Curriculum

[] - This site includes an alphabetical list of many famous composers. It lists their works, as well as a timeline for when each was written. It also has a link to any composition collaborated on, and shows excerpts (sheet music) from those works. The composers' solo works do not contain excerpts. It appears this once had links to either sheet music or a short audio clip of a portion of some works. This would be good for a music theory student who is looking for works written by a specific composer. An orchestra leader would be able to utilize it in this manner as well. The sheet music exerpt is good for directors or conductors to use to understand what the piece may sound like.

[] - This contains an online karaoke game with some free songs available, as well as additional songs to purchase. You must have an account to access the songs, but it is free to register and create an account. A neat teaching tool are the singing lessons. You can watch videos of lessons, as well as practice warm-ups, etc. It appears to track your progress, which you can follow along. This would be great for choir students to practice daily on their own. They could warm up their own voices before practice or a performance. It could also be used in other music classes.

Songsmith Demo Screencast [] - Songsmith - This program records vocals and adds the background music track after it is recorded. It is a downloaded program which is on a free trial with 6 hours of recording available. It is $29.95 to purchase the program from Microsoft. The implications for this in education would definitely have room in music with students practicing music or showcasing their vocals. One of the most important uses could actually be in other classes besides music. Many students relate well to music and could create a song to showcase their understanding of something, such as math facts or maybe a song about a planet in the solar system. Sharing your work in music form is another way to utilize those different styles of learning for students to shine. I have recorded an explanation through Jing to share more about Songsmith. [] - Science Netlinks is a project of the Directorate for Education and Human Resources Programs of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. It contains many science lessons, links, activities, and suggestions for many different science topics. The site is easy to navigate and has many hands-on after school science activities. These could easily be turned into scientific inquiry activities for the classroom. There are also audio files on different topics throughout the site. Depending on what you look up, you may or may not come across an audio file. It also contains explanations of other subject topics as well, such as, the term narrative nonfiction was explained because one of the books used in the lesson was an example of such. Overall, there are many fabulous lesson ideas and additional resources available to a variety of grade levels and topics all revolving around Science.