The Music Tech Teacher Podcast

"Which apps should I request for my music class set of iPads?" It's a question that comes up a lot, so in this episode I share my top 10 app choices for student iPads in the music classroom.

Padlet is an online "virtual wall" where you and your students can post text, links, videos, photos and more. It's a great free tech tool that is brilliant for all subject areas and music is no exception. Discover some ideas for using Padlet in your music classroom

Have you ever wanted to start your own music education blog? Create a supporting website for your Teachers Pay Teachers store? Or perhaps you've seen other teachers publish and share assignments with their students on a special website and you'd like

Over the past few years my need for high quality, interesting and captivating images has increased. Today I share tips for finding and editing great images that you can use in your own presentations, worksheets, newsletters, printable resources and Teache

Why are video tutorials awesome and what can you use them for? What are the educational applications and how do you create them? I'll answer these questions and also talk about the equipment and software needed (you probably already have it!).

Vanja Steinholz is a freelance musician, a songwriting and music production teacher and the Business Developer at Soundtrap in Stockholm. She chats to me about audio recording collaboration using the online studio Soundtrap

My guest today is Matt Ferrante - a music tech teacher from the Pittsburgh Science and Technology Academy - a STEM school where the motto is Dream, Discover Design. They have a relatively unique digital-only arts program which means is no band or chorus or even a stage.

For the past 6 years I have put together a list of free music technology resources in an ebook titled The Ultimate Free Music Tech Resources Guide. In this episode I share the history of the guide and share some of my favourite free resources.

Karla McClain uses technology - in particular iPads and Chromebooks - with her choir students to encourage creativity and to improve music literacy skills in her student-centered classes

Richard McCready runs a popular music tech course for senior students at River Hill High School. He talks about his students' composition-based projects and the online publishing process they use to share work.

Composing movie soundtracks - or film scoring - has always been a hugely popular topic with students and teachesr alike, but there are always questions around where to find movies, what to do if there is a soundtrack already, which software to use and how to approach the topic with students. I answer those questions and more in this episode.

Middle school teacher Josh Emmanuel from New York has been running engaging music and coding classes using Scratch software and the MaKey MaKey invention kit. Josh shares his lessons, student responses and some tips.

George Hess has been teaching music tech to tertiary students for more than 25 years in the USA and also in Singapore. He shares his experience with project based learning and using video to enhance student learning.

I chat to Fred Flowerday of MakeMusic and we take a behind-the-scenes look at the new SmartMusic - the widely-used online repertoire and practice tool that speeds up student learning and assessment.

Meredith Allen shares the "aha moments" she has experienced with technology and discusses her favourite collaborative music tech resources.  

Barbara Freedman's motto is "Teach music. The technology will follow". She has been teaching electronic music, composition and audio engineering at Greenwich High School since 2001 and during this episode we talk about her approach to teaching students music through composition using technology.

Elementary music teacher Amy Burns talks about her current favourite tech tools for student collaboration, assessment and digital portfolios.

My top tips for success when using technology in music education.

What types of creative music tech projects can I do with my middle or senior school students? I share my favourites which include film scoring, video game composition, the science of sound, digital storytelling, song writing, recording covers and more.

Tim Topham is a Melbourne based creative piano teaecher, blogger and podcaster who uses technology on a daily basis. Tim shares some of his favourite tech tools, apps and other tips in this first interview episode

Notation apps for desktop computer, iPads and other tablet devices - what's currently available? Which ones are the best? What should I use if my students have Chromebooks? Or iPads? In this episode I'll talk about the available notation options for different devices.

Some time ago, NASA released a whole collection of recorded sounds for the public to listen to and use freely. The collection includes sounds from space - stars, planets, satellites - sounds from rocket launch sequences and even iconic dialogue spoken by astronauts, NASA staff and politicians. There are many ways you could use these sounds with your students and in this episode I talk through some...