When we talk about social networking, are we sending out the right signals? At the Thinkuknow training session in Perth this month I was struck by how much we tend to emphasis the dangers whilst barely acknowledging the benefits.
The Thinkuknow training session in Perth last night started by covering some of the same ground as […]

How many epiphanies are you allowed in a lifetime? Assuming that the answer is - as many as you’re prepared to let in - then, are they likely to have anything in common?
I’d say that the common factor in all those moments when I was struck by something so meaningful that it should really have […]

It was just a matter of time… the students have started really turning the tables on the teachers with the launch of a new blog dedicated to looking at education from a pupil’s point-of-view!
As some of you may know, I had the privilege of teaching Sean (The Bass Player) last year. Although not the most […]

As the working week ends at MGS, I found myself present at the Teach-Meet Roadshow featuring digital video, online publishing, digital photography, animation & podcasting. I sampled the podcasting workshop.
An interesting site which David flagged up was find sounds from where little snippets of music and sound can be downloaded to spice up your podcast. […]

A friend referred me to a very interesting site for guitar enthusiasts the other day called Chord Book It has many features, the most immediately useful of which for pupils is an online tuner.The beauty of this is that you can click R (for repeat) for each string and hear the note for as long […]

Roo’s been great at posting the audio and some visuals from last week’s panel session where I moderated on how organisations could and should harness the ‘Facebook generation’. He had quite possibly the best quote of the week: “World of Warcraft is the new golf”, courtesy of Joi Ito.

You can see and hear Roo’s excellent […]

Last year I flagged up a great resource for pupils and teachers of Music put together under the auspices of Learning & Teaching Scotland. At the time, I was struck by the A - Z Dictionary of concepts with audio samples. However, there is much more than I had realised on offer e.g. short essays […]

Passing the towering bookshelves at home it often strikes me that there is more reading matter there than I have hours left on Earth. The sands of time continue to flow while I visit websites and blogs. Why then do I compromise further by dallying with websites boasting massive archives? To paraphrase the ego-centric shampoo […]

The Argentinean newspaper Clarín has compiled an archive of guitar composers. Having selected a composer/player you"ll be led to a page where, in addition to audio samples, there are free downloads of high quality pdf scores (descargar partitura).

Cross-posted to Alan Coady’s Musical Blog
A little over a year ago I made a vow to try to learn Polish. Apart from the stated reason and the fact that it would be interesting, I hoped it might be helpful in school which, I’m pleased to say it has on one or two occasions. Unfortunately, I […]