For teachers the best “New Year’s Resolutions” shouldn’t start on January 1st, rather they should start at the beginning of every school-year.   There are many AWESOME things that music educators are doing online that will reinvigorate …

Prof. V. Keith Mason from Belmont University and I have officially agreed to team-up and do this year’s podcasts at MusicTechForMe.Com.   I am very excited for the opportunity to work with him and for our new podcast format.   Keith …

Dr. Jim Frankel and myself will be presenting a Webinar highlighting the MusicPLN.org and the power of niche Social Websites like it.   The Webinar will be take place online via Soundtree on Thursday the 2nd …

I recently was asked to become an affiliate member of the the Support Music Coalition.   I had my first teleconference call last Thursday (I tweeted some of this under the hashtag #SmusC).   The work that the …

The following curriculum example is a suggestion for Instrumental Concert Band Directors to study for use with their own programs.   There has been a lot of discussion recently on the MusicPLN.org about the inclusion of …

Many music educators will, no doubt, be put in the position of finding a guest conductor to work with their instrumental or choral programs at some point.  These types of “guest conductor” programs typically include: …

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Monday’s Music Quote: Oliver Herford ~ “The Irish gave the bagpipes to the Scots as a joke, but the Scots haven’t got the joke yet.”

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Monday’s Music Quote: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ~ “Music is the universal language of mankind.”

MusTech.Net provides you with the most interesting news to follow and wake-up to on Monday Mornings. So, sit back, grab …

I recently posted a large article over at the MusicPLN.org (MPLN) about the state of the site.  I am very excited to say that, by ALL accounts, the site has been a smashing success.  Not …

It’s official -the MusicPLN.org site launches today!   It has been a long road getting ready and I am very excited that this day has arrived.   If you’ve missed the tremendous excitement and anticipation about this …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
 Music Education Professional Learning Network Opens to Public
Grove City, PA – July18, 2010  — The Music Education Professional Learning Network (MPLN) opens to the public, at12:00 pm EDT, on July 19, 2010.  
The MPLN …

Ladies and gentlemen, I’m pleased to announce a Formal opening date for the Music Education Professional Learning Network.  After a couple of delays, I believe we are, indeed, on track to publicly open a week …

With this post on MusTech.Net I declare the MUSICPLN.ORG site to be officialy in BETA!   Let’s hope it’s a smooth ride!  Yes, there are some minor bugs and things to iron out, but it’s good… …

We’ll, I finally made it to D.C. for a meeting about the future of music education and music technology with MENC/NAME tomorrow evening and to catch the tail end of the Monday events.    There have …

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    Some good news and some bad news… The good news is that the MusicPLN infrastructure is getting better every day.   We are using the BuddyPress engine for the Blog and they are scheduled …

Wow, my head is spinning with trying to get all of this together and be just “perfect”… but as musician’s we know “perfect” is the enemy of “excellence”…  Things are coming along very well and if …

Well, I’m excited to say that we are NO LONGER accepting anymore BETA INVITE REQUESTS for the MUSICPLN.org BETA stage of  the site.  Truthfully, responses came in so fast we met our limit a few days ago… …

I’m excited to bring public, for the first time, the list of the Launch Team Directing Members for the upcoming Music PLN Website ( http://musicpln.org).   Literally, the folks that have agreed to be part of …

It’s out of the Bag…  I’ve been working on it for months.  The Music Education Professional Learning Network (PLN) is officially in ALPHA state.  I’m hoping that this will be the next big thing in bringing …

On June 7th at 7PM EDT/ 11PM GMT, I hope you will join me for a free Webinar discussing the importance of the emerging concepts of Personal Learning Networks (PLNs) as they relate to educators, specifically …