by David Birrow Birrow.David@MacPhail.org
Conversation in the past few Idea Exchanges has wandered to how music teachers are using the iPad in their teaching. 
I thought it would be useful to share what iPad apps I use on a daily basis. Hopefully people will also contribute what they use (and how …
by Melissa Wenszell Wenszell.Melissa@MacPhail.org
Please be mindful of your head position while playing!
As you can see from these drawings, the more forward the neck, the greater the strain which can lead to many problems down the road. If you have added weight on your body from your ins…
by David Birrow Birrow.David@MacPhail.org
All four years of college, I woke up Friday mornings and attended Music Education Forum at the University of Miami Frost School of Music. This was a required, zero credit course that all Music Ed majors took. Despite the lack of credits, it was an importa…
by Amanda Underwood Underwood.Amanda@MacPhail.org
Here is a video about using the iMovie app on iPhone or iPad.
by Gail Olszewski Olszewski.Gail@MacPhail.org
I've always preached the gospel of slow, thoughtful practice to my students, so it's really great when what you've been trying to do for these many years is backed up so eloquently by someone as knowledgeable as 
Dr. Noa Kageyama, performance psycholog…
In a previous post I wrote about the Online Cello Resource Center (CelloBello.com) established by NEC cello professor, Paul Katz, featuring excellent resources for cellists including high quality tutorial videos. Today I want to share a couple of ot…
by Sarah Hruska Olson Olson.Sarah@MacPhail.org
Some teachers are instinctive classroom managers. From the very start, they know how to lead a group and manage 
student behavior. Unfortunately, I was not one of these people. It took me several years to develop effective classroom management skill…
by Katie Condon Condon.Katie@MacPhail.org
Many years ago, on my first day teaching general music, I told a group of kindergarteners to raise their hands if they had something to say. Immediately, a hand shot up and a little girl said, “I have a brother”. Hand after hand went up, each child wanting t…
by Kim Bahmer Bahmer.Kim@MacPhail.org
The Progressions app for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad allows you to submit chord charts and transpose them in seconds. 
I have no trouble finding songs for my elementary music classes, but they’re generally not in the key I would like. The Progressions app will…
by David Birrow Birrow.David@MacPhail.org
Ok, my first New Years resolution will be that this will be the last Audacity post for awhile(unless you have a special request). I wanted to make sure all these videos were available for faculty. So here goes:
There are a couple quick and easy things you…
by David Birrow Birrow.David@MacPhail.org
When I use Audacity in a lesson or class, it's never a super tidy process. I often end up accidentally recording myself talking or 
I forget to stop the recording and end up recording twenty minutes of silence. If I have a recoding I want to keep, it alwa…
by David Birrow Birrow.David@MacPhail.org
Audacity can sometimes be overwhelming to handle during a class or lesson. The last thing you want is to be f
ussing with the computer when you are trying to teach music. One way to keep things simple is to record everything in one track, as opposed to seve…
