MusicPLN.org Spotlighted At SupportMusic.com And Highlighted On Webinar
September 3, 2010 – 7:21 pm | View Comments

I am pleased to announce that the MusicPLN.org was SPOTLIGHTED on the Support Music Site. You can see this in the graphic here (click it for a bigger picture!) and for a short time by …

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MusicTechForMe And I Team-up For This Year’s Podcasts -1st Is Live!
September 2, 2010 – 10:55 pm | View Comments
MusicTechForMe And I Team-up For This Year’s Podcasts -1st Is Live!

I am extremely excited to announce that Prof. V. Keith Mason and myself have partnered and will be jointly creating this school year’s podcasts!  The First is Live!
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“Welcome to episode #53 of Music Tech …

The New Team For MusicTechForMe Podcasts -Get Ready!
September 1, 2010 – 6:52 pm | View Comments
The New Team For MusicTechForMe Podcasts -Get Ready!

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 …

Support Music And The 1,000,000 Music Ed. Petition
August 29, 2010 – 10:24 pm | View Comments
Support Music And The 1,000,000 Music Ed. Petition

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 …

A Sample Curriculum For High School Instrumental Ensembles
August 28, 2010 – 1:39 am | View Comments
A Sample Curriculum For High School Instrumental Ensembles

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 …

Twitter Music Education Widget -Free
August 23, 2010 – 11:17 pm | View Comments
Twitter Music Education Widget -Free

Are you looking for a way to post the latest Music Education Tweets on your Webpage?  Well, look no further.  Simply copy this code into your Website, Webpage, or Widget (javascript must be supported).  The …

Monday Morning Music Mix ~ August, 23 2010
August 23, 2010 – 12:12 pm | View Comments
Monday Morning Music Mix ~ August, 23 2010

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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.”

MusTech.Net provides you with the most interesting news to follow …

Dr. Pisano’s Weekly Tweets posted
August 19, 2010 – 4:30 pm | View Comments

Just responded to: Boosters http://musicpln.org/wo4H1ad #
#musedchat Topic:What strategies work best for nurturing & extending Gifted & Talented students in our Music Education? 2night: 8P EDT #
#musedchat Mod: @andrewritenour Topic:What strategies work best for nurturing & …

Monday Morning Music Mix ~August 16, 2010
August 16, 2010 – 12:01 am | View Comments
Monday Morning Music Mix ~August 16, 2010

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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 …

Dr. Pisano’s Weekly Tweets posted
August 12, 2010 – 4:30 pm | View Comments

Music Educator's please join our Professional Learning Network! It's free at http://musicpln.org #musedchat #edchat #mpln #
Just announced a new Beta integration with the MusicPLN.org and goodreads -music book reviews for the #MPLN #musedchat #
Hey, …

The Definitive List Of BuddyPress Plugins (70 Listed)
August 9, 2010 – 4:22 pm | View Comments
The Definitive List Of BuddyPress Plugins (70 Listed)

I’ve been using BuddyPress for almost  five months now and I’ve been an active WordPress User for over 5 years.   I am very excited about the use of BuddyPress as an Educational Platform and …

Dr. Pisano’s Weekly Tweets posted
August 5, 2010 – 4:30 pm | View Comments

Updated MusicPLN.org to 1.03 -Forums now include Global Tags from All forums and Forum-Topic-Tags. Good stuff. #musiced #
Updated MusicPLN.org to 1.03 -Forums not include Global Tags from All forums and Forum-Topic-Tags. Good stuff. …

Dr. Pisano’s Weekly Tweets posted
July 29, 2010 – 4:30 pm | View Comments

Finishing up class for the morning and just got my invite to the new REALTIME Twitter streams with TweetDeck!!! I'll try over lunch! #
RT @Zweibz7: Did you see pisanojm's post on the status of the …

Dr. Pisano’s Weekly Tweets posted
July 22, 2010 – 4:30 pm | View Comments

Egads! ha.. can't type that without smirking… filling out my calendar for next two semesters! Completely Full!!! egads! … LOL! #
Ok.. New group… Have at it! #
Music Ed. River Project …

Dr. Pisano’s Weekly Tweets posted
July 15, 2010 – 4:30 pm | View Comments

RT @awillis2: TI:ME has posted grant info for music, jazz, composition, and online teaching: http://bit.ly/aHsot7 #musedchat #mpln #
Great Slide Show "Robo Cop Ran Dos". Screen Tech. in Famous Movies(iterminator 84' shows boot up …

MusicPLN.org To Go Live At 12:00 Noon (EDT) on Monday, July 19th.
July 12, 2010 – 7:56 pm | View Comments
MusicPLN.org To Go Live At 12:00 Noon (EDT) on Monday, July 19th.

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 …

Dr. Pisano’s Weekly Tweets posted
July 8, 2010 – 4:30 pm | View Comments

MidWest Clinic is getting fancy with their pop-up clinician blurbs… http://www.midwestclinic.org/clinicians/ #
great talks and ideas tonight with @zweibz7, @thomasjwest and @joshpalmer on the #mpln #
RT @thomasjwest: Anyone know of an online job board for …

Early Edition ~iPad App Review #5 -Incredible RSS Magazine Style Reader
July 5, 2010 – 4:32 pm | View Comments
Early Edition ~iPad App Review #5 -Incredible RSS Magazine Style Reader

Music iPad App Review #5: Early Edition
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Finally – your own personal, daily newspaper! The Early Edition takes all of the news sources that you enjoy and presents their …

MusicPLN Is Officially In BETA!
July 1, 2010 – 10:45 pm | View Comments
MusicPLN Is Officially In BETA!

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… …

Dr. Pisano’s Weekly Tweets posted
July 1, 2010 – 4:30 pm | View Comments

Night all, PLN BETA Codes to go out tomorrow mid-afternoon early evening! Get excited! #mpln #
Anyone else notice the Twitter Search RSS Feeds have been down for days? #
Here ye, Here ye! @advance_musiced …

I’ll Be At Music Education Week 2010 Tomorrow Afternoon.
June 28, 2010 – 12:46 am | View Comments
I’ll Be At Music Education Week 2010 Tomorrow Afternoon.

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 …