The 10 session course will be in the Standard Format and run for 11 consecutive weeks, skipping Thanksgiving week. In 10 sessions you’ll not only learn the basics of GarageBand but how to use it to teach basic music and composition skills to your students. You leave the course with all the materials you need to teach an introductory course using music technology including 17 lesson plans, student assignment sheets, handouts and worksheets for the lessons.
Re-evaluating School Music Programs by Scott Watson
A frequent discussion thread in music education involves re-evaluating traditional school ensemble music programs – bands, orchestras, choirs – and the role of music education in reaching and teaching what Rick Dammers and David Williams refer to as “non-traditional” music students. At their website, Music Creativity Through Technology, Dammers and Williams make the case for the kinds of programs that … Read More
Summer Course Starts in One Week!
The MusicEdTech online course Teaching Music with GarageBand for three graduate credits begins in one week on June 16, 2012. There are only a couple of seats left so register today! For more information of the course, please visit the information page. To register for the course, please visit the registration page. If you would like to … Read More
Course Calendar Summer 2012
Teaching Music with GarageBand Three (3) Graduate Credits through Salem State University Here’s the course calendar for the course beginning June 16, 2012. The Accelerated Format delivers 10 Units over a 5-week period. The Course Weeks overlap Saturday through Wednesday and Tuesday through Saturday. One Unit is made available on Saturday morning by 8 AM. Participant’s assignments for this Unit … Read More
Teaching Music with GarageBand Course Registration is open!
The newest course from MusicEdTech, Teaching Music with GarageBand is now being offered online. Course begins June 16, 2012 and runs in the Accelerated Format for five (5) weeks. Three (3) Graduate credits are available. For more information, click here. To register for this course, click here.
March 2012 Music Education Blog Carnival
Welcome to the March 6, 2012 edition of music education blog carnival. Sixteen curated articles in Music Ed, Music Tech and more.
Call for Submissions! March 2012 Music Education Blog Carnival
Call for Submissions! March 2012 Music Education Blog Carnival. Due by Sunday, March 4 at high Noon! http://blogcarnival.com/bc/submit_4443.html
2012 Session Handouts
Handouts for 2012 conferences.
2012 Mike Kovins TI:ME Teacher of the Year
Barbara Freedman is named the 2012 Mike Kovins TI:ME Teacher of the Year.
MENC Gets a New NAfME
As of September 1, 2011, the organization formerly known as Music Educators National Conference ( MENC) changed its name to National Association of Music Educators or NAfME. NAfME traces it’s roots back to 1907 when it was first called the Music Supervisors National Conference according to today’s press release (http://www.menc.org/news/view/press-release-building-on-the-past-to-shape-the-future-of-music-education/). NAfME sports a great looking new logo and some changes … Read More