Music Ed Tech Talk

Theresa Hoover Ducassoux joins the show to talk about technology for teaching band at a distance, productivity methodologies, Google apps for personal and school use, Flipgrid, empowering students, and more... Other topics: Personal productivity systems and apps The Getting Things Done Methodology Teaching band online Being creative with whatever teaching scenario and schedule your district is moving forward with this fall Engaging students with musical performance using the Flipgrid video service Google apps for personal productivity Google apps for classroom teaching Organizing files in Google Drive Automating band warm ups Chamber music breakout groups using Google Meet and Soundtrap Getting Google Certified Her book- Pass the Baton: Empowering All Music Students Our favorite album and apps of the week Show Notes: Everything Band: Episode 170 - Theresa Hoover Ducassoux Lori Schwartz Reichl Music Ed Tech Talk #8 - Diversifying Your Career and Your Programing, with Lori Schwartz Reichl Getting Things Done Methodology OmniFocus Inbox Zero MusicFirst SmartMusic Noteflight Learn Soundtrap Flipgrid Kahoot Google Teacher Certification Google: The Anywhere School 2020 Kathryn Finch: Website | Twitter Scrivener TextExpander Jamboard Getting Started with Google Jamboard | Off the Beaten Path - Theresa Ducassoux Using Jamboard in the Music Classroom | Music Ed Tech Talk - Robby Burns Flat.io Routing Audio From Your Apps Directly Into Your Zoom or Google Meet (Or Other Digital Meeting Platform) | Music Ed Tech Talk - Robby Burns Rogue Amoeba Audio Hijack Rhiannon Giddens to Lead Silkroad's Musical Explorations | NYT Microsoft Teams New Google Meet features Google Calendar Google Slides Google Keep Evernote OneNote Google Duo, Google Meet, Google Hangouts (?) Omnifocus Project Templates Never Miss a Task, With Project Templates | Music Ed Tech Talk - Robby Burns Music Ed Tech Talk #10 - Designing Curriculum and Assessing Students with FileMaker, with Ben Denne Making Just Intonation Play Along Tracks for Your Performing Ensemble (Using Tonal Energy and Garageband) | Music Ed Tech Talk - Robby Burns App of the Week: Robby - Loopback by Rogue Ameoba (They have educator discounts) Theresa - Flat for Docs Album of the Week: Robby - Jennifer Higdon Harp Concerto Theresa - Dustin O'Halloran, piano solos Where to Find Us: Robby - Twitter | Blog | Book Theresa - Twitter | Website - MusicalTheresa.com | Book - Pass the Baton: Empowering All Music Students | Blog - Off the Beaten Path Please don't forget to rate the show and share it with others! Subscribe to Music Ed Tech Talk: Subscribe to the Blog Subscribe to the Podcast in... Apple Podcasts | Overcast | Castro | Spotify | RSS

John Mlynczak returns to the show to discuss Noteflight's new integration with Sound Check and offers advice to educators about teaching online this fall, and what we can learn from it. Show Notes: Could not find the exact article I read on Zoom fatigue but there are plenty. Here's one. Noteflight Noteflight Learn SoundCheck Integrates with Noteflight Match My Sound Partnership PracticeFirst MusicFirst School of Rock My Choral Coach Dorico Music Ed Tech Talk Episode 10 - Designing Curriculum and Assessing Students with FileMaker, with Ben Denne FileMaker Virtual Tuning Disk | EMMSmusic.com Tonal Energy Tuner Soundtrap The Rest is Noise | Alex Ross Igor Levit is Like No Other Pianist - The New Yorker | Alex Ross Igor Levit and Franz Welser-Möst | Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in Bb Major, op. 19 App of the Week: Robby - Kindle/Audible John - TikTok Album of the Week: Robby - Igor Levit - Beethoven Piano Sonatas John - Hamilton on Disney+ Where to Find Us: Robby - Twitter | Blog | Book John - Twitter Subscribe to Music Ed Tech Talk: Subscribe to the Blog Subscribe to the Podcast in... Apple Podcasts | Overcast | Castro | Spotify | RSS

Subscribe to Music Ed Tech Talk: Subscribe to the Blog Subscribe to the Podcast in... Apple Podcasts | Overcast | Castro | Spotify | RSS Meredith Allen, Sales Enablement Manager at Soundtrap, joins the show to talk about using Soundtrap in the music classroom to create music and podcasts, getting acquired by Spotify, and wearing hard pants. Show Notes: Soundtrap MusicFirst Prompts for Making Beats (Link to the Soundtrap Packet I mention in the episode) Soundtrap Lesson Plans to Inspire Your Classroom Activities Me in a Minute Podcasting Lesson Plan Spotify Anchor Gimlet Media Joe Rogen acquisition VLC Media Player (and file converter) Reddit | Animal Crossing Turnip Exchange App of the Week: Robby - Permute Meredith - Innovators Compass Album of the Week: Robby - Dreams Come True | Love Goes On Meredith - Rocketman Soundtrack Where to Find Us: Robby - Twitter | Blog | Book Meredith - Twitter | Website

Subscribe to Music Ed Tech Talk: Apple Podcasts | Overcast | Castro | Spotify | RSS A swift return to the show from Craig McClellan to talk about all of the things Apple announced at their developer conference this past week and how we see it influencing our work. Show Notes: WWDC 2020 Keynote iPhone New Features - iOS 14 Preview eero WiFi OmniFocus Siri Shortcuts Overcast Dark Noise Apple Watch in the Classroom | The Class Nerd Slack Pro Clip iPad Pro Magic Keyboard Zoom Google Meet StaffPad Ferrite Recording Studio TaskPaper MindNode Comply Foam Tips for AirPods Music Ed Tech Talk - Automate All The Things, with Craig McClellan Siri Shortcuts in the Classroom | The Class Nerd Mental and Physical Health | The Class Nerd Designing Curriculum and Assessing Students with FileMaker, with Ben Denne Watchsmith by David Smith GoodNotes Darkroom Pixelmator Tonal Energy Tuner forScore Seesaw Remind Canvas Zapier - Connect your apps and automate workflows Fantastical Goat Rodeo Sessions App of the Week: Robby - Toggl / Timery Craig - Meeter for Zoom, Teams & Co Album of the Week: Robby - Not Our First Goat Rodeo | The Goat Rodeo Sessions Craig - Central Park on Apple TV+ Where to Find Us: Robby - Twitter | Blog | Book Craig - Twitter

Robby's Ellicott Mills Middle School colleague, Ben Denne, joins the show to talk about designing a sequential instrumental music curriculum, and how they track student progress in the FileMaker app. Other topics include: Workflows for producing virtual band/orchestra videos The importance of developing audiation in student musicians The strengths of binary performance rubrics Art vs. Craft Understanding relational databases Data-driven music teaching (the good kind) Lots more music teaching philosophy Show Notes: Final Cut Pro X Logic Pro X Screenflow LumaFusion Logic and Final Cut 90 day free trial Apple Pro Apps Bundle for Education ($200) Alfred 4 for Mac Music Ed Tech Talk #9 - Automate All The Things! With Craig McClellan David MacDonald | Composer Music Ed Tech Talk #6 - Paperless iPad Workflows for Teaching Music, with David MacDonald IMSLP IMSLP Alfred Search 5esrd Alfred Search J. W. Pepper Bento FileMaker Book - Robert Duke | Intelligent Music Teaching: Essays on the Core Principles of Effective Instruction Tonal Energy Tuner App Edwin E. Gordon - Musical Aptitude Profile Book - Arnold Jacobs | Wind and Song Lynda Course: FileMaker Pro Essential Training Lynda Course: Learning FileMaker 17 Lynda Course: FileMaker Tips, Tricks, and Techniques AirTable Charms Noteflight Announcement about SoundCheck Integration SmartMusic MusicFirst FileMaker 19 Holds Promise for My Music Teaching Workflow | Robbyburns.com New York Philharmonic - Digital Archives NKoda - An ensemble of sheet music, scores and parts App of the Week: Robby - Discord Ben - IDAGIO Album of the Week: Robby - Sarah Jarosz | World on the Ground Ben - Marc Ribot | Y Los Cubanos Postizos Where to Find Us: Robby - Twitter | Blog Ben - EMMS Music | HoCoYo Subscribe to Music Ed Tech Talk: Apple Podcasts | Overcast | Castro | Spotify | RSS Screenshots of Our FileMaker Database: Our table of assignment records (Right) and the Layout we use to enter performance records (Left) Image of Performance Packets:

Craig returns to talk about automating bedtime routines with Shortcuts, HomeKit automation, automating the Mac, our decision to end The Class Nerd podcast, and more. Show Notes: HomePods at Best Buy Apple HomeKit Robby's "My Favorite Technology" page - includes all home automation devices and apps he uses at home Wemo Smart Switch Lutron Caseta Smart Light Switches Philips Hue Smart Bulbs Shortcuts app AutoSleep sleep tracker Setting up HomeKit scenes Mysa Thermostats - for baseboard heating Honeywell Lyric Alarm System Robby's Bedtime Shortcut Craig's Bedtime Shortcut Robby's Play Podcast in the Master Bathroom Shortcut Zoom Drafts iPad Magic Keyboard for iPad Pro with Trackpad Robby's StaffPad Review - First Impressions of StaffPad for iPadOS | robbyburns.com Music Ed Tech Talk Episode 7 - Working with StaffPad Music Ed Tech Talk Season 3 Episode 5 - Taking Notes with Drafts, With Greg Pierce Slack AppleScript Support for Drafts on the Mac Shortcuts and Drafts action to save a Draft to Apple Note (You must have both installed) AppleScript Drafts action to save a Draft to Apple Notes Alfred List of actions I use in Alfred every day Search Google Search files Move/Copy Files from one place to another Clipboard manager Define and spell words Search OmniFocus Search Drafts Message people Email People Search GIFs on Giphy Searching websites Searching Emoji Jump to Slack Channel Music Ed Tech Talk Episode 6 - Paperless iPad Workflows - Discussion of what Markdown is Marked 2 app Brett Terpstra AppleScripts for Marked 2 and other Projects Things Todoist OmniFocus Automation Keyboard Maestro Hazel Video of my Keyboard Maestro macro for loan agreement forms in action The Class Nerd Semester 2 Episode 2 - To Automate or Not to Automate - discussion of DEVONthink Music Ed Tech Talk Season 2 Episode 11 - Automation and Advanced Workflows with Craig McClellan Music Ed Tech Talk Season 3 Episode 3 - Task App Showdown with Craig McClellan The Class Nerd Podcast App of the Week: Robby - DEVONthink Craig McClellan - Dark Noise Album of the Week: Robby - Fiona Apple: Fetch the Bolt Cutters Craig McClellan - Shawn McConnell: Live From Basement East Where to Find Us: Craig McClellan: Twitter | Website Robby Burns: Twitter | Blog Subscribe to Music Ed Tech Talk: Apple Podcasts | Overcast | Castro | Spotify | RSS

Friend and colleague, Lori Schwartz Reichl, joins the show to talk about student and teacher engagement, the up-sides of teaching private lessons remotely, broadening her teaching career beyond the classroom, the Institute for Composer Diversity, and much more! Show Notes: -Lori's website - Making Key Changes -Zoom - Recording both sides of the conversation as two separate audio tracks -Peloton -Peloton App -Joanna Stern - Laptop webcam showdown -https://makingkeychanges.com/reflection -Lori's YouTube Page -Mirror Mirror on the Wall. . . Am I Providing Opportunities Reflecting All? | NAfME Blog | by Lori Schwartz Reichl -A Personal and Professional Pivot - Make it Simple, Not Stressful | NAfME Blog | by Lori Schwartz Reichl -Andrew Hitz -Music Ed Tech Talk - #4 - The Most Validating Day of my Life, with Andrew Hitz -Institute for Composer Diversity -Regional Repertory Wind Ensemble -Tyler Grant - NAfME's Music in a Minute Blog, Lori's Appearances An opportunity from Lori: "I'm thrilled to join our co-founders of Women Banding Together" (Virginia Allen, Laura Johnson, and Jenny L. Neff) as we host our inaugural panel discussion: "Transitioning with Resilience" - on Monday, May 18 at 3:00 pm ET via Zoom. RSVP for Zoom details at here. App of the Week: Robby - LumaFusion Lori - Acapella Album of the Week: Robby - Nate Smith: Light and Shadows Lori Reichl - "One Voice": A Holiday Presentation by The United States Army Field Band Where to Find Us: Lori Reichl: YouTube | Website Robby Burns: Twitter | Blog Subscribe to Music Ed Tech Talk: Apple Podcasts | Overcast | Castro | Spotify | RSS

Chris and Paul, co-hosts of the Music Education & Technology Podcast, rejoin the show to talk about how we are doing for distance learning, StaffPad for iPadOS, and other recent news in music technology education. Show Notes: dear music teachers… please stop asking how to create a virtual choir video | Midnight Music Virtualchoir.net - Keep singing, keep sharing. Start your virtual ensemble. Noteflight MusicFirst Flat.io smartmusic PracticeFirst Cubasis 3 Music Ed Tech Talk | #6 - Paperless iPad Workflows for Teaching Music, with David MacDonald New iPad Magic Keyboard forScore iPad Apps You Love, Now on Mac GoodNotes 5 SwiftUI FileMaker Pro StaffPad for iPadOS Notion Komp Symphony Pro Ferrite Recording Studio StaffPad Reader Music Notation on iPad and Musicals | iPad and Technology in Music Ed First Impressions of StaffPad for iPadOS | Robby Burns StaffPad Comes to iPadOS (Reflections on App Store Pricing and Touch Screen Operating Systems) | Robby Burns A Revolution and Turning of the Tide - Music Creation is Changing for the Better with StaffPad for iOS! | iPad and Technology in Music Ed Working with StaffPad | Technology in Music Education Dorico Planning Center Reason ReWire Pro Tools Cloud Collaboration unrealBook My Very Straightforward and Very Successful Setup for Teaching Virtual Private Lessons | Robby Burns PDF Expert PencilKit MindNode Kendrick Lamar: To Pimp a Butterfly Louis Cole Knower Childish Gambino The Jive Aces on Britains Got Talent Animal Crossing iCab Mobile - iPad web browsers that can download YouTube videos App of the Week: Robby - Slack Paul - Cubasis 3 Chris - LumaFusion Album of the Week: Robby - It Is What It Is | Thundercat Paul - You and I | Wycliffe Gordon and Marty Erickson Chris - Bring Me Sunshine | The Jive Aces Yesterday | Billie Eilish Where to Find Us: Paul Shimmons: Twitter | Website Chris Russell: Twitter | Website Robby Burns: Twitter| Blog Subscribe to Music Ed Tech Talk: Apple Podcasts| Overcast| Castro| Spotify| RSS

David MacDonald, composer and professor at Wichita State University, joins the show to talk about paperless iPad workflows, student collaboration over the cloud, the state of notation apps on the iPad, and some of our favorite macOS and iOS productivity apps. More topics include: -Collaborating on student composition projects over the cloud using iPads, Dropbox, PDF Expert, and GoodNotes -AirPlaying the iPad to Zoom conference calls -Using the iPad as a digital whiteboard using GoodNotes -Behavior management -Writing apps -Why Markdown is useful -Using GoodNotes Dropbox backups as a student collaboration feature -Strengths of iCloud Drive, Dropbox, Google Drive -Using third party cloud providers in the iOS Files app -All of the various ways PDF Expert can work with files -Annotating documents on iPad -Searchable handwritten text in GoodNotes -Converting iMessage stickers into stamps in PDF Expert to teach the proper resolution of the tendency tones in the Neapolitan sixth chord -The state of notation apps on iPad -Our dreams for future Apple hardware -Our picks for app and album of the week Show Notes: -Blackboard -David MacDonald / Composer -Scoring Notes: Paperless composition lessons with iPad Pro and Apple Pencil | David MacDonald -Apple to Launch Several Macs With Arm-Based Processors in 2021, USB4 Support Coming to Macs in 2022 -Dropbox -PDF Expert -GoodNotes 5 -Hazel - Automatic file organization for your Mac -Zoom -Screenflow -OmniOutliner -Tonal Energy -forScore -Ulysses - The ultimate writing app for Mac, iPad, and iPhone -iA Writer - The benchmark of markdown writing apps -Squarespace - What I made my website in -How to use Smart Annotation in Pages -Marked 2 - Smarter tools for smarter writers -Midnight Music: 10 Productivity Apps to Help You Organize Your Lesson Plans | Robby Burns -iCloud Drive Folder Sharing -MindNode -Aminal Sticker Pack for iMessage -The Mandalorian Sticker Pack for iMessage -StaffPad -Scoring Notes: StaffPad wows with long-awaited iPad release and new free StaffPad Reader | David MacDonald -Sibelius -Dorico -iPad and Technology in Music Education Blog | Paul Shimmons -Technology in Music Education Blog | Chris Russell -StaffPad Reader -Notion -Komp -Symphony Pro -Cubasis for iPad -SwiftUI -Six Colors Blog -3.15.20 - Childish Gambino -Snarky Puppy - Family Dinner (Vol. 1) -Snarky Puppy - Family Dinner (Vol. 2) -Snarky Puppy feat. Becca Stevens & Väsen - I Asked -Jacob Collier - Theory Interview -Adam Neely YouTube Channel -Analyzing Demi Lovato's arrangement of the Star Spangled banner at the Super Bowl | Adam Neely -OmniFocus -OmniFocus Project Templates Using TaskPaper Syntax -Drafts App - Where text starts -2Do -Downie - Mac app for saving videos from the internet -Things - Award winning personal task manager that helps you achieve your goals App of the Week: Robby - OmniFocus - Powerful task management for busy professionals, SetApp - The frontier platform that packs 170 Mac apps into just one David - nkoda -Arguably the Netflix of sheet music Album of the Week: Robby - Wonderbloom by Becca Stevens David - Partita for 8 Voices by Caroline Shaw (2013 Pulitzer Prize Winner) Where to Find Us: David MacDonald: Twitter | Website Robby Burns: Twitter | Blog Subscribe to Music Ed Tech Talk: Apple Podcasts | Overcast | Castro | Spotify | RSS

Julianna Mateyko, Director of Support and Training for MusicFirst, joins the show to give me customer support. Other topics include: teaching music remote, quarantined lifestyles, Instacart, and cute life-simulator games as a form of escapism in the age of COVID. Also, our favorite albums and apps of the week. Show Notes: -MusicFirst -Jim Frankel - Director of MusicFirst -Animal Crossing -Sharing Apple Notes -Instacart -Doordash -Sign In With Apple -SAMR Model for Technology (Substitution, Augmentation, Modification, Redefinition) ... Julianna refers to this as the three levels of technology in the episode -Soundtrap -Noteflight -Barbara Freedman (Website) (Twitter) -Zoom -MusicFirst Customer Support Page -Google Chrome -MusicFirst iOS App -O-Generator for iOS -Soundtrap for iOS -Spotify -Musictheory.net -In Tune Monthly -type "yourdomainhere/support/userguide" to get to the user guides -type "yourdomainhere/support/tutorials" to view the video guides -Icon Factory App of the Week: Robby - Tot - An elegant, simple way to collect & edit text on your Mac, iPhone, and iPad Julianna - Stardew Valley Album of the Week: Robby - 3.15.20 by Childish Gambino Julianna - covers and more - A Spotify playlist of covers brought to you by Julianna Where to Find Us: Julianna Mateyko: Twitter | Website Robby Burns: Twitter | Blog Subscribe to Music Ed Tech Talk: Apple Podcasts | Overcast | Castro | Spotify | RSS