Technology Tools and Resources
Offers music sketch pad, cartoon conductor, rhythm band, games & puzzles, playing with music, melodic contours.
Offers many types of music as well as historical music facts.
Offers composers sorted by country and alphabetically, symphony quiz, symphonies, instruments of the symphony, form explanation, and more.
Offers comprehensive view of the orchestra, activities and explanations of all the elements of music including composing and performing. Excellent for elementary kids.
Music lesson plans
A game that matches instruments and their sounds.
Tons of useful stuff!!! Instruments of the orchestra, musical dictionary, hear the music, this week’s show (highlights a composer and his/her music and gives a quiz, past shows, games (composer time machine, note name game, composer your own music, rhythm game). Extensive music education links.
Lesson plan and activity ideas
Online shopping for repertoire
Lesson plans to teach students about the National Anthem
Many applications! Games include: Time machine, Beethoven’s Baseball, Music Match, Composer’s Keyboard, Conductor Jump, Hangman, Word Match, and Letter Scramble.
Hear instruments, education about the orchestra, make your own instruments.
Matching game with instruments or composers, an activity to simulate orchestration, composer info, instrument info.
Links to many games and website with music education activities.
Music education advocacy articles
Simple ways to explain different types of music to elementary students.
Interesting animated activities for kids. Extensive music education links.
A step by step tutorial on all the symbols of notating music and what they mean. Information on musical genres. This day in music history.
TONS of music education links.
Tons of stuff here as well. Instrument lab, composer info, games, etc…
Along with instrument and composer info are 10 different games—all very applicable. Also many instruments to make!!
A web quest highlighting the instruments of the orchestra.
Interactive ways for students to hear how instruments sound.
Music games with specified grade levels. Piano player and “Hangman” like games.
Music theory tutorials
Theory, history, style, and instrument tutorial. Great for secondary. Games include crosswords, name that interval, and multiple choice quizzes.
WOW---interactive theory tutorial. Lesson broken into specific categories. Theory teachers—check it out.
A comprehensive collection of everything you need to know about the life, times, and music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The site features a detailed biography of the renowned composer; his compositions; essays from Mozart experts; and links to other Mozart resources on the Web, including related academic resources.
Music Tech Teacher
Incredibox is one of those websites that really have to be seen to be believed. It encourages composition skills in students, but in a fun and user-friendly way. Basically you create your own a cappella group song from a list of chosen voice generated sound effects. It is incredibly addictive and even has bonus bridge sections that can be earned from creating a worthwhile composition. Everything
is guaranteed to match musically so you can use this with any age of elementary students and still get great results. Try it and you will love it.