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A collection of in-depth courses, plus shorter workshops and webinar recordings covering a range of topics.
This is a great place to start if you’re a little nervous about tech and you’d like some ideas for weaving technology into your music classes in a meaningful way. In this course, you’ll become my student (!) and work through each of the projects yourself. Along the way you’ll discover some free tech tools and see how they can be used to teach or reinforce musical concepts.
In this course, you will discover easy ways to get started with technology in the music classroom. This gentle introduction will cover the things you always wanted to know but were too afraid to ask. We’ll look at simple ideas you can use straight away, how to incorporate technology without re-writing your curriculum and which software and hardware to choose when setting up a basic music technology “kit”.
There are lots of fantastic free, engaging music websites, but exactly how can you use them in a meaningful way with your students? This series of lessons will walk you through the features of each site (including some surprising features you might not have noticed before!) and demonstrate step-by-step lessons for each one.
If you’re new to using Chromebooks, or you’re not sure how you can incorporate them into your music classes, this course is a perfect place to start and will give you an overview of all the options.
MMC members: access the course here.
An online course for teachers who want to create amazing teaching materials for their classroom – fast. This course will show you how to use Canva (a fantastic, FREE online design tool) to make posters, worksheets, images, short videos, social media posts, clipart, gifs and more!
MMC members: access the course here.
Learn how to create effective tutorials, playalongs, end-of-year showcases and virtual ensemble videos (using free software). Video creation and editing skills are incredibly useful and this course will take you through 5 different projects, moving from simple to more complex. No prior knowledge is assumed! The projects covered in the course have been specifically designed for music teachers and their unique needs.
A series of adaptable lessons for students in approximately years 5-12.
MMC members: access the course here.
Learn all about the iPad version of GarageBand and how to use it with your students. This course includes a series of tutorial videos which show you how
In this course – created by Dr Barbara Freedman – students will learn how to make their own DJ Drop/Intro. A DJ Drop is a short piece of recorded audio that DJs and music producers create to promote themselves.
Delve into the exciting world of movie soundtracks and explore composing, recording and editing film music, whilst synching sound to visuals.
A tech integration activity using the Boom Snap Clap clapping game.
This unit of work is about making music with….ANYTHING. Students will learn how to record found sounds or utilise ready-made samples to compose their own music.
Students will demonstrate their knowledge of the 12 bar blues progression by creating their own version of the blues in a non-traditional blues style (dubstep, rap, funk, classical etc). The project incorporates listening, composing and arranging. They will identify the musical characteristics of their chosen style and use those to compose a bassline, drum part and other optional tracks around the blues progression.
A series of adaptable lessons for students in approximately years 5-12.
MMC members: access the course here.
If you’re new to using iPads, or you’re not sure how you can incorporate them into your music classes, this course is a perfect place to start and will give you an overview of all the options
Learn how to use Seesaw to capture and showcase student learning in the music classroom. An in-depth course made especially for music teachers which will take you through the basics of using Seesaw, show you how to create your own activities from scratch and demonstrate advanced features and techniques.
MMC members: access the course here.
There are lots of fantastic free, engaging music websites, but exactly how can you use them in a meaningful way with your students? This series of lessons will walk you through the features of each site (including some surprising features you might not have noticed before!) and demonstrate step-by-step lessons for each one.
MMC members: access the courses using the links above.
Please note that this is a recording of a live course that was run back in 2012 (!) using Sibelius version 7. Even though this course is an old one, there may still be some valuable content for Sibelius users, so we have kept it in the MMC library.
Basic Sibelius skills for beginners. Get started the RIGHT way!
In this course you’ll learn:
MMC members: access the course here.
Please note that this is a recording of a live course that was run back in 2013 (!) using Sibelius version 7. Even though this course is an old one, there may still be some valuable content for Sibelius users, so we have kept it in the MMC library.
Progress your Sibelius skills to the next level including tips for working efficiently, best note-entry methods, how to create your own manuscript templates, tips for working with instrumental parts, drum notation from scratch, playback tricks, how to set up your own shortcuts, time-saving plugins and how to format and layout your score and parts.
MMC members: access the course here.
Please note that this is a recording of a live course that was run back in 2013 (!) using Sibelius version 7. Even though this course is an old one, there may still be some valuable content for Sibelius users, so we have kept it in the MMC library.
Discover the tips and tricks that can make your arranging tasks quicker and easier using professional-standard notation application Sibelius including Arranging workflow, finding and importing MIDI files, MIDI file clean up techniques, how to handle piano and drum parts, importing scanned music into Sibelius, how to use Photoscore, how to fix errors, the Arrange feature, how to rearrange your score for different instrumentation, working with transposing instruments, how to create backing tracks and how to share your scores.
MMC members: access the course here.
Please note that this is a recording of a live course that was run back in 2013 (!) using Sibelius version 7. Even though this course is an old one, there may still be some valuable content for Sibelius users, so we have kept it in the MMC library.
The course will demonstrate adaptable Sibelius lessons that suit a wide range of student ages and levels of experience and covers the following:
Audacity is a fantastic free audio editing software application that works on both Macs and Windows computers. Learning some basic audio editing skills is a must for any teacher and once you’ve learnt them you’ll wonder how you ever lived without them!
Note: this course will be fully updated in mid 2023 for the latest version of Audacity
MMC members: access the course here.
Learn how to transform your paper sheet music into a digital format.
MMC members: access the course here.
A growing collection of digital assets created for MMC members that can be utilized in the creation of teaching materials.
A collection of short (and very short!), student-appropriate clips that are suitable for your film scoring and video game composition projects. All clips are public domain, Creative Commons-licensed or used with permission.
A collection of ready-made clipart images for you to use in your teaching materials. Editable Canva templates are also included for some resources.
Downloadable digital badge images (8 levels per badge) that you can use as achievement rewards for your students
A curated collection of public domain and Creative Commons licensed samples and stems you can use for remixing, found sound compositions, storytelling, or songwriting.
Downloadable and/or printable resources you can use with your students
All of our blog post handouts – available for members. Downloadable PDFs, blog post handouts, articles, notes and other resources.
MMC members: click here to access.
Personalized help from music tech experts right when you need it!
Music tech experts Katie Argyle and Amy Burns will answer all of your music tech questions – often with a quick walkthrough video. No question is too small or too “silly” and we love solving challenging problems!
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