LoopLabs is one of the many new Music Application in the cloud sites that offers the ability to upload and remix music online. Some pretty heavy names have been users including: Bacardi DJ, Lebron James/Sprite, ESPN, Microsoft, Sony/PSP, Calvin Klein, Miller Brewing, Coca-Cola, Heineken, Dodge, Toyota, Maverick Records and many more. Check it out at LoopLabs
If you or your students find creating accurate bibliographies complicated try using Easybib or NoodleTools. Both make creating a bibliography a snap.Both come recommended and use several accepted bibliography formatting.
StudyBlue is an online app that lets the your students and yourself work together as a team. Students can create and share StudyBlue notes and even create digital StudyBlue flashcards.
Another similar app is called OpenStudy. This one is very insteresting as it allows students to join other students they don’t know to work together is study groups. Students can search by subject and find other OpenStudy students online.
Flocabulary is a fun and well organized site that offers the news in RAP and much more. Lesson plans and More at Flocabulary
I am amazed I haven’t heard of these apps before. I attended a Try It On Monday tech seminar in Tokyo and one of the presenters was introducing two different apps that I found so interesting and ultimately useful for education. The first is great for creating collaborative mindmapping clouds and is called “Text 2 Mindmap”. You can create a beautiful mindmap and save as a pic file. The best thing is that it can be collaborative.
The second app is called Mind42. This one I found particularly intriguing. It is an elegant way to create a lesson that is multi media oriented. It is also great if you would like to post your lesson afterwards on a web site. The visual mapping display can link: docs, youtubes, and sound files. The end result is a beautiful and clean display of pods that you can enter as you see fit. You can start a lesson with them all closed and open them one at a time. You could assign different students to make a pod of their own that is added to the whole. I like posting a lot of sites and info that are related to a topic as I find them. I like mind42 for this purpose as I can link everything there and then open them only when and if I need the info during a lecture. I think I will be using this app a lot in the future.
Yet another app for mind mapping is MindMeister. It is similar to the other. With this one you can collaborate as well as share and connect with your iPad or iPhone.
This new FlipBook site offers an easy to use web based publishing app for creating booklets of information that can include, text, mp3, video, YouTube, pics and more. Then the best part is you can embed them into your web page. Very useful for teachers or anyone else that needs a window on a page for scrolling through information. Check it OUT!
If you are looking for just the right sound for your audio soundtrack to go with your latest film check out FindSounds.com A FREE search engine designed to find you the right audio for your needs. Great for education. FindSounds.com
If you know of any musicians that would like to audition for the 2nd anual YouTube Symphony get them to sign up at the YouTube online site.
Go here to check out the YouTube Symphony Auditions Online
Submissions close November 28, 2010.
ZooBurst is a digital storytelling tool that lets anyone easily create his or her own 3D pop-up books. This is just so much fun to use. Students will be impressed with their work. ZooBurst
MeMoov is a simple animation application is good for elementary or even middle school students to get their message across in an easy, fun new way. For telling short stories or getting a special point across it works well. Try making short “Moral of the Story” presentations with MeMoov. Easy to use.
Here are some site connections and information I have found to be helpful for teaching music.
Technologies and Resources for Music Educators
Music Tech for Teachers 