Using Tablets Instead of Paper Music

The number one use for a tablet is as a substitute for paper music.
Having the music in digital format has many benefits, including
the fact that students no longer lose their music. " A relatively new
app called NotateMe, which allows an instructor to write musical
notation and convert it to digital notation. The app also allows you
to take a picture of a score and convert it to digital music. This
means that music teachers can now scan music without expensive
software and scanning equipment.

Helping Students Compose

Composing music with very young students can be difficult, even
though it is becoming a state music standards in places like New
Jersey. Tools such as NoteFlight, second- and third-graders can
create wonderful melodic compositions and play them on their
recorder. Besides helping with composition and creation,
technology can also enhance performance. Virtual instruments are
wonderful for students who have difficulty mastering fine motor
skills. They are participating in the classroom and feeling so
successful.

Rehearsing Via Social Media

Collaborative learning software and apps such as Tonal Energy
Tuner, which lets users understand and improve every aspect of
their sound. Students can see if they are sharp or flat, and if they
are playing in time. She also uses a program called SmartMusic,
which offers students feedback on their performance. They can see
the correct and incorrect rhythms and pitches onscreen. Music
teachers can use the Edmodo social media platform to
communicate with students and parents.
Tech Tools That Teach Music

Listen for Life, Travels With Music is designed to introduce

students to world cultures, using music as the gateway. The
multimedia program explores the richness and diversity of 15
world cultures through the use of 300 video and audio
segments.

Sibelius is a tool for learning and teaching music notation,

composition and music theory. Educators can use its more than
1,700 built-in teaching resources and its classroom
management features. Students can purchase a scaled-down
Sibelius First to use at home.

Noteflight allows teachers and students to edit, display and

play back music notation in a Web browser. The software is
integrated with an online library of musical scores.

Aimed at 10- to 15-year-old students, O-Generator uses

popular and world music to teach key music concepts. Students
can learn and play along to original modern, Latin and African
songs

Music-making application Soundation4Education helps

students create and record in school and at home with full
access to their work from any location. Students can
manipulate existing audio loops or learn to record their own
loops and then mix, add effects and build up tracks.