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Chromebooks in the Middle School Chorus Classroom
SBO Staff | March 17, 2016What I’ve learned and how I’m using the Google system with my middle school choir students. Read More... -
Technology: Creation is Key
SBO Staff | February 15, 2016Using technology to help students understand the process and passion of making music. Read More... -
Technology: Choral Software
SBO Staff | October 24, 2013Software for the Choral Classroom. Read More... -
The ALIVE Project and You
SBO Staff | March 22, 2011While giving a presentation in Stockholm for the Swedish chapter of the Percussive Arts Society’s Day of Percussion in 2004, Allan Molnar stated, “Back in the 1980s, musicians began taking computers to gigs so they could replace live musicians with MIDI instruments. Now musicians can take computers to gigs and replace MIDI instruments with live […] Read More... -
Importing Files into Assessment Software
SBO Staff | December 2, 2010I recently received an e-mail from Dan Franke, the principal of a private school in Audrey, Texas. Mr. Franke was requesting information on how to find software with which he could import music notation and audio files into an application for comprehensive assessments of his son’s daily practice. He explains, “My young son, 11, is […] Read More... -
Using Smart Phones for Music Education
SBO Staff | September 28, 2010Have you ever had a teaching moment where you were lucky enough to have just the right tool to create magic? With the increasing array of musical apps for smart phones, that tool just might be already sitting in your pocket. Smart phone technology is making magic with a plethora of music applications or “apps.” […] Read More... -
The Magic of Handheld Digital Recorders
SBO Staff | August 17, 2010In the world of handheld digital recorders, smaller is better and now it’s getting cheaper, too. This is great news for music educators who are looking to record their rehearsals, concerts, and lessons. Today’s handheld digital recorders can professionally record at a moment’s notice with instant, one-hand operation. There are even palm-size handheld digital recorders […] Read More... -
Audio Tools for Music Educators: Noise Cleaning Audio Enhancements
SBO Staff | May 19, 2010We are all familiar with those dramatic “before and after” weight loss ads. Now just as dramatic results are available to everyday music educators with audio archives and performances we want to share via Internet blogs, podcasts, Web postings, CDs, and DVDs. While the recording industry has traditionally dealt with audio restoration, music educators have […] Read More... -
Juggling the Many Hats of a Music Educator
SBO Staff | January 20, 2010In 2003, the NCTAF (National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future) reported that the nation’s widely publicized and often-lamented teacher shortages are, in fact, symptoms resulting from a teacher retention crisis in the United States. Beginning teachers had an attrition rate of over 46 percent for their first five years. And American schools lose about […] Read More... -
Music Theory Ear Training Software
SBO Staff | December 8, 2009“Accountability” is the buzzword for survival in music education today. With the help of state-of-the-art music technology, we can now validate our instruction and show growth via assessments or performances as never before. Some excellent music theory and ear training software applications have arrived with attractive new features that can facilitate growth and learning and […] Read More... -
Introducing Interactive Whiteboards
SBO Staff | July 28, 2009Technology is changing how we teach. First we had old blackboards and chalk, and then we moved onto colored markers on whiteboards. Now, a totally new interactive whiteboard is waiting in the wings. What is this new-fangled contraption? It’s basically a giant touch-screen on which an LCD projector can display your computer’s screen for the […] Read More... -
Surfing Web-Based Music Software
SBO Staff | November 18, 2008While technology is significantly impacting much of today’s education scene, it doesn’t seem to have an equal presence in music classes. Only a third of music educators are using technology with students. And even among this progressive one-third, few are reaching out beyond the classroom. Many of us still embrace the values of music education […] Read More...
