🎙Apps for Research and Remembering, with David MacDonald

Composer and teacher, David MacDonald, returns for a discussion about the apps we use for notes, research, writing, and clipping data to find later.

Show Notes:

App of the Week:
Robby – Stream Deck Mobile App
David MacDonald – Reincubate Camo & FiLMiC Pro

Album of the Week:
Robby – Owane | Yolo EP Vol. 1
David MacDonald – Scary Pockets YouTube channel

Where to Find Us:
Robby – Twitter | Blog | Book
David MacDonald – Twitter | Website

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🎙Music Ed Tech Talk Episode #29 – Develop Performance Skills with Cloud Software

Robby explains how he uses Noteflight, Soundtrap, and Flipgrid to create engaging, asynchronous, assignments for students in his performing ensembles.

Show Notes

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🎙 METT Episode #28 – Rehearse Your Ensembles Remotely

Robby explains the software, hardware, and teaching strategies he uses to run engaging and effective music rehearsals in a remote or hybrid environment.

This information was presented earlier this month at the Maryland Music Educators Association conference. The notes and links below are from the session notes of that presentation.

Learn More From Me About Technology

Website – robbyburns.com

Blog – Music Ed Tech Talk (musicedtechtalk.com)

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Abstract

Learn the strategies and technologies to run engaging synchronous rehearsals. Engage students visually and speed up your flow using Open Broadcasting Software. Pump the sound video/music/play-along tracks directly through Zoom or Google Meet for a lag-free experience. Explore play along with resources, student reflection with Google Docs, effective camera/mic practices, and have students working collaboratively in synchronous chamber ensembles with Soundtrap! Software discussed includes: Keynote, Google Slides, Loopback, Soundsource, Farrago, AnyTune, Soundtrap, Smartmusic!

🎙 Music Ed Tech Talk #27 – Catching Up With Shawna Longo, with Shawna Longo

Shawna Longo joins the show to talk about our hybrid teaching gear, social emotional learning, cloud-based music tools, and our favorite apps/albums/tech tips of the week.

Topics include:

COVID hybrid teaching strategies
Teaching hardware (on a cart!)
Teaching performance virtually
social emotional learning
music tools in the cloud
the Canvas mastery grade book

Show Notes:

Tech Tips of the Week:
Robby – Command+K (or Control+K) will create a hyperlink
Shawna – Mute All for Google Meet | Use AirPod mic as input in Google Meet

App of the Week:
Robby – TIDAL
Shawna – Scannable

Album of the Week:
Robby – Future Nostalgia – Dua Lipa
Shawna – Happiness Begins – The Jonas Brothers

Where to Find Us:
Robby – Twitter | Blog | Book
Shawna – Twitter | Website

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Rehearse Your Ensembles Remotely! – MMEA In Service, March 6 (5:45 pm) – Session Notes

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Follow me by clicking on the social links below. I will be streaming live on Twitch at 6:45 pm to take additional questions about the session and to show off more of my online teaching setup. Click here to visit my Twitch stream.

Learn More From Me About Technology

Website – robbyburns.com

Blog – Music Ed Tech Talk (musicedtechtalk.com)

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Brief Bio

Learn more here.

Robby Burns teaches band at Ellicott Mills Middle School, co-directs the HCPSS Middle School Honor Band, and teaches 20+ private percussion students. He’s presented at conferences all over the country on music and technology. Robby addresses these topics on his blog and podcast. As a percussionist, Robby has filled many roles in the DC-Metro Area, ranging theater, opera, funk, and cello-rock.