A blog on digital game-based learning and gamification in music education.

Designed to give music educators an online tool for easy access to forums, discussion boards, advice, teaching strategies, teaching stories, advocacy tips, pertinent articles, rehearsal advice, and anything else that has to do with the field of Music Education!

In this guide for new teachers, learn about different types of assessment and how they can be used to provide feedback to learners and inform instruction.

ArtScan, a project of the Arts Education Partnership, is a searchable clearinghouse of the latest state policies supporting education in and through the arts from all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

This is the website for the University of Florida Online Master of Music in Music Education program.

This is the home of Technological Pedagogical and Content Knowledge (TPACK) on the web. Here you can learn about TPACK, explore the TPACK bibliography, access back issues and subscribe to the TPACK newsletter, and locate other resources related to TPACK.

The website for Google's educational programs, tools, and tutorials.

A sortable library of lesson plans that are free to download and use

Hints and tips for using Google Sites in the classroom.

Simple online theory lessons and exercises presented as short videos. This is much like Kahn Academy for music.

The Internet Archive is a 501(c)(3) non-profit that was founded to build an Internet library. Its purposes include offering permanent access for researchers, historians, scholars, people with disabilities, and the general public to historical collections that exist in digital format. Founded in 1996 and located in San Francisco, the Archive has been receiving data donations from Alexa Internet and others. In late 1999, the organization started to grow to include more well-rounded collections. Now the Internet Archive includes texts, audio, moving images, and software as well as archived web...

Below you can find a list of 175 free online courses (MOOCs) offered by leading universities. Most of these free courses offer “certificates” or “statements of completion.” (See the key below to understand the credentials offered by each course.) Courses are arranged by start date, while evergreen courses, which can begin whenever you wish, are found at the bottom. Also don’t miss our separate collection, 540 Free Online Courses from Top Universities.

The College Board believes that the arts expand student potential by encouraging creativity, innovation and critical thinking skills, and that a comprehensive arts education is an effective tool for developing the whole child, keeping students in school, and promoting high achievement.

At Backpack TV, you can quickly find education videos to help you with math, science, and other academic subjects. Of course, success in school starts with paying attention in class and working hard outside of class, but when you need extra help, turn to backpack.tv. Spend less time looking and more time learning.

Welcome to the Apps User Group website. Our purpose is to connect and assist schools in the use of Google Apps for Education. The site contains resources for implementing and using Google Apps, news from the Google blogs, links to schools that use Google Apps, a discussion forum, and more. All uses are encouraged to share resources, ideas, questions, and comments.

An online educational video sharing site. There's also an iPad app to create your own videos.

he Marshmallow Challenge is a remarkably fun and instructive design exercise that encourages teams to experience simple but profound lessons in collaboration, innovation and creativity.

The Design Thinking Toolkit for Educators contains the process and methods of design, adapted specifically for the context of education.

ArtsEdSearch.org is the nation’s one-stop shop for research, policy, and advocacy information on arts learning—a dynamic resource that will capture the growing body of research evidence about the benefits of arts learning both in and out of school. Includes 200 + high quality studies.

A wiki with numerous resources related to copyright and fair use.

Information from the 50 U.S. states in one place, giving music educators access to vital information and best practices from across the country. The website includes information on music standards, teacher evaluation policies, and contacts for all state departments of education and music educator association organizations. Visitors can provide updates and participate in state-level discussion forums.

Academic Room is a social enterprise that facilitates multidisciplinary engagements among scholars and researchers around the world. Our mission is to democratize access to scholarly resources, which are organized in over 10,000 academic sub-disciplines. We share the conviction that easy and unimpeded access to quality educational resources should be a right and not a privilege. Our platform allows academics, researchers and students to create highly specialized portals for their subfields. These portals can be enriched with professional directories, scholar profiles, video lectures...

The MayDay Group is an international community of scholars and practitioners with a two-fold purpose: [a] to apply critical theory and critical thinking to the purposes and practices of music education, and [b] to affirm the central importance of musical participation in human life and, thus, the value of music in the general education of all people.

Annenberg Learner uses media and telecommunications to advance excellent teaching in American schools. This mandate is carried out chiefly by the funding and broad distribution of educational video programs with coordinated Web and print materials for the professional development of K-12 teachers. It is part of The Annenberg Foundation and advances the Foundation's goal of encouraging the development of more effective ways to share ideas and knowledge.Annenberg Learner's multimedia resources help teachers increase their expertise in their fields and assist them in improving their teaching...

A directory of videos related to education, psychology, research, schools, leadership, and similar topics.

The Technology Integration Matrix (TIM) illustrates how teachers can use technology to enhance learning for K-12 students. The TIM incorporates five interdependent characteristics of meaningful learning environments: active, constructive, goal directed (i.e., reflective), authentic, and collaborative (Jonassen, Howland, Moore, & Marra, 2003). The TIM associates five levels of technology integration (i.e., entry, adoption, adaptation, infusion, and transformation) with each of the five characteristics of meaningful learning environments. Together, the five levels of technology integration and...

Publishes appropriate research, philosophy, and theoretical manuscripts dedicated to topics relating to technology education.

On this page, you will find a list of legally reusable media that you can use in your projects.

Edcamp is free (or very cheap), democratic, participant-driven professional development for teachers.

A directory of educational resources related to curriculum, technology, teaching, games, and other materials.