Music Education & Technology Podcast

Music educators Chris Russell and Paul Shimmons catch up after another year away from the podcast, discussing the challenges of the past year and what education looks like in times of the pandemic, as well as the tools they are using at this time to teach their students. For the brain break videos, look up … Continue reading "Episode 016: Another Year?"

Happy New Year and New Decade!  Paul and Chris visit at the Michigan Music Conference, at the end of the day and as a college reception begins at the event.  It has been a YEAR since the last podcast (to the day!) was published.  We’re still here…it’s just been busy.  This is a live recording, … Continue reading "Well, it has been a year…"

In this episode of the Music Education and Technology Podcast, Chris Russell and Paul Shimmons catch up on some of the happenings since they last issued a podcast episode in June. Thanks for listening to the podcast, and feel free to reach out to us at [email protected] The Music Education & Technology Podcast can be … Continue reading "Paul and Chris Visit in the New Year"

In this lengthy episode of the Music Education and Technology Podcast, Chris and Paul catch up about what has been going on in their classrooms since November, including discussions about Notion’s N-Tempo, Luddites, instruction with video, and more. In the second half of the podcast, Chris and Paul visit with Don Crafton, creator and owner … Continue reading "A Visit with Don Crafton from Sight Reading Factory"

In this episode, Chris and Paul visit with Dan Scott, an Orchestra teacher in Jenison, Michigan.  Dan works at (and has been a key cotributor) to a very large and successful orchestra program (and music program) in Southern Michigan.  Dan uses technology in his teaching, and has ben active in MASTA and has a masters … Continue reading "A Visit with Dan Scott, Orchestra Teacher in Jenison, Michigan"

In this episode, Paul and Chris interview Mark Shelton, author of “Give Me a Tablet,” which is available through Heritage Music Press at your local dealer.  The interview was recorded in October and is being posted late on November 4, 2017. As a side note, the podcast is no longer hosted by SoundCloud, but instead … Continue reading "Interview with Mark Shelton, author of “Give Me a Tablet”"

In this episode, Chris was teaching a session at the Wisconsin Center for Music Education, and had Paul Skype in to talk about some technology, including the use go SeeSaw and Google Classroom. Link to audio: https://archive.org/download/METPodcast/MET%20Podcast%20010.m4a

In this podcast, we visit with Eckart Burgwedel, the CEO of UberChord First Half Notes: Apple Pro Applications Bundle (Mac OS) for $199: https://www.apple.com/us-hed/shop/product/BMGE2Z/A/pro-apps-bundle-for-education LumaFusion (Referral Link for Paul, Referral Link for Chris) Chordette (Ukulele Educational Font) AirTurn PED Pro (New) PageFlip Dragonfly PageFlip lineup blog post by Matt Libera Soundtrap  iCab Mobile (Referral Link for … Continue reading "An Interview with Eckart Burgwedel from UberChord"

It has been a while since we have recorded a podcast, but in this podcast we are pleased to introduce David Zemsky, the developer who created Sheet Music Scanner (Referral Link from Paul, Referral Link from Chris), an inexpensive scanning app for iOS. First Half Notes: Handwriting Based Notation Apps Komp (Referral Link from Paul, Referral … Continue reading "An Interview with David Zemsky, Developer of Sheet Music Scanner"

In this episode, Paul and Chris, after seven years of communication have finally met in person and record an episode with each other in the same room!  Topics of the conversation include the 2017 Michigan Music Conference (particularly the Thursday Technology Pre-Conference), and news from NAMM including Komp, IK Multimedia products, and big changes to … Continue reading "Chris and Paul at the Michigan Music Conference"