Digital Manners And Online Implications For Teachers And Students In A Web 2.0 World
March 16, 2010 – 12:55 am | Comments

Life is not so short but that there is always enough for courtesy –Emerson

It’s so easy to become publicly criticized when writing ones’ thoughts about proper conduct and education, whether simply in the schools or …

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Chicago Midwest Band Clinic -What Are You Waiting for? Start Planning Now For Midwest 2010!
December 17, 2009 – 6:33 pm | Comments
Chicago Midwest Band Clinic -What Are You Waiting for? Start Planning Now For Midwest 2010!

Hello from Chicago and the 2009 Midwest Clinic!  It’s cold up here but, as always, it’s been a great and FUN experience and one that I truly value! 
The Annual Midwest Clinic is more than fun …

Monday Morning Music Mix -Education News From All Over ~12-14-09
December 14, 2009 – 6:00 am | Comments
Monday Morning Music Mix -Education News From All Over ~12-14-09

Monday’s Music Quote, John Williams: “So much of what we do is ephemeral and quickly forgotten, even by ourselves, so it’s gratifying to have something you have done linger in people’s memories.”.

 
The Morning Music News …

Who Was Dominic The Donkey? -The REAL Inexactitude Behind The Christmas Donkey
December 13, 2009 – 8:13 pm | Comments
Who Was Dominic The Donkey? -The REAL Inexactitude Behind The Christmas Donkey

One of my friends posted a question on Facebook about Dominic, the Christmas Donkey, so I decided to see what I could discover about the etiology of our revered old friend… The truth is that …

Musician Style Justice- The Musician IS Mightier Than The Airline!
December 10, 2009 – 7:57 pm | Comments
Musician Style Justice- The Musician IS Mightier Than The Airline!

This story is unbelievable, yet sadly -totally “believable”.  A friend of mine sent me this story today and it details how United Airline Employees apparently destroyed Dave Carroll’s Taylor guitar and would not compensate him for …

Chad Criswell and MusicEdMagic.Com Giving Away Great Music Software Prizes
December 3, 2009 – 10:44 am | Comments
Chad Criswell and MusicEdMagic.Com Giving Away Great Music Software Prizes

This is a great time for Music Educators/Musicians to “get in” on some great music realted “freebies” …just in time for the holiday season!
As you know MusTech.Net has been giving away FREE iSchoolBand.Com subscriptions to k-12 …

Monday Morning Music Mix -Education News From All Over ~11-23-09
November 23, 2009 – 8:59 am | Comments
Monday Morning Music Mix -Education News From All Over ~11-23-09

Monday’s Music Quote, Johannes Brahms: “It is not hard to compose, but what is fabulously hard is to leave the superfluous notes under the table.”.
The Morning Music News Follows Directly, Standby:
Free iSchoolBand Accounts for K-12 …

Amazing YouTube Music Video Series #9 -The Talking And Speaking Piano
November 21, 2009 – 9:49 am | Comments
Amazing YouTube Music Video Series #9 -The Talking And Speaking Piano

Amazing YouTube Music Video Series #9: The Talking And Speaking Piano
Original YouTube Title:
Speaking Piano -Now with (somewhat decent) captions!
Original Date Posted on YouTube:
February 5, 2009
Original Poster’s Comments:
“A “speaking piano” reciting the Proclamation of the European …

Free iSchoolBand Accounts For K-12 Ensemble Directors -MusTech.Net And iSchoolband.com Team Up
November 17, 2009 – 5:29 pm | Comments
Free iSchoolBand Accounts For K-12 Ensemble Directors -MusTech.Net And iSchoolband.com Team Up

I have some exciting news for a limited number of ensemble directors.  iSchoolBand.Com has granted MusTech.Net a limited number of free 1 year subscriptions to their site for ensemble directors that are avid readers and supporters of …

Monday Morning Music Mix -Education News From All Over ~11-16-2009
November 16, 2009 – 5:00 am | Comments
Monday Morning Music Mix -Education News From All Over ~11-16-2009

 
Today’s Monday Morning Music Mix (grab your favorite heated beverage and “take five”):

Monday’s Music Quote, John Coltrane: “You can play a shoestring if you’re sincere”.
The Morning Music News Follows Directly, Standby:
6 Ways for Teachers to …

Dr. Pisano and the Tweet Weekly (Nov. 13):
November 6, 2009 – 7:29 pm | Comments
Dr. Pisano and the Tweet Weekly (Nov. 13):

The Weekly Twitter from Dr. Pisano:
Save $1500 and watch some pop stars at home… they’re only lip-syncing in concert…Australia outraged -rightfully so. http://bit.ly/2QDZX9
If you are a k-12 teacher that uses the magazine in-tune monthly frequently …

The Monday Morning Music Mix -Education News From All Over ~11-02-2009
November 2, 2009 – 10:24 am | Comments
The Monday Morning Music Mix -Education News From All Over ~11-02-2009

Today’s Monday Morning Music Mix (grab your favorite heated beverage and “take five”):
Monday’s Music Quote, Leo Tolstoy: “Music is the shorthand of emotion.”
The Morning Music News Follows Directly, Standby:
The Power of Music: An op-ed by …

The Monday Morning Music Mix -Education News From All Over ~10-26-2009
October 26, 2009 – 6:30 am | Comments
The Monday Morning Music Mix -Education News From All Over ~10-26-2009

Today’s Monday Morning Music Mix (grab your favorite heated beverage and “take five”):
Monday’s Music Quote, Gustav Mahler: “If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to …

Microsoft 7, The Upgrade Play by Play, Expanding Files Fix, And More
October 23, 2009 – 11:58 am | Comments
Microsoft 7, The Upgrade Play by Play, Expanding Files Fix, And More

I put myself through yet another Microsoft Upgrade Process as an “early adopter”  just so that I could understand better what everyone will be experiencing when they choose to upgrade their Microsoft Products (If possible, the …

Signs That You Might Want To Re-Think Being A Teacher Or Your Current Teaching Perspective(s)
October 21, 2009 – 3:09 pm | Comments
Signs That You Might Want To Re-Think Being A Teacher Or Your Current Teaching Perspective(s)

I’ve worked with many teachers.  I’ve been taught by many teachers pre-k through 12th grade, under-graduate, graduate, and throughout my doctoral education-related degree programs.   I work with students aspiring to be teachers, student-teachers,  cooperating teachers, …

The Monday Morning Music Mix -Education News From All Over ~10-19-09
October 19, 2009 – 6:00 am | Comments
The Monday Morning Music Mix -Education News From All Over ~10-19-09

Today’s Monday Morning Music Mix (grab your favorite heated beverage and “take five”):
Monday’s Music Quote, Leonard Bernstein: “This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever …

GoogleWave, Bad Teachers, And Broadcasting Live Music -Podcast Episode E-17
October 17, 2009 – 12:53 am | Comments
GoogleWave, Bad Teachers, And Broadcasting Live Music -Podcast Episode E-17

GoogleWave, Bad Teachers, & Broadcasting Live Music -MusTech.Net Episode E-17
Mustech.net podcasts are some of the very best on the web about music, education, and the technology subjects you are interested in!
Visit MUSicTECHnology.net today! and let us …

Google Wave Keyboard Shortcuts And Basic Terminology
October 13, 2009 – 8:37 pm | Comments
Google Wave Keyboard Shortcuts And Basic Terminology

I’ve been enjoying the BETA of Google Wave for about two days now -it really is a great program with a tremendous amount of potential for usein the educational arena.  As part of my own …

The Monday Morning Music Mix -Education News From All Over ~10-12-09
October 12, 2009 – 12:01 am | Comments
The Monday Morning Music Mix -Education News From All Over ~10-12-09

Today’s Monday Morning Music Mix (grab your favorite heated beverage and “take five”):
Monday’s Music Quote, Mozart: “To talk well and eloquently is a very great art, but that an equally great one is to know …

Amazing YouTube Music Video Series #8: Star Spangled Banner By A Quintet Of Very Young Girls
October 11, 2009 – 9:58 pm | Comments
Amazing YouTube Music Video Series #8: Star Spangled Banner By A Quintet Of Very Young Girls

Amazing YouTube Music Video Series #8: Star Spangled Banner By A Quintet Of Very Young Girls
Original YouTube Title:
The Cactus Cuties sing The National Anthem Original Video
Original Date Posted on YouTube:
February 2, 2008
Original Poster’s Comments:
“The much …

Music Educators Using Twitter- List Grows And Features Added
October 11, 2009 – 8:05 pm | Comments
Music Educators Using Twitter- List Grows And Features Added

I’ve updated the list of Music Educators using Twitter.  In today’s fast moving-and-information-overload society it is very difficult to know who is doing what, who is worth following for news, and where to find better …