Below you will find many of the links that I used in my presentation. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to call or email. E-mail Bill Baldwin at: bill_baldwin@bcsd.org
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Thank You for attending my presentation at NYSSMA's Winter Conference on December 2. I thank you for putting up with my very sub-par presentation. I was not feeling well, and not "clicking" on all cylinders - add to that the slow wireless, and it made for a less than stellar show. I hope that you were able to take at least an idea or two that you might find useful in your particular program. My heartfelt thanks to Paul Magin, Jeff Welch, and the Gates Chili High School French Horn Trio that took part in our "skype" session! Even though the sound quality of our skype connection was lacking - I hope you might consider skype to do a "virtual field trip". When using an ethernet connection, you will find the picture and sound quality much better. Thanks also to Fred Weingarten for his invitation to present. If you're interested, I'm going to add links to three things to this page sometime in December: 1) How to use Finale (or another music writing software tool) to open and change a midi file that you download from the internet. I sped through that section of my presentation (the oboes playing Mozart..) Check back, and I'll show you the specifics. 2) How to turn some of the files on my website into Smartmusic files! The one thing that Smartmusic is lacking (sometimes) is the lower level NYSSMA solos. I'll show you how to download a file from my solo pages... open it in finale, and turn it into your very own Smartmusic file. 3) The Amazing Slow Downer software. I skipped over this entirely due to the time - (trying to get through everything). Again, I'll post a new link showing you how I use this. It's a great (free) piece of software that I use a LOT! You may find it useful too! |
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Recording: Audacity (free) Great for quick recordings. Can also use it to multi-track. (Example of trumpet trio, one part on each track) |
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Digital Audio Workstations For higher quality recordings. Need an audio input for one or more microphones. USB or Firewire. Also need software to edit these files. |
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Building an address book Grouping addresses Using bcc When not to email |
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Webquests: http://www.teach-nology.com/ - Great Outline http://www.pampetty.com/countrymusic.htm http://www.wayland.k12.ma.us/loker/webquests/jimihendrix/index.html http://www.montana.edu/webquest/socialstudies/grades6to12/popiel/ http://www.erlanger.k12.ky.us/walker/Easton/a_webquest_about_jazz_music.htm http://www.starmail.adams12.org/~dave.cialone/S065A23C1 http://www.angelfire.com/oh5/stutter/WebSearch.html http://www.slideshare.net/guest84eb80/bach-webquest-201412/ http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/dailard/mozartconnect/index.htm http://www.itsco.org/webquest/class/elaine/Index.html http://www.nashua-plainfield.k12.ia.us/projects/chad/ |
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Useful Online Tools:
http://www.8notes.com/metronome |
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Music Theory Links
http://www.calpoly.edu/~lfose/mad/index.html http://www.sheetmusic1.com/ear.training.html http://www.dsmey.web.aplus.net New: Sight Reading Online! |
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Tune of the Week ! Tunes chosen by kids... arranged by me. Use Amazing Slow Downer in order to play along with original recording. Great for changing the speed of a CD or music file, & changing the pitch!
Would also be great tool for transcribing jazz solos, etc. The Amazing Slow-Downer by Roni Software !
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Midi Search Engines: http://www.manythings.org/midi/search.html http://www.classicalarchives.com http://www.google.com (title, .mid) I find a midi file of the tune that kids want, import into Finale, and voila... Tune of the Week. Also used for solo accompaniments, book material, etc |
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Smartmusic How it works, Creating files to use in Smartmusic
For more info - Smartmusic |
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Using technology in order to "liven up" a boring topic. Here's a Keynote presentation (similar to Powerpoint) on how to draw the circle of 4ths. |
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Jazz Band Resources Band in a Box Apps for iphone, etc. |
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Scanner Apps Smartscore demonstration - Chorus accompaniment. |
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Video 1) DVDs (concerts, etc.) 2) "FlipCam" Uses in the classroom include 1) Playing Quizzes, 2) Practice Assessment, 3) Rubric Creation, etc. 3) Video Rubrics, anyone?! Check out my "Not-Ready-For-Primetime" Rubrics.
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| For more information regarding other software that I use on a regular basis, here are some links:
FCE is great video software - I told you about using it to create "green screen" effect... Video conversion to .swf files. (Video2SWF) The software that I use to post student's grades on my website. It automatically creates web pages for each child, complete with a password. Hope you enjoyed the presentation. |
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