your time to take a look at them.  At the same time take into consideration the perspectives of some other blog  authors that were on the list at think:lab and  around the corner.  A wiki, starting with the top 100 edublogs list… Read More »Online Education Database Names Catalysts & Connections one of the Top 100 Education Blogs

MENC Podcasts and Webinars….

Did you know that MENC  has been creating and archiving podcasts called “Notes from the Clef”? Several webinars  are also planned to start in 2007. Why not check them out and let people know what you think?

A Music Education Mixtape V5

Track 1 – Have any of your students asked you to be more like Sunny Bridges ? Read reviews of Class of 3000 created by Andre 3000 of Outkast starring him as a music teacher. Track 2 – Here’s a great collection of blogs that contain opera mp3s. Track 3 – This online program tests your ability to hear and recall musical phrases to determine if they are the same or different. It might be interesting to have students record… Read More »A Music Education Mixtape V5

Live performances in digital format

While music sites on Myspace have become ubiquitous there are many other interesting models for musicians who want a web presence and a way to distribute their music without dealing with large labels. Besides being a phenomenal trumpet player, Dave Douglas brings a visionary outlook of distributing live performances via his label greenleaf music. Douglas is performing for several days at the Jazz Standard in New York City and releasing each live set almost immediately in mp3 format for a… Read More »Live performances in digital format