I am a person who needs sound around me while I work. At home the television or music is always on from dawn to dusk.  Maybe that is why I am a music teacher.  If you like to have music on while you work or surf on your computer, a good site is http://www.pandora.com/   This [...]

If you have been teaching for awhile, you probably have cassette tapes that are gathering dust.  They were once useful, but now are replaced by cds.  Last week I found out that I could turn these good tapes into great cds.  I used my computer.  It really was easy. First you need audacity download on [...]

Do you wish you could learn more, but just don’t have the time?  180 Technology tips  is a website that can help.  It send an email every school day September thru June with a 5 minute lesson.  These technology lessons are simple and practical. Some of the lessons are everyday knowledge to you and others [...]

I just wanted to write a note to encourage you to use United Streaming no matter what subject you teach.  I teach elementary music , but technology is alive and well within my classroom.  As an example, this week in 5th grade music we talked about  ripping , burning cds and the copyright laws.  I believe [...]

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