Authors: Suha Tamim and Clif Mims

Table of Contents

This module covers three aspects of music and technology. The first aspect is music on the web, the second aspect is the mix between music and technology in the classroom setting, and the third is copyright and illegal downloading.

Music and the Web

Music is available on several online sites for listening and downloading. Some of it is free and some is for a charge. Even more, some of it is legal and some is illegal.

• Downloading : A CBS news article: What will the music of the future sound like?

• Links to tens of thousands of legal music downloads: Discussion on legal music download, websites for free music and paid subscription services in addition to the copyright law.
• How to download free music: Tips on downloading free online music legally using different search engines.

• Music search engines that allow listening to favorite artists and songs.

• Jango
  

• Jango: a review

• Pandora
  • Pandora: a review
• SkreemR

• SkreemR: a review

• Songza
  • Songza: a review

Music Applications

There are tools that allow musicians and non-musicians to make music. One example is GarageBand.

• GarageBand 3: a music production tool.
• GarageBand 3: a manual on getting started.

Music and Learning

Music education has always been part of schools' curriculum. In music classes or in other classes, children are exposed to music. Studies have shown a positive effect of music on learning.

• Music and learning: Integrating music in the classroom.
• Music and learning: Can listening to music improve IQ and EQ?

Music Integration

With the advent of the Internet and the availability of software, teachers are finding creative ways to teach music or to integrate in school projects.

• Groovy Music: Software using technology to teach music.
• Carol Broos: It's music: A presentation on using technology to teach music.
• Carol Broos Class: A movie showing how students learn to use technology in learning music.
• Music techie teachers: A blog for music teachers that are techie.
• Music 2.0: Create, share an post comments: Resources and information on creating, sharing and posting music with the use of technology.
• Digital audio: Sites to find music for multimedia projects.
• Singing Science Records: A collection of songs on different science topics.
  
• Soundscapes: Illustrations of students' use of sound effects in their podcasts.
• Music around the world: An illustration of students use of music as a background in storytelling, using GarageBand in Social Studies class, plus a lesson plan.
  

Copyright and Illegal Downloading

• Why shouldn't you do it: Reasons why illegal downloading of music should be avoided.
• The law: What does the law say on illegal downloading?
• Parent's page: What every parent should know about illegal file sharing.
• Copyright confusion: Slide show on copyright and fair use.
• Young people, music and the Internet: A guide for parents and teachers about digital music.

Ongoing Conversation

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