1. Ten Interactive Websites to Utilize in the Elementary General Music Classroom (click for link)
This posting, from MusicTech.net, includes details about a of web-based resources. While the list covers a variety of areas, but there are a few that I found especially cool. One of them is YouTube/Safeshare, which allows teachers to view YouTube videos in class while omitting all advertisements and comments. Another interesting site is Skype in the Classroom, which helps interested music teachers and their classes around the globe make contact with one another. Noteflight is another one to point out, since we've made use of it during our class While the list was written for elementary general music classes, all of them would be suitable for use with students of any age.
2. Ornaments are notes (click for link)
This one may have limited use for teaching practice, unless you teach high school or have older private students, but it caught my attention on an intellectual level. It comes from the woodwind blog of Bret Pimentel. The author uses an excerpt from an etude that his saxophone and oboe students play to explain his larger point that ornaments include actual notes with real durations. They demand accuracy and consistency, expecting musicians to do more than just "wing it."
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