Posted on August 22nd, 2012 in Free, Interactive Whiteboards, Music Tech Tips.
What is Incredibox? Incredibox is a online music arranging and remixing tool that looks great, is easy to use and is free. It also happens to work really well on an interactive whiteboard. The concept is simple: drag an icon to one of the “dudes” (as I like to call them!) on the screen and [...]
Posted on July 24th, 2012 in Interactive Whiteboards, iPads, Music Tech Tips.
This is the third post in a 3-part series that looks at music teachers who are sharing their teaching experiences and curriculum online. Part 1 covered Australian music teachers and part 2, middle and high school teachers from the USA. In this final part, we’ll look at the work of some elementary/primary music teachers. Amy [...]
Posted on August 15th, 2011 in Interactive Whiteboards, Music Tech Tips, Sibelius, Tutorials.
An interactive whiteboard (IWB) can be used with any application that you run on your computer – including Sibelius. The key with using anything on an interactive whiteboard is to test everything out at the board (more than once!) before doing it in front of a class. Here are my top tips for using Sibelius [...]
Posted on February 24th, 2011 in Free, Interactive Whiteboards, Music Tech Tips.
So you’ve been given an interactive whiteboard (IWB) to use and you know you should be using as more than a simple projector or place to screen videos. The benefits of incorporating an IWB into your teaching are many: it allows you to create a bank of learning resources that can be used many times across multiple classes, you can replace some of your physical resources with digital versions so you don’t lose them. Luckily, you don’t need to re-write your curriculum.