Your MOC Board has been working on creating a list of tried and true on-line resources for you to access during this time of teaching music from home.
Stay tuned as we will continue to add to this page of resources!
***There are many lists of resources out there, and we are as overwhelmed by it all as you are.
This is what we have found helpful and inspiring and what we have used in our classrooms.
Carl Orff Canada
https://www.orffcanada.ca/lesson_ideas.html
Our national organization provides creative lesson plans and has written articles to help you with teaching music though distance learning.
American Orff-Schulwerk Association
Fun With Composers
Music Play Online
The Mr. S Orff Music Room
Just a Little More
http://www.cphmusic.net/
This website by Cherie Herring has lots ideas and she shares musical choice boards she has created for Seesaw.
Midnight Music
Katie Wardrobe has a wealth of resources for using music technology. There is a video of a live webinar offering tips for music teachers remotely, and a post
titled Dear Music Teachers: Please Stop Asking
How to Create a Virtual Choir Video which goes through all the steps you could use to do this, but also provides some simpler alternatives.
Organized Chaos
https://caldwellorganizedchaos.blogspot.com/200/03/in-music-room-during-covid-19.html
This blog has a couple of posts that can help us keep children actively engaged in music making.
In the post titled Distance Music Lesson Ideas: Singing there is some advice about using
live and pre-recorded videos, as well as no-tech ideas such as a singing choice board. You can also find a hand-washing dance and ideas to get kids moving.
Teaching With Orff
So many resources to be found here! Click on “Making it Work” Teaching With Technologyto find a wealth of additional useful links.
Explore the site further to find other handy tips, including Self Care for Quarantined
Music Teachers.
There is a video of a live webinar offering tips for music teachers remotely, and a post titled Dear Music Teachers: Please Stop Asking
How to Create a Virtual Choir Video which goes through all the steps you could use to do this, but also provides some simpler alternatives.
Carnegie Hall: Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra
https://listeningadventures.carnegiehall.org/
An interactive game based on Benjamin Britten’s classic piece where the main character Violet must find and rescue instruments which have gone missing to return them home
to the orchestra.
Chrome Music Lab
https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/
The Music Lab offers 13 different ways to engage your students in exploring and creating music. An inspired Orff teacher could find
multiple ways to use these tools as a springboard for virtual creativity.
Mrs. Miracle’s Music Room
https://www.mrsmiraclesmusicroom.com/
The latest blog post explores how to assess musical response, knowledge, and performance in a distance learning context.
It suggests a number of virtual platforms as well as providing examples of various assessment tools.
Sillyo Music
https://sillyomusic.com/2020/03/15/8-easy-music-ideas-to-send-home-when-school-iscancelled/?fbclid=IwAR3WxInlTHOutTn9lKaRhhcX7v4XmCzzGvX5FVXiAZYTN6VVvBHAJkCWfg
The March 15 post gives 8 suggestions on at-home music activities a teacher can suggest for students to complete independently or
with their family.
O Fortuna
https://ofortunaorff.blogspot.com/
The March 8 post gives a wealth of suggestions teachers can use for remote / online
music learning.
It includes docs, websites, videos platforms, and sample lesson plans.
Yellow Brick Road
http://frame.bloglovin.com/?post=7376548415&blog=19470203&frame_type=none
Here you will find some ways you can use YouTube to keep the kiddos going, and many, many links to other terrific sources for active online music learning.
https://profsdemusiquecspo.wixsite.com/karate
This website has recorder Karate in French.
http://www.les2rives.net/karaokes.html
These are French karaoke videos of songs for all levels of elementary school.
Safe You Tube
This website lets you share YouTube videos on their own and lets you control what section of the video plays. Unlike other websites with this function, you do not need to login to create videos and so there is no limit to the number of videos you can share.
Make Moments Matter
https://makemomentsmatter.org/
This website has a wide-array of valuable music-ed resources by David Row.
https://www.wristband.com/content/piano-wrist-arm-positioning-playing/
Thanks Kara & Kacie for suggesting this website for piano students at home!
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