Great stuff from the BBC

Musical Mysteries

Fun review of music elements and orchestra instruments.

Best suited for grades 2-6. Teachers Guide included.

GSCE Bitesize Music

Good review (or revise/revision as the Brits call it) of lots of music topics. Includes quizzes at the end of each review.

Suitable for grades 6-12.

BBC Blast Music

Lots of information on the contemporary music industry. Tips and tools for making your own music, producing it, and getting it noticed.

Also on this site: OneMusic Virtual Studio

A sequencer, mixer, and sound bank for making your own digital compositions.

Suitable for grades 6-12.

Musical Eras and Genres (Re-post)

This is a re-post because Google Reader didn't like my first one!

Some resources for musical eras and genres.

I collected these using Iterasi--a new service to save and annotate complete webpages.

MusicWebQuest
Folder: Musical Eras/Genres
Tags: Musical Era, WebQuest









Internet Public Library: Music History 102
Folder: Musical Eras/Genres
Tags: Music History, Composers










Free High Quality Gregorian Chant MP3s
Folder: Musical Eras/Genres
Tags: Gregorian Chant, medieval









YouTube - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Turkish Finale
Folder: Musical Eras/Genres
Tags: Mozart, video










History of Jazz | Black History in America | Scholastic.com
Folder: Musical Eras/Genres
Tags: Jazz









Google Earth Blog: Musicians in Google Earth
Folder: Musical Eras/Genres
Tags: Google Earth, Musicians



Music With Ease
Folder: Musical Eras/Genres
Tags: CLASSICAL MUSIC, OPERA PICTURES

Jumping In and Getting Wet!

I've been reading many blogs for the last several years about education, teaching, music and technology. I've become very fascinated with the possibilities of the Web 2.0 and its uses in my classes with my students and found this link:

School Library Learning 2.0

which is web based training on Web 2.0 skills from the California Library Association. (Thanks goes to Wesley Fryer at Moving at the Speed of Creativity. Always a fascinating read)

You don't have to be a librarian or join the association to follow along and complete the activities.

It is set up to do one activity per week (one of which is setting up and posting to your own blog) but you can work at your own speed.

So-o-o, here I am joining the blogosphere. I hope to post reflections on my journey of learning here as I work to combine my love of music, teaching, and technology.