GarageBand is the free music program that comes with every Apple computer. It is a powerful music creation and editing tool that so many students already know how to use. This course will give you hands on experience with GarageBand and how to use it to teach music through composition. Techniques on use of the software, lesson plans on composition and theory skills, techniques for weaving in music history and how to integrate music of other cultures will be discussed. You will leave with lesson plans that teaches composition and theory skills for beginning students to be successful composers and creators of music.

This course is offered online with both live webinars and offline lessons and assignments. Assignments simulate student assignments in the lesson plans to demonstrate content and technical proficiency. Participants will share work and comment on other participants work via our online, secure classroom.

This course is for in-service & pre-service secondary music teachers and education technology teachers.