The most frustrating part of class this morning was the way we started it out. The first fifteen minutes were spent with Professor Riley answering two students' specific questions, leaving the rest of the class to sit and wait for them to be done. I would much prefer individual questions to be asked at the end of class, so that everyone else can leave early if they want to.
Otherwise, it was neat to see the different websites that can be used for classroom purposes. My five favorites are below.
Piano Pedagogy Plus is a great way to teach kids about the different notes, key signatures, intervals, and scale degrees. Each of those has its own game for them to play. It's fun and will be instructive at the same time.
Whack-A-Note is all about learning what notes fall on the staff. Kids are asked to identify the right now by clicking on it as fast as they can! It's a fun and interactive activity that will teach them to read music faster.
Interactive Orchestra gives kids the opportunity to learn the ins and outs of an orchestra. Each section is labeled, and each time you click on a section, you learn specific information about it. There is even a comprehension quiz that they can take after they've looked everything over.
Incredibox is not particularly useful for the classroom, but it is so much fun! You assign a different part to each passing person, and that part cuts off when that person is out of view. Kids would have a lot of fun playing around with the different options!
Isle of Tune is another game simply for fun. You are presented with a picture of a blank space of land, to be filled with houses, roads, signs, etc. that you put down. Each object has a different music sound assigned to it. As a car passes each object, that sound is played. It teaches kids creativity and composition, and they have a blast doing it.
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