MathScienceMusic.org is a innovative site that I just found out about from renowned educator, Shelly Terrell. This is a fantastic site for educators looking to teach STEM concepts such as: Coding, Math, and More, all through the use of music and other resources. This is done by watching videos to see how these concepts are taught and what resources are being used w/ them (i.e. Scratch). This site was designed for grade K-12.
Music Crab is a fun little iOS app for helping students learn how to read music in either English or French. It has 70 levels (10 per clef) where students can practice their notes/keys (i.e. Do, Rei, Mi Fa, etc.), while trying to avoid other creatures in the sea.
Soundtrap is a wonderful collaborative learning tool for making podcasts and music that I just found out about from Richard Byrne's excellent blog. Soundtrap is an easy to use site that works on any mobile device to record instruments to create music. However, a student can also use one of Soundtrap's instruments and begin to record sound. Through their educational portal everything is "housed" in a safe environment and teachers can communicate via video for feedback or assign assignments.
Noteimals is a fun little free iOS app for teaching youngsters musical notes and the piano keyboard (If only I had this when I was learning how to play the piano when I was 5). The way this works is the musical notes takes on shapes of animals (think Mario Paint SNES) making it easier to learn notes. Users can choose a song to play through or create their own music in "Free Play" mode.
Booktrack Classroom is a innovative free site for adding a soundtrack or sound effects to a story/book. This is a great way to generate and boost student creativity in the classroom as well as help w/ reading comprehension. Classrooms are using this for project based learning and for gaining student interest in the process of Reading and Writing. Also, there is a free iOS/Android app for reading published Booktrack "books".
Rhythm Friends is a fun iOS for young kids wanting to explore music or work on their musicality. The way this work is a child taps their finger to the beat on their iOS device to play notes in this musical timing game. Notes will scroll across a screen a person must tap it as the note hits the line. Good timing will draw flies to their frog (Earl or Pearl), bad notes will make the flies go away. The goal is to collect as many flies as possible.
Musical Paint is a wonderful iOS app for not only teaching students about different instruments, but it allows them to create digital art. All a user has to do is click on a color and start painting to hear different instruments and sound. Once a piece of digital art is completed it can be framed/saved or shared online. However, my favorite feature of MP is the section for educators/parents that lists lesson plans aligned to common core standards. This shows how Musical Paint can be used in teaching different subjects, such as Math, Writing, and more.
JoyTunes is a site I just found out about from the excellent site, Edshelf. This is a wonderful free site for Music teachers to teach students learn how to play an instrument. This is done by playing real instruments in combination w/ online games. As of right now there are only games for two instruments, the piano and the recorder. A great feature is the educational portal which allows teachers to send invites to their students and track student performance.
DabbledooMusic is an excellent site for primary level Music teachers. This site aims to teach students about music creation through the use of colors and animations. These animations are interactive and allows students to add sounds through instruments or the use of their own voice.
Button Beats is a very cool site for creating digital music. This is done by playing a virtual keyboard and then clicking on blocks inside of a 3-dimensional cube. A user can even record their song as a .wav file.
Blank Sheet Music is a great site for getting free printable sheet music that is ideal for any music teacher/student. I'd like to thank Free Technology 4 Teachers for the heads up.
Study Jams is an innovative site for teaching math and science. This is done through the use of video and music and the songs can be sung along in a karaokee style.
Music Theory is an excellent site by Ricci Adams designed to teach different aspects of music such as: exercises, lessons, and tools. This really is a great site for music teachers as a user can use custom made tools for their lessons.
