The Music Tech Teacher Podcast

Tech issues happen to the best of us - me included. In the past few weeks I've had not one, but TWO major tech issues - both of which were beyond my control.  I managed to get through them (just!) thanks to my contingency plans, a little luck and some understanding on the part of others around me. In this episode I'll share both tech disasters with you, talk about what I did to get through each si...

Lately I've been preparing a keynote speech for a music education conference with the theme Play, Create, Inspire. It's an easy theme to tie into music technology because there are so many cool, inspiring things going on right now.   One of the topics I'm going to cover in the speech is multitrack music videos.  They are the ones you see frequently on Youtube which feature a singer performing all...

Dr Jim Frankel is the Director of MusicFirst and the Head of Digital Education for the Music Sales Group. He is also on the faculty of Teachers College at Columbia University where he runs courses in Music Technology in Education. In a couple of previous lives, he worked as the Director of Instrumental Music at Franklin Avenue Middle School and later worked as the Managing Director of Soundtree. J...

Shawna Longo - the Music Educator, STEAM Facilitator and Arts Integration Specialist at Hopatcong Borough Schools in New Jersey - was my guest on episode 53 of the podcast but she's back to chat about STEAM lessons in the music classroom. Shawna shared some great ideas during the episode and we mentioned a number of links and resources which as listed below.  You can download a copy of the list, p...

In just a few weeks the first International Music Education Summit will take place. It's a 3-day conference which is purely online - there's no travel involved, no hotel accommodation to pay for and you can "attend" in your PJs. Founder of IMES Elisa Janson Jones tells me why she decided to launch the event and how she fits it in around her job as a full-time K-8 elementary music teacher, band con...

A while ago I asked members of my email newsletter list to suggest topics for upcoming podcast episodes. If you would like to nominate something, I'll add a link in the shownotes to the place where you can let me know any ideas. One of the most popular

Shawna Longo is the Music Educator, STEAM Facilitator and Arts Integration Specialist at Hopatcong Borough Schools. She teaches General music technology classes to grades 6-8 students, has established makerspaces as part of the STEAM initiative at her sch

Today my guest is Jenny Chapman who is the Junior School Music Co-ordinator at St Johns Grammar in Belair South Australia which is in the beautiful Adelaide Hills. She teaches students from the Early Learning Centre, through to year 6. In 2017, Jenny's

In this episode I catch up with Zachary Gates - a young music teacher I met at the Texas Music Educators' Association (TMEA) convention that I attended in February this year. Although Zach has only been teaching for a couple of years, he presented some

We made it to episode 50! I'm celebrating this milestone by talking about 10 tech things that are working for me right now. I've been using some of these things for a long time (and still love them!) and others are relatively new, but they all have on

Martin Emo is a New Zealand based teacher who is Head of Performing Arts and Teacher in Charge of Music at Waimea College. He's currently on study leave for 12 months to complete his Masters in Education majoring in Elearning. Martin is also working wit

Back at the end of January on my Midnight Music Facebook page, I posted a question which was: "What music tech projects are you currently working on in the classroom?" Carole Corman - a teacher from Canada - commented and said "For the first time, I

Capture your students' musical creativity and share it with your school community by creating an interactive display. In this episode - part two of a two-part series - I talk about the ways you can use augmented reality via the HP Reveal app (formerly k

Capture your students' musical creativity and share it with your school community by creating an interactive display. In this episode - part one of a two-part series - I talk about the ways you can use QR codes to add an audio-based element to bulletin

As someone who uses multiple tech items on a daily basis it's easy to get frustrated with all the cables, adaptors, plugs and all the other bits and pieces that you need. Over the years I've found some ways to organise my tech gear so that things are

There are lots and lots of ready-made music education worksheets, Powerpoint files and interactive whiteboard resources available for purchase or free download if you look hard enough online. But what about those times when you want to create something fr

In part 2 of this series, I share some intermediate and advanced lesson ideas for using GargageBand or Soundtrap with your music students

Almost every day I see a music teacher post on Facebook asking for ideas for using GarageBand or Soundtrap with their students. Most teachers are keen to use GarageBand or Soundtrap in a meaningful way and want lesson ideas that will teach musical concept

In this episode I talk with Christopher Sutton - a musician who discovered a fascination for ear-training quite some time into his own personal journey as a musician. Realising that there many other people who also need help developing their inner musicia

In this episode I talk with David Biel, Director of Bands at Heritage Middle School in Lubbock, Texas. He also has his own podcast, Beyond The Clef. David shares some of the tech tools he uses to run his band rehearsals more effectively and we chat about

Today's episode is a mini-training. I talk about basic audio editing skills every music teacher should learn and teach you the essentials right here on the podcast.

I recently posted the following question on Facebook: "What's one piece of tech-related advice you would give to another teacher?". Teachers from all over the world contributed ideas and shared tips. The responses were so good that I decided to dedi

In this episode I'm going to share some ideas for using the free interactive music website Incredibox.

Dr Scott Watson has been incorporating technology into his music teaching for many years and takes a project-based learning approach when it comes to creative music assignments with his elective students. He also uses technology on a daily basis for his o

Gary Heimbauer is a music tech superstar who uses video to increase his reach as a teacher and to differentiate learning in his classes. Learn why it's important to "just get started" and how you can do that using tools and resources you probably al