Description

This practical guide for music educators collects tried-and-true strategies for effectively using iPads, smartphones, and different apps in music classrooms from kindergarten through college to support students’ creative engagement with music and help them realize their musical potential.

CONTENTS

Acknowledgments
Preface
Section I: Laying the Groundwork for Promise and Possibilities
Chapter 1: Mobile Technology: The Promise and Possibilities for Creative Music Making
Gena R. Greher and Suzanne L. Burton
Chapter 2: Digital Music Play in Early Childhood
Suzanne L. Burton
Chapter 3: Living at the Intersection of Tablets, Music, and Disability
Alice Hammel and Jesse Rathgeber
Chapter 4: Choosing Engaging Tools for The Music Classroom
James Thomas Frankel
Chapter 5: The App Scavenger Hunt: Helping Future Music Educators Embrace Change
Gena R. Greher and Savannah H. Marshall
Chapter 6: With App Attention: Creative Music Making
Michele Kaschub and Janice Smith
Section II: Transforming Teaching and Learning through Mobile Technology
Chapter 7: The iPad as a Musical Instrument!
David A. Williams
Chapter 8: Taking the Digital Plunge: A Teacher’s Journey into Going Mobile
Joseph Janack
Chapter 9: Musical Creativity, Mobile Technology, and Middle School
Rue Lee-Holmes
Chapter 10: iAssess: Using the iPad for Student Self-Assessment in a K-5 Music
Composition Curriculum
Elissa Johnson-Green
Chapter 11: Advocating for Mobile Technology: Getting to Yes
Dominic Pisano
Postscript: Our Collective Thoughts on Creative Music Making Post Covid-19