band


allows users to grade assignments or exams, and AutoCrat can email personalized grade reports to par- ents and students.


• Facebook pages or groups, and Twitter can be used to post updates and communicate with students.


• Remind Me or Celly are text mes- saging apps to alert parents and students to due dates, performanc- es, and other communication.


More Ideas for Enhancing Learning Within the Classroom Stacy Juhl (Hortonvile Middle School) had this to say: “One of my new favorite apps is ‘AirScanner.’ Your phone and your computer have to be on the same network. Open a browser window, open the app, and then type in the IP address as prompted. Voilà! Whatever is pictured in your camera lens appears in your browser – and on your Smart Board if your com- puter is hooked up to one. You can freeze the image as well so you can continue to walk around the room while discussing the image. I’ve been using it when we do writ- ten work in class (rhythm counting, note- naming, etc.). I can project the student’s answer(s) and then ask other members of the class to agree with the answer(s) or correct the mistake(s). It keeps all the students involved in the activity because no one knows whose work I’m going to snap a picture of next!”


If you use the Essential Elements method books with your students, are you aware of the “Essential Elements Interactive” component? Terry Little (Elmbrook, Brookfield) uses it with students to per- sonalize instruction and show evidence of growth. Information about “Essential Elements Interactive” can be found here: www.essentialelementsinteractive.com (It should be noted that other method books have similar materials available for teach- ers and students online).


The following table includes other favorite apps, as shared by Wisconsin Band Teach- ers Ryan Gutsch, Stacy Juhl, Terry Little, Danielle Scherer and Kati Seiter.


Wisconsin School Musician


Name of App What It Does Attendance2


Audacity


Educreations Evernote


iPad app for attendance in large study halls and for students to self sign-in for pep band


Free recording program available for both Windows and Mac


Screencasting app Note taking app to share concepts with students


Flat for Education Composition on a Chromebook ForScore iMovie


iPad app for score reading Video creation/editing program


InTune iPad app which gives two tones and you decide if the second tone is higher or lower – great for intonation skills


iReal Pro Kahoot


Musictionary


Teaches chords and chord progressions Quizes, fun, etc. iPad app for terms


Skype Video chat program


SmartExchange Smart Board games to do reviews for exams SmartMusic


SRMachine iPad app for sightreading examples Staff Wars Note naming game Te Tuner Tuning app Tempo Slow App for slowing down an mp3 Tunable


In Conclusion


While many of the programs and apps listed in this article are platform-specific (i.e. Apple only), it should be noted that more and more programmers are creating similar apps that work on other platforms or cross-platform. If you look, and a par- ticular app isn’t available for the device you use, check to see if there is something similar available – there probably is!


I hope this article sparked an idea or two of how you can make classroom technol- ogy work for you and for the students you teach, and not to just simply exist unauthentically. The students we teach are already light years ahead of us in the applications of technology. The more


Very powerful program, used for accompaniments, assessments, etc.


iPad app for tuner and tone generator


comfortable we can be in meaningfully in- corporating technology into the classroom, the more we connect with them and help them dive deeper into their understanding of music in the digital age.


A HUGE “thank you” to Ryan Gutsch (Owen-Withee High School), Stacy Juhl (Hortonville Middle School), Terry Little (Elmbrook, Brookfield), Danielle Scherer (Kewaunee Middle School), and Kati Seiter (Washington Junior High School, Manitowoc) for sharing their ideas for inclusion in this article!


Julie Brown is a beginning band specialist in the Appleton Area School District. Email: brownjulie@aasd.k12.wi.us


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