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Announced on November 18, 2019: Soundtrap for Education and FutureDJs Inspire Kids to Take DJ-ing and Music Production Beyond the Classroom. Austen Smart, CEO of FutureDJs, has shared some personal thoughts and inspiration on creativity. Read on… When recently asked, “What is one bit of advice would you give to students?” I decided to talk…
Originally posted by CEEAS – Center for Educational Excellence in Alternative Settings Friends, It’s with both immense joy and profound sadness that I write this newsletter and ask you to take a few minutes to listen to the playlist of the top five songs from this year’s music and youth advocacy initiative, Unsung. My happiness stems from the attention…
Written by Gillian Desmarais (re-posted from EdSurge) I live for the spine-tingling synth solo or the foot-tapping disco beat. Electronic music has not only motivated my music teaching, but also provided a reprieve from my everyday stresses. I see the same passion within my students when they share their favorite Imagine Dragons song or play…
A unique and exciting professional development opportunity is coming to Orlando, Florida next month. Join your fellow music educators for Amplify the Future of Music: Opening Doors for All Students, November 6-10, where we’ll all come together to lead the music education profession’s direction, engage with colleagues and inspire one another to guide music students…
Written by Monica Brady-Myerov* Podcasting is exploding! I used to work as an NPR reporter, and eight years ago the industry was wringing its hands fearing the death of radio. What we didn’t foresee was the rebirth of interest in audio in the form of podcasting. Recent research indicates that 51% of the US population has…
Soundtrap for Education has partnered with Make Music Matter on a unique collaboration with Sweden’s national school project Make Music Matter! and ABBA The Museum. The project will start this September and run until 2020. The application is open until September 20, 2019 and approximately 300 schools have registered so far. More information can be…
End-to-end Listening and Podcast Creation Tools for the Classroom are Easily Accessible to Teachers through Personalized Professional Development Soundtrap, a Spotify company, and Listenwise, a listening skills-building company, are partnering to combine Soundtrap’s easy-to-use audio and podcast creation platform with Listenwise’s audio news resources and step-by-step teaching pedagogy to give teachers the Professional Development tools…
As you return from a well-deserved vacation and start planning your 2019-20 school year, we want to take some time to remind you about our Soundtrap for Education platform and share with you a few of the exciting new classroom opportunities that continue to shape our comprehensive slate of offerings. It’s an exciting time –…
Submit Project Here Taylor Haun, Soundtrap Education Specialist, has broken down for you with some examples:
This guest post was written by John R. Sowash. Audio is a hot new way to learn and interact with information. Virtual assistants like Amazon Echo and Google Home and the rise of podcasting and audio books are easy indications that audio is on the rise as a method of communicating and learning. But how…