TED8570Spring2013

This website was created by high school students for music students. It offers pages explaining music theory, history, instruments and other music related items. It even as games so students can test their new knowledge.

This site has a massive list of resources for music teachers. It includes professional organizations, language dictionaries, ear training and theory sites, and much more!

A generator to create a fake Facebook profile for a literary/historical figure or even a concept/theme. I would use this in a music classroom to let students create composer profiles. Then they can communicate with other composers as if they were that individual.

This is not the best site for music games, but it has a few. It also has multiple resources for teachers and composer information. It has printable worksheets, sheet music, and other activities.

This is the website for Oak Street Elementary School in Plattsburgh, NY. They offer a long list of links to Smartboard music activities.

I found this website through Internet4Classrooms. Classics for Kids is a great resource for the elementary music teacher. There are composer biographies, games, easy access to classical music and it is all very student and teacher friendly.

Classical music's great composers come to life through music and stories. This site has biographical information for composers and various music related games. It has interviews with professional musicians, opportunities to listen to music from each period, and a musical dictionary.

This is a professional organization for music teachers. The link here is for multicultural music lesson plans that are in line with the national standards for music education.

This site is designed to help teachers of the arts. It includes lesson plans, articles, and current trends in arts education.

This is a great tutorial series on how to pronounce various aspects of the English language, having this video pronounce the English alphabet. Her videos on youtube are very explanatory and she also offers a website (http://www.rachelsenglish.com/) with extra information. Perfect for ELL's wanting to perfect their pronounciation.

This site explains music theory in a tiered fashion. It starts with very simple concepts and builds from there. There are different areas for lessons, exercises for practicing what is learned, and other tools.

I really liked this website as a multicultural resource for students and teachers because they provided various types of information, materials for lesson plans, and gave contact/following information by the makers of the website. From quotes to articles this website is stocked with information. However since it is so abundant in resources, it seems a tad cluttered, so some sleuthing will have to be done in order to find the perfect resource you need.

Internet Safety 101 has extensive information about how the internet works. It also shows age-based guidlines for safety and what parents/teachers can do to keep kids safe.

This website offers detailed information regarding internet safety for kids. There is a list broken down by age group explaining the mindset of the child and how to work with it. This site could be a valuable resource for both teachers and parents.

This website has a ton of great information for teachers. There is a teaching tolerance program. There are also links for what they do, how to get involved, and getting informed. It has a lot of useful information for teachers who work in a diverse school.

These rules are aimed mostly at pre-teens. It is now very common, and generally safe, for teens and even older pre-teens to upload pictures and information about themselves on social networking sites, however caution is still necessary to make sure that posts, images and videos are appropriate.

This site is really cool and has a great resource database. This gives news about native peoples around the world and has many resources. I would use the language and linguistics area.

Free Internet Safety for Kids Tutorial - Practicing safety is a must with anyone who goes online, but with kids it is especially important. This tutorial will discuss the threats your kids may encounter while online and show you how protect them and talk to them about being safe and responsible. There are lessons, tutorials, and many interactive ideas for internet safety and children.

This is a website that has many children's songs translated into many languages. It would be fun to use during a multicultural music study. It also has english translations, so it could be useful to do the same song in several languages as well.

This site is a great resource for any music teacher that is wanting to connect percussion with culture. On this site there are links, resources and information about workshops. I personally went to a workshop a year ago and really learned a lot from it.

The website was last updated in May of 2006, however, I think other websites that are listed, are kept more current - for example The CIA World Factbook. This site has some language links, experience some culture, Hmong sites, and miscellaneous links.