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Music Symbols Whiteboard Chart 1. This chart is an interactive chart that teaches children about musical notes. It is a hands on chart that the children can touch different musical notes and symbols and learn more about them. It also has interactive quizes that the children can do. You can also print out worksheets from the cds that come with the program that the children can do and turn in. This program is designed for a musical subject area and it is meant for children in grades K-5, but more so for the younger grades of elementary schooling. 2. I think this would fall into the tutorial and Drill and practice category. The children can go through different songs and notes to learn. they also do testing and can go over songs until they memorize them. 3. I would like to teach kindergarten or first grade. music has been proven to improve brain activity and growth. the children will be learning patterns with the notes and learning what the notes are at the same time. 4. The strengths of this program is that it is a strict musical program. a weakness is that not all of the children will be able to be interactive with it at the same time. they would have to take turns with hands on. 5.The program is about 12 dollars and it can be purchased on online educational programing sites. in particular daydreameducation.com

Pitch Whitboard Chart

1. This chart in also interactive just like the musical symbols chart. the only difference is that this chart deals with different pitches. It teaches the children about how pitches can be high and low and the scales. children can interact with the board and the board will be able to tell them what pitch is being sung. children can also match pitches for quizes. Again for elementary school, but mostly for the younger students. Musical subject. 2. Again this would fall into the Drill and practice and tutorial. 3. Students need to learn about the difference in pitches it helps with speaking as well as a music based curriclum. 4. Strengths are that it is very interactive for the children and they get to participate together. a weakness is that it is not a very in depth program, its very basic. 5. $12 at daydreameducation.com

Sibelius Auralia 3 Ear Training Software PC

1. This is an interactive tuition is for ear training. it takes students through graded exercises and gives feedback. you can play or sing answers back using the keyboard and microphone. it records student results so that the teacher can monitor their progress. it has exercises from beginning to advanced levels. you can select singing or playing if you are working on voice or instrument (piano). It is for elementary school but is geared more towards the later grades. 2. it is like an instructional game and drill and practice. student s are tested and they work through different types or activites or "games" that help them learn. then they get to practice and see how much they can improve. 3.In a musical class or in a classroom where music is involved in the curriculum it is important to be able to have a trained ear. ear training is an important part of music without a proper ear training you wouldnt be able to grow in your musical abilities. 4.the strengths are that it is a progressional program that slowly lets students move up as they are ready. a weakness is that the program is only for ear trainging and nothing else. 5.$140 at Americanmusical.com

Smack a note!

1. this software is to help the speed at which students recognize notes. they use the interactive games to quickly learn. it is for elementary school and is for all the grades levels in that school. 2. this is an instructional game program. games like the game for which the software is named, where you must quickly smack the right note to the note that is named, are what the program is composed of. 3. the software is for children of all the elementary school ages and it is meant for a musical classroom. it is a good way for a music teacher to test and see that her children are not just memorizing where notes in certain songs where and not really learning where notes really are. 4. a strength with this program is that it improves fast thinking and even motor skills. a weakness is that students can only use the software if you have enough computers for all of them. 5. $27 at interstatemusic.com

Holley, Let me take a wild guess and say that you want to teach music? These programs seem so awesome to me. I never knew they have such fun programs. I really liked the first one you did. That is so neat that you can touch the notes and learn more about them. I would love to be in your classroom learning music. Great job!! Karin Pruett