7. Are you using Nursery Rhymes in your music classroom? Check out this website and project
these excellent pictures of nursery rhymes on the SMART Board as you use them in class.
Powerpoint:
You can use powerpoint presentations on your SMART Board. One of the best ways that I used
it this year was I made a powerpoint presentation that had the lyrics of a simple song typed onto the
screen. When the student would come up to tap each word to the rhythm of the lyrics, the word would
light up. This was an excellent way for me to assess the students’ rhythm skills. After they completed
the song, we would then use one of the SMART Board markers and write in the rhythms of the song
using stick notation.
SMART Notebook Software:
SMART Board has software that you can use to create lessons. The notebook software has a lot of
bells and whistles to it such as games accessories like dice, spinners, etc. It also has various teaching
tools like maps, graphics, pictures, tabs, etc. In addition, if you perform a google search for music
SMART Board lessons, you will find lessons created with the notebook software that you can down-
load and utilize right away. Some of my favorite lessons that I have found by performing a google
search are:
1. The note tree: the students click and drag quarter, half, whole, and eighth notes off the tree and
place them in the proper quarter note, half note, whole note, or eighth note circle.
2. Using the lines in the notebook software and creating a 2-line staff or a 3-line staff that the stu-
dents can click and drag noteheads to the lines or spaces of the staff.
3. The note game: There are various notes projected on the SMART Board. The students must use
the SMART Board pen to circle all of the quarter notes. When finished, they pull out the answer tab
from the side of the screen, which will reveal where all of the quarter notes are. The students then can
self-assess their answers.
These are just some ideas on how to utilize a SMART Board in your classroom. The board and soft-
ware itself take a little time to get used to. However, your students will love using the board and you
will love having a large, interactive, visual teaching tool in your classroom.
For the past eleven years, Amy Burns has been an elementary general music teacher at an independent school in New
Jersey and was just elected as the President-Elect of the Technology Institute for Music
Educators (TI:ME). In addition, she directs the elementary choruses and instrumental ensem-
bles.
She began her blog, Elementary Music/Music Technology Blog, to promote conversation with
other elementary music educators and to encourage teachers to enhance their music curricu-
lums with music technology. She will be blogging (hopefully) on Mondays, Wednesdays, and
Fridays of each week. She welcomes your comments and suggestions.
www.amymburns.com
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