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Intro/Description

Today’s episode is a special one – because it includes music tech tips and recommendations from you – the listeners of the podcast!  Music teachers were invited to record a short video on a Flipgrid topic that I set up late last year.  There are around 19 tips altogether and if you were one of the teachers that recorded something, then thank you! 

I’m intending to make this a regular thing, so if you would like to share a tech tip or tool of your own (small or big!), then head over to this Flipgrid topic and record a short video.

General links and resources

• Here’s the Flipgrid topic where you can leave your own tip or tech tool (and you can also see all of the previous ones there too!). You’ll need to log in with a Microsoft or Google account
• Video Creation for Music Teachers online course information page
• Want to ask me a tech question? You can record your question on this Flipgrid Topic. I may play it in a future podcast episode 

Tips, links and resources mentioned

• Katie: the Youtube URL trick to remove ads and clean up the view of your video while it plays: add a hyphen into the Youtube video URL, between the “t” and the “u”
• Rebecca: how to make a GIF using Google Slides: you can learn how to do this in the Google Slides for Music Teachers webinar 
• Raquel: using Google slides for drag and drop activities. Learn how in the Google Slides for Music Teachers webinar   
• Melissa and Anne: using Canva to design teaching materials.  Sign up for a free Canva for Education account here.  If you’d like to learn more about using Canva, you might be interested in my Create Beautiful Teaching Resources with Canva course
• Suzanne: Chrome Music Lab and Bandlab For Education.  Related: 50 Lesson Ideas For The Chrome Music Lab
• Karen: the Epic reading app
• Julie: the Upbeat app 
• Amanda and Anne: Loom For Education.  If you’d like to learn how to use Loom to create effective tutorial videos and simple playalong videos for your students, take a look at the Video Creation for Music Teachers course
• Jen: the Chrome Capture Screenshots and Gifs Chrome extension
• Anna: Gimkit to gamify learning
• Giorgas: the Applied Harmony website 
• Becky: the Chrome Extension Tabcloud
• Heather: Flat for Docs and Slides add-on.  Learn more about adding notation into worksheets and presentation files in this free webinar
• Keith: the video quiz tool Edpuzzle
• Carole: mentioned how she has been using Seesaw. If you’d like free Seesaw training, take a look at this free webinar.  We also have an upcoming Seesaw for Music Teachers online course (mid-2021) and you can register your interest for that here.  Carole also mentioned digital badging and you can learn more about that in the free digital badging webinar
• Carole was also my guest on episode 48 of the Music Tech Teacher podcast 
• Mark: a big thank you from me for your kind comments Mark!

Looking for More Resources for Music Teachers?

Hello! I’m Katie Argyle – an Australian music technology trainer and consultant with a passion for helping music teachers through my business Midnight Music.

I’m a qualified teacher but no, I don’t currently teach in a school. I help teachers through my online professional development space – the Midnight Music Community – where there are tutorial videos, courses, links and downloadable resources.

I like to focus on easy ways to incorporate technology into what you are already doing in your music curriculum through a range of creative projects. I also run live workshops and have presented at countless conferences and other music education events.

If you want simple, effective ideas for using technology in music education, I would LOVE to help you inside the Midnight Music Community.

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