"From Albinoni to Animoto: Use of Web 2.0 in the Music Classroom and beyond " Web 2.0 technologies in the music classroom offer powerful and diverse options for learners to interact, create content, and assess the outcomes of the learning process. Blended learning environments which combine online as well as face-to-face instructional settings can provide more differentiated learning opportunities as well as rich options for assessment and performance. This workshop will introduce participants to a number web 2.0 technologies that can be used in music classrooms, ensembles or in the general promotion of your music department within the school and wider community. The tools to be covered over the two sessions include: Animoto, Aviary, Awesome Highlighter,Blank stave, CC Mixter, Classtoolsnet, Random name picker, Countdown timer, Online alarm clock, Bomb Timer, Diigo, Dropbox, Flickr, Fodey, Free Sheet Music Downloads, Grooveshark, Incredibox, Internet Archive, Inudge, Keepvid,Music Theory sites, MusicPLN.org - Professional Learning Network for Music Teachers, Muscore, Notefligh, P-Plate Piano, Prezi, Seaquence, Free SFX, Skype, Stavenotes, Survey Monkey, Tagxedo, TEDTalks, Twitter, Useful Music Technology Web pages, Virtual Instrument Museum, Voki, Wordle, Yarp,,YouTube, Zamzar. This presentation was given at MTEC2011: Music Technology in Education Conference 11 - 13 April 2011 MLC School, Sydney, NSW Australia

1. MTEC2011 : From Albinoni to Animoto Use of Web 2.0 in the Music Classroom and Beyond Web 2.0 technologies in the music classroom offer powerful and diverse options for learners to interact, create content, and assess the outcomes of the learning process. Blended learning environments which combine online as well as face-to-face instructional settings can provide more differentiated learning opportunities as well as rich options for assessment and performance. This workshop will introduce you to a number web 2.0 technologies and websites that can be used for your teaching, learning and promotion of your music program. Nicholas Cowall: Director of Music Marcellin College [email_address] TWITTER: @nicholascowall

2. Introducing web 2.0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayZQ1C7Olks&feature=related

3. “ These tools allow us to see the start of a radical evolution in education that will bring such dramatic changes that we’ll soon be at a point where we won’t be able to imagine education without them.” Steve Hargadon Educational-Networking- The Important Role-Web 2.0-Will Play in Education http://www.scribd.com/doc/24161189/Educational-Networking-The-Important-Role-Web-2-0-Will-Play-in-Education Introducing web 2.0

4. Animoto: http://animoto.com/ Follow these easy steps to create an animoto video once you have signed up to a free educator account ( http://animoto.com/education ): 1. Upload your pics/video - or you choose from their collection 2. Choose music or upload your own (check your copyrights!) 3. Select a "theme" 4. Create and title the video http://animoto.com/play/IDgk8EZcbtFYhSrRQEqfdg

12. Awesome Highlighter: http://www.awesomehighlighter.com/ Awesome Highlighter: an extremely convenient tool to highlight important parts of a webpage that is quite simple to use.

13. Blank Stave: http://www.blanksheetmusic.net/ CC Mixter: http://ccmixter.org/ Blank Stave : As the url suggests this is exactly what you will get there! CC Mixter: If you are looking for copyright free (Creative Commons ) music for a video, school project, game you’re developing, or a podcast this site offers some great options.

14. Classtools: http://www.classtools.net Random name picker: http://www.classtools.net/education-games-php/fruit_machine Is a fun way of choosing who is going to go first when it comes to solo performance. There are two options of generation: using a pokie-machine or old fashioned type writer. Countdown timer: http://www.classtools.net/education-games-php/timer Choose your music and activate the timer. Other similar sites include the Online Alarm Clock: http://kukuklok.com/ and Bomb Timer http://www.online-stopwatch.com/bomb-countdown/full-screen/

15. Diigo: http://www.diigo.com Diigo is a cloud based information management system that helps you organize relevant facts you find online. With Diigo you can keep track of those favourite websites and revisit them from any computer at any time. http://sites.google.com/site/team8project9440/ student learning with DIIGO http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlqfJsmjcOs&feature=related/

16. Dropbox: http://www.dropbox.com/ Video demo: http://www.dropbox.com/

17. Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/ A great Photo Sharing site. You can promote past events and achievements as well as sourcing copyright free pics for inclusion in your presentations (see advanced search for commons material) A great flickr site for music worksheets is: http://www.flickr.com/photos/45270673@N05/sets/72157622857780251/

18. Fodey: http://www.fodey.com/ A tool for posting notices or messages to students on blogs, websites, student online daily bulletins etc. You can create a newspaper clipping, animated ninja, a clapper board, animated wizard, talking: squirrels, flowers, tomatoes, cats and owls.

19. Free Sheet Music Downloads http://www1.cpdl.org/wiki/ http://imslp.org/wiki/ Both Petrucci Music Library and The Choral Public Domain Library aim to create a virtual library containing all royalty free music , as well as music from composers who are willing to share their work with the world without charge.

20. Grooveshark: http://listen.grooveshark.com/#/ Grooveshark is an online music search engine, music streaming service and music recommendation web software application, allowing users to search for, stream, and upload music free of charge that can be played immediately or added to a playlist. Not only does it have an extensive contemporary music play list but it’s classical and jazz lists are also quite good.

21. Incredibox: http://www.incredibox.fr/ Fun interactive Flash toy that lets you control a beat-box "band" or "a capella group."

22. Internet Archive : http://www.archive.org/ The Internet Archive which boasts a massive collection of material which spans video, text, web sites and audio. It is a useful place to find film footage for student film composition projects.

23. Inudge http://www.inudge.net/ Loop based creation tool well suited to junior levels or just for a bit of fun

24. Keepvid: http://keepvid.com/ Music Theory sites: http://www.musictheory.net http://classic.musictheory.net Keepvid is an easy way to convert youtube clips into files that you can post on your schools intranet. Especially useful for those schools who block youtube. Music Theory sites There are many sites out there to help your students with theory and aural skills. These are two of my favorites both designed by Ricci Adams http://www.musictheory.net and http://classic.musictheory.net the second link has a particularly useful trainer for beginner trumpet, trombone, tuba, euphonium and French horn students: http://classic.musictheory.net/86

25. MusicPLN.org - Professional Learning Network for Music Teachers: http://musicpln.org/ This site is my most useful port of call when it comes to PD, lesson plans, links and classroom inspiration. The site is a freely available public site that is designed specifically for Music Teachers and pre-service Music Teachers interested in continual professional development in their field of music education. While this site is free to use, all users must register for an account -for all non-logged users, clicking any of the links will take you back to this page. The mission of the MusicPLN is: “… to generate better, more accessible, information about music, education, and technology as well as encourage dialogs from Music Educators through freely-accessible social media outlets”

26. Muscore: http://musescore.org/ A free notation program for students http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mh6m2mbVHs&feature=player_embedded#at=21

27. Noteflight: http://www.noteflight.com/ Blogpost about Noteflight: http://mustech.net/2011/01/navigating-the-21st-century-notation-landscape-with-noteflight/ http://www.noteflight.com/info/video_overview

28. P-Plate Piano: http://www.pplatepiano.com.au/#have-a-look/ The Australian Music Examinations Board P Plate Program includes access to a website which provides a range of teaching resources including an online practice diary for beginner piano students and activities for students to reinforce their learning. There are videos demonstrating teaching techniques and tips for presenting the program to students. A forum is also available for teachers and parents to share ideas and experiences. A Hall of Fame showcasing student performances and an online student journal will also feature on this website.

29. Prezi: http://prezi.com/ Example of a prezi musical analysis done by one of my students: http://prezi.com/mf8kw6qfx806/the-lord-bless-you-and-keep-you/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxhqD0hNx4Q&feature=player_embedded

30. Seaquence: http://seaquence.org/ Free SFX: http://www.freesfx.co.uk/ Seaquence is an interesting sequencer, where you create musical "creatures". Great for junior music classes Free SFX is a UK-based site that invites users to upload their own sound effects, as well as download effects from their large library.

32. Skype: http://www.skype.com/ http://www.youtube.com/v/BhNa8xFUY4E

36. Stavenotes: http://www.staffnotes.net/ Survey Monkey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/ Another useful site for both printing blank staves and guitar tab. This is a tool that enables users to create their own Web-based surveys

37. Tagxedo: http://www.tagxedo.com/ A tool that turns your word clouds into various shapes.

38. TEDTalks: http://www.ted.com/ The TED website contains an incredible collection of inspiring lectures from a wide variety of speakers on a wide variety of subjects. Truly MUST SEE web content. Many of you may have seen Sir Ken Robinsons talk on the need for Creativity in Schools. There are also many inspiring contemporary and classical music performances to show your students. I would like to share a short excerpt from the conductor of the Boston Symphony Ben Zander on Music and Passion: http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/benjamin_zander_on_music_and_passion.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9LCwI5iErE

39. Twitter: http://twitter.com MYTH: Twitter is NOT a service to let you tell your friends what you’re eating for breakfast! “ Music educators and advocates everywhere are wisely taking advantage of the many opportunities to learn from and connect with each other through social media. Educational social media is not a new phenomenon, but rather something that has “newly” bloomed into an incredibly organized set of resources. Social media networks offer another way to deepen and share the impact of quality music programs on students everywhere.” Dr. Joseph Pisano (@pisanojm) and Andy Zweibel (@zweibz7)

41. Twitter: http://twitter.com/ Some important concepts/terms to know about Twitter that will help you navigate the site: Tweet: This is a Twitter update. You can send a Tweet by posting in the “What’s Happening?” box on your Twitter homepage, by text message (if you set up Mobile in your settings), or from an external application. Follow: Unlike Facebook, following on Twitter does not have to be confirmed by the person being followed. You can follow anyone with a Twitter account, without needing their approval. Tweets from anyone you follow will be displayed in chronological order on your homepage, with the most recent tweets appearing at the top. Mention: When you want to refer specifically to or about a Twitter user, you can include a mention in your tweet. To do this, simply put the @ sign before their username. For example: You can also view all mentions about you by clicking the “@ Username” link in the sidebar of your homepage.

42. Twitter: http://twitter.com/ Reply: This is a specific type of mention in which you are replying to an individual tweet by someone else. Retweet : If someone posts a tweet you feel is worth sharing with your followers, you can Retweet it! Profile : Your profile is located at http://twitter.com/yourusername. Your profile will only show tweets by you, and RT’s that you have published Direct Messages: These are private one-way messages from one user to another. Nobody else can see these messages. In order to DM someone, they must be following you, although you don’t necessarily have to be following them. Favorite: If you mark a tweet as a Favorite (hover over the Tweet and click on the star), it will be stored under the “Favorites” tab on the Twitter link. This can be great for Tweets containing links to articles you want to read eventually, or particularly inspiring tweets you want fast access to. Hashtag: A hashtag begins with a # sign, and helps categorize a Tweet for searching purposes. For example, many people post content on the #mtec2011 hashtag over the course of the week– this allows all the users to search for one common phrase (“#mtec2011”) and gather the information.

43. More info about joining twitter for music educators can be found at: http://musicedmajor.net/2010/07/26/get-started-musedchat/ And Soundtree webinar: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUoFagup9wk Twitter: http://twitter.com/

44. Useful Music Ed Websites: Virtual Instrument Museum: http://www.wesleyan.edu/vim/ Joseph Pisano http://mustech.net/ UK School music site http://www.musicatschool.co.uk/index.htm Soundtree http://www.soundtree.com/ James Frankel http://www.jamesfrankel.com/ Katie Wardrobe: http://midnightmusic.com.au / A blog for college students of Music Education: http://musicedmajor.net/ Heaps of Resources http://www.k-12music.org/ Virtual Instrument Museum: A great site hosted by Wesleyan University which has one of the largest and most diverse collections of world musical instruments in the world. A great site for studies in World Music

45. Voki: http://www.voki.com/ Wordle: http://www.wordle.net/ Voki is a free service that allows you to create personalized speaking avatars and use them in your blogs, profiles, and emails. Other uses are listed here: http://www.voki.com/voki_faq.php#4 Wordle is a word cloud generator that allows the user to input their own text, or import text from a website. The text that appears most often in the text will be selected and displayed in various sizes based on how often it occurs in the text.

46. Yarp: http://yarp.com/ Another survey tool that offers only two options YES or NO.

48. YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/ Information concerning setting up a YouTube account/channel and other examples of how YouTube can enhance your music program can be accessed in greater detail all over the www (eg. Tutorial by Melbourne Music Educator- Michael White: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruut3RbWpqs ) or from Rudolph and Frankel’s book: You Tube in Music Education . I strongly recommend you get your hands on this great resource.

49. MusicMarcellin channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/MusicMarcellin YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/

52. Liven up your music history classes with videos from “History for Music Lovers”: http://www.youtube.com/user/historyteachers#p/u/37/rZ3AFZXXX-k YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/

53. YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/ In B flat a collaborative composition using YouTube: http://www.inbflat.net/

54. Hiding YouTube comments: Tutorial from http://mustech.net Sites mentioned in the tutorial: Quietube YouTube Options for Google Chrome YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtxwooQZfKQ&feature=player_embedded

55. Zamzar: http://www.zamzar.com/ Zamzar is a handy File conversion tool for a wide variety of formats.

56. About Nicholas Cowall Nicholas Cowall is an experienced music educator, conductor, vocal coach, and vocalist. He has completed tertiary music study at Monash University, Melbourne University, the Moscow Conservatoire and the Victorian College of the Arts. Nicholas has conducted opera, orchestral and choral ensembles and is currently Director of Music at Marcellin College, the Vice president of the Association of Directors of Music in Independent Schools (Victoria), guest lecturer at the Monash University School of Music – Conservatorium and music director of the professional choral ensemble Melbourne Cappella. Nicholas has a keen interest in technology and how it can be applied to music pedagogy. This interest has taken him outside the music classroom and into the realm of writing and the implementation of netiquette, cyber-citizenship and e-learning policy in school environments. Contact: Nicholas Cowall Director of Music Marcellin College 160 Bulleen Rd Bulleen Victoria, Australia, 3105 Tel: +613 98511517 [email_address]