If you are a music teacher with a SMARTBoard, the Magic Pen tool and Fading Ink properties can turn an ordinary lesson into an engaging learning experience for your students. As a Certified SMARTNotebook trainer who is also a musician, I’ve found ways to make the SMARTNotebook features work optimally in a musical setting. Here are my discoveries: the Magic […]
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Can We See Sound? Can we SEE sound and vibration? To explore cymatics, the study of sound and vibration made visible, my 4th graders created Chladni patterns with a tonoscope. In fact, the Chladni Patterns, Tonoscope, and Green Screen Magic made this an unforgettable introduction to sound. I had them record their Chladni patterns on their
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QR Codes, MadLips, and Magic in the Music Room As you can see from my previous posts, I’ve been busy creating brief Composer bios using the app, MadLips. It’s been too much fun! Here’s how I have been using technology: QR Codes, MadLips, and Magic in the Music Room I created the MadLips movies for each
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The Story of a Magical Recorder Lesson I love to teach Recorder! The sound doesn’t bother me at all!! If truth be known, I lie awake at night dreaming up cool things I can do with my 4th graders and I can’t wait to see them! I love when my students “get it” and I
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SMARTBoard and iPad Resources This is a partial list of SMART Notebook and iPad files found on my blog. The titles are linked either to the original post or Teachers Pay Teachers. Recorder Blog Posts Recorder Minute Clinic A Magical Recorder Lesson Flipping the Recorder Classroom Flipping the Recorder Class/email Oops! I Flipped Recorder Class
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Technology and the Orchestra unit Green Screen In the style of “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids,” we used Green Screen technology to crawl inside the instruments of the orchestra.Using the Doink Green Screen app, students took turns directing (looking at the alignment of students to image) and filming to get just the right trick shot
23 Updated SMARTBoard Musical Activities This collection is free to download and use throughout the year. While not an all-inclusive music lesson, these 23 Updated SMARTboard Musical Activities for Young Children work best as interactive supplements to standard musical concepts for young music students. Many of the pages will work across multiple grade levels just
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Technology and the Orchestra unit Green Screen In the style of “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids,” we used Green Screen technology to crawl inside the instruments of the orchestra.Using the Doink Green Screen app, students took turns directing (looking at the alignment of students to image) and filming to get just the right trick shot
Do you need interactive holiday activities and ideas? Of all the months in the teaching year, December is my favorite. Unfortunately, there is so much to do and so little time to plan memorable activities for our students. Here are six of my favorite kid-tested interactive holiday activities and ideas for the music classroom.
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3 IWB Musical Activities for Elf-ry One Capture the attention of your students this December with 3 IWB Musical Activities for Elf-ry one in your classroom. These three engaging activities can be uses as a whole group activity , three stand-alone activities, or for centers. Magic Stem Race Use the Magic Stem Race to review and
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