Technology in Music Education. MUS 17F, Spring 2005

New and updated links are marked in bold

Classwork and Assignments

Computer and Internet Terminology

Music Technology Terminology +

Technology in Music Education

Technology Strategies for Music Education (from TI:ME)
Opportunity-to-Learn Standards for Music Technology (from MENC)
National Standards for Music Education
The School Music Program: A New Vision (a more detailed listing of the standards)
Some Examples of Music Technology on the Web

Notation Software

Finale and Sibelius (two popular music notation applications)
Music Notation Software (a long list of other notation programs)
Finale NotePad (free version of Finale you can install on your computer)
Notation Software: The Ultimate Tool for the Music Teacher

Electronic Keyboards and Synthesizers

The Triton (first three links are PDF files. Require free Acrobat Reader)

MIDI and Desktop Music

Desktop Music Handbook
What is MIDI
Making Music with MIDI
Exploring MIDI (especially Connecting MIDI Studios in MIDI Connections)
Cakewalk Track View Screenshot
Recording in Cakewalk
Nine Suggestions for Improving Sequences
MIDI Sequencing and the National Standards

TI:ME (Technology Institute for Music Educators)

Free Software (to install on your computer)

ACID XPress (free version of ACID. PC only)
Finale NotePad (free version of Finale. PC and MAC)
Logic Fun (free sequencer. PC and MAC)

Miscellaneous Links

Choosing a Composition Program (PDF file. Requires free Acrobat Reader)
Sources for MIDI files
Free Sheet Music
ACIDPlanet (listen to what others are doing with the ACID)
Use this search to find free Acid loops to download

Some points to remember

April 21

As we've discussed several times, more and more the Web will be used in teaching either as a direct teaching medium or as an ancillary to classroom work.

Here's the mixer application we looked at last class. And, here's the Web page where the mixer application was used twice. (Flash required)

As a last example of using the Web in your teaching, look through this course Web site for some ideas. (And, let's not forget our course Web site as an example too.)

One last item... Now that we're almost done with the course, sometime in the near future you should go through the Assignments page again and re-visit (or dare I say, visit for the first time) some of the pages you were asked to read during the semester. Some of the terminology used on these pages will make more sense now that you've had a semester of music techonology experience

April 5

Keep up your reading assignments. It is vital that you learn the material the textbook covers

February 17

You should now be able to access the Department's Listening Library on WebCT. The address is webct.liu.edu.

Your WebCT ID is in this format: firstname.lastname (all lowercase). Unless you've changed your password, it' s your student ID (usually your Social Security number) with no dashes or spaces.

When you get to the myWebCT page, choose the Department of Music Listening Library link to access the library.

You should also see this course listed on your myWebCT page. We'll start using that site soon in this course as another example of using the Web in your teaching.

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Technology in Music Education
MUS 17, Spring 2005
Department of Music
C.W. Post Campus
Long Island University
Brookville, NY USA
John Meschi, Instructor

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