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Student Podcasts – Who is the best MC?

“I want to be a musician and a DJ” Students involved in the Digital Youth Project offered by the University of Chicago recorded a podcast discussing their favorite rappers as well as their own participation in music. Take a look and listen to some of their work in their gallery. Why not have your students create a podcast discussing their favorite musicians. It might provide a starting point to delve into some interesting concepts and issues. If your students enjoy… Read More »Student Podcasts – Who is the best MC?

update

Sorry about the absence – Musiced.net experienced a temporary server shutdown after being hacked. Everything is pretty much back to normal except for the look of the blog. I’ll be back to posting soon!

Finale Notepad 2007

The newest version of Finale Notepad, a free notation based music software, is available for your students to experiment with. Enjoy!

Rocking the Canon (no not that Canon)….

Chances are that if you have any students who play the electric guitar either at school or at home they have secretly or maybe even publicly tried their chops out in their own version of Guitar Canon Rock. The viral video phenomenon that has grown since Youtube and Google Video has made it as easy as a click of a button to share a video clip has some pretty interesting implications for the field of music education. Take the guitar… Read More »Rocking the Canon (no not that Canon)….

Orchestra websites as a resource in the classroom?

[Links updated 7/24/18] Drew McManus over at Adaptistration has been evaluating orchestra websites based on a list of criteria that includes education as a sub-category. Starting with the post on Sept. 18th there are several very informative entries related to these evaluations. Some orchestra websites can serve as great resources in the classroom. Many of my students, for example, enjoyed working with the San Francisco Symphony’s Fun With Music website in class last year due to it’s very interactive design.… Read More »Orchestra websites as a resource in the classroom?