2023 In Review
2023 was a year of reflecting on technology. Inside the Music Tech Teacher Podcast, teachers sought to answer questions like:
‘How can I understand technology’s role in my teaching better?’
‘How can I use tech to save time?’
‘How can I harness technology to promote my music program?’
‘How can I plan more engaging lessons with technology?’
In the Music Tech Teacher Podcast, together we learned all about creating our own teaching materials, clever ways to create animated videos and images, boost our programs in our community, quick tips to save precious time, clever apps for reading and understanding music and so much more!
Here is the 2023 year in review; a countdown of the most popular Music Tech Teacher Podcast episodes that helped teachers survive and thrive last year!
Countdown: The Top 9 Music Tech Teacher Podcast Episodes of 2023
In this episode of the Music Tech Teacher Podcast, I’ll be sharing 5 of the 10 rhythm reading apps that I shared in a recent live webinar. This one is a follow-up to the previous episode where I talked about 5 Note Naming Apps of 2023.
I know many of you are interested in plugging a keyboard into your laptop so that you can play notes into your music software, but you’re not sure….
- what to buy
- how you would connect the keyboard to the laptop if you had one
- whether it will work if all you have is a Chromebook
- which software it will work with
- and what to do if you’ve connected it but you can’t get it to work
In this episode, we’ll cover all of those areas and more.
Today I’ll be sharing note naming apps that you can use with your students. There are many note naming apps available and each has different features and functionality.
I’ve chosen 5 of the 10 apps that I shared in a recent live webinar which was called 10 Top Note Naming Apps of 2023 which is available to members of the Midnight Music Membership Community.
In this episode of the Music Tech Teacher Podcast, I’ll be sharing some tips for using the random spinner called Wheel of Names. At first glance, it’s a very simple free tech tool. You can easily add some names to a wheel and then spin it to randomly pick someone. What I love about Wheel of Names is the ability to think outside the box and use it for more than just a name selection tool.
In this episode I’ll cover two areas:
- How to set up and customize your wheel
- Music-education specific ideas and examples for using the wheel
In this episode, I share a collection of 10 links to tech tools, resources, and tech tips. They are a combination of things that I discovered recently, or I haven’t shared for a while, or that I haven’t shared at all on the podcast. I hope you find them useful!
In this episode of the Music Tech Teacher Podcast, you’ll learn how you can use technology to help advocate for your music program by boosting its visibility.
If you’ve ever wanted to learn some basic video editing skills, this episode will give you some tips and ideas for application in music education. I’ll run through 5 easy skills you can learn that will apply in any video editing software – including the free software Clipchamp which works for all devices.
For additional step-by-step training there is a webinar recording available inside the Midnight Music Membership Community (you can earn a PD certificate!).
In this episode of the Music Tech Teacher podcast, you’ll learn four easy ways to incorporate animation into your Canva designs.
Adding music notation to worksheets, documents and presentation files is a necessary skill for music teachers, but what are the options and which one is best?
In this episode, I’ll discuss a range of easy techniques for including notation in your teaching resources, plus share my best tips for making your notation look good.
Want more resources for music tech 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.
