The First Digital Tools for All Music Teachers
As you I’m sure need no telling, to become a competent teacher take a long time. There are many skills to master and make habit so that they become an unconscious part of what you do without needing to think to do them all. The challenge for new teachers is that none of these things…
Effective Use of EdTech Tools in Teaching and Learning Music
Hi friends, I’m loving writing this blog. To give myself a termly direction and I’ve chosen to set out a sort of manifesto on how I feel technology can support the teaching and learning of music. From here I will use the content as the topics for the follow up newsletters to dive deeper into…
Wakelet Community Leader
I am delighted to have qualified as a Wakelet Community Leader! In addition to teaching students directly, as part of the computing and edtech work I am involved in I deliver a great deal of formal and informal professional development for educators. I use Wakelet every day. I often incorporate Wakelet into this work, in…
A Common Approach – a curriculum for vocal and instrumental teaching
I am delighted that I can finally share the revised ‘A Common Approach’ music teaching resource for instrumental and vocal teachers. I have been working as part of the Music Mark steering group for the last six months and as part of this work to both update the content for current educational needs and also…
Review: ‘Leaders Eat Last’
This books is quoted endlessly and banded around so often it has a sort of folklore of its own and makes it seem a ‘must read’ before even opening it. “Returning from work feeling inspired, safe, fulfilled and grateful is a natural human right to which we are all entitled and not a modern luxury…
Song Maker Project: Frere Jacques
Intro This resource is focussed around how the song ‘Frere Jacques’ can be used in teaching and learning music. There are several uses of technology to assist, especially Chrome Music Lab. If you have any suggestions, thoughts or spot any improvements, please leave a comment below or reach out to me on social. Thanks. What…
Funktastic Rhythm Play Along – Level 1 (1 Player)
The video contains pausable pages about the rhythms, genre, accompaniment, controls etc and can be used on its own. However below are a number of related resources, information, additional details and support material that you may find useful in making the most of the video. I hope you find them useful. Please let me know…
Notation
Notation graphics will be available here early Autumn – come back then 🙂
Music With Mr McNulty
Mr McNulty creates videos as Music Lessons to show to learners, often with teacher to teacher introductions to help you understand what is to be covered. He has great enthusiasm for the range of subjects covered. He includes Garageband, videos, detailing recording guitar and digital guitar, as well as editing and recording within Garageband. He…
Funktastic Rhythm Play Along – Level 2 (1 Player)
Funktastic Rhythm Play Along – Level 2 (1 Player) The video contains pausable pages about the rhythms, genre, accompaniment, controls etc and can be used on its own. However below are a number of related resources, information, additional details and support material that you may find useful in making the most of the video. I…
