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20 Musical Challenges for iPads and Instruments

20 Musical Challenges for iPads and Instruments

When I was in band, I always wanted to play the cymbal. I wanted to crash it loudly during the “Stars and Stripes Forever” march. The cymbal meant power and stardom! But, No! Only boys were able to play the cymbal; girls were given the triangle. Fast forward a few years…. I can see it in my students’ eyes – They desperately want the freedom to just play and explore all the instruments in my music room – especially the cymbal! …. These cards and the SMART Notebook lesson is my adaptation of the free teaching resource first created in 2009. It’s my way of creating opportunities for my students to freely explore all instruments they’ve always wanted to play. . . with a technology twist.

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Rhythm WAR in the Music Room

33 Comments / SMART Notebook Music Lesson / Cherie Herring

RHYTHM WAR I’ll bet some of your students already know how to play WAR using standard playing cards. It will be easy to teach them to play the same game using a deck consisting of musical note value cards. I remember playing this game with my music teacher, so there’s nothing original about it. Rhythm

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SMARTBoard Music: Extreme Collaboration Add-On

2 Comments / SMART Notebook Design Tips / Cherie Herring

Text your thoughts. Text your answer. Text your discovery. Text your feelings. Text your questions. Send an image. One of the newest add-ons for SMARTNotebook 11 is “Extreme Collaboration.” I decided to give it a go and see how I can use it in my music classes. Although I’ve only used it a handful

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Using a SMARTBoard and iPads to Differentiate Learning in the Music Classroom

40 Comments / iPads, QR Codes, Teaching Ideas / Cherie Herring

Something beyond description is happening in my 4th grade recorder class. Teaching recorder with a SMARTBoard + iPads is a magical way to differentiate learning in the Music Classroom. This is my first year teaching with 1:1 iPads in the music classroom and I was anxious to see how my lessons, and specifically the learning,

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Play Doh and Musical Math on EduCreations

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Last Friday, we had Fall Festival at our school and I was “kicked out” of my music room so the parents could set up for the evening festivities. What to do? I carried my box of PlayDoh to the 4th grade classroom and we had a Music + Math lesson. Here are two examples of

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Funny MadLips Examples for Music Room

Leave a Comment / Composer Study, Orchestra / Cherie Herring

MadLips is a very cool app! There is a free version with time limits and picture limits. The paid version is $2.99 and well-worth the money. The possibilities are endless. Description: Rated ★★★★★! Mad Lips is a fun, quick, and easy video-editing program. Transform your pictures into talking video animations. Choose a photo, record a video

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Make a Musical Apron!

3 Comments / Teaching Ideas / Cherie Herring

Here’s a fun and easy idea for keeping music tools handy during teaching time. Make a Musical Apron! I bought a simple handyman’s apron from the hardware store and painted it with paint pens. I wear it all the time to keep my teaching tools handy. Here are a few of the items that are in

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1:1 iPads in the Elementary Music Class: Getting Started

5 Comments / iPads, Videos / Cherie Herring

This begins our incredible adventure using 1:1 iPads in the Elementary Music Class! As of August 16th, our school is now a 1:1 iPad school. As excited as I am about all things technological, I know I need to learn how to use the iPad as a learning tool. My goal this year is to

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Stop Motion Lip Sync and the County Song

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Utilizing stop-motion animation in the music class not only serves as an ideal method for showcasing comprehension of the musical staff and note values but also offers an alternative creative avenue. Taking inspiration from Tricia Fuglestad’s blog, “Fuglefun.com,” my third-grade students embarked on the enjoyable task of crafting a lip-sync video to memorize the names of our state counties.

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Blog Flipping the Recorder Classroom with Seesaw Flipping the Recorder Classroom with Seesaw Cherie Herring • July 18, 2017 • Flipped Classroom, Recorders • No Comments Flipping the Recorder Classroom …five years ago was a game changer. This year, Flipping the Recorder Classroom with Seesaw, the Read More » 23 Updated SMARTboard Musical Activities 23

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20 Musical Challenges for iPads and Instruments

Rhythm WAR in the Music Room

SMARTBoard Music: Extreme Collaboration Add-On

Using a SMARTBoard and iPads to Differentiate Learning in the Music Classroom

Play Doh and Musical Math on EduCreations

Funny MadLips Examples for Music Room

Make a Musical Apron!

1:1 iPads in the Elementary Music Class: Getting Started

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