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- Essential Web Development for Music Educators:
- Covering
- Personal, Private Studio & School Web Site Needs
- by John Kuzmich, Jr.
- March 28, 2004
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- http://www.wayne.k12.in.us/fjhteach/music/page1.htm, March, 2001.
- http://www.sbomagazine.com/sbomag/jan02/webspot.html, January, 2002<=
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- http://www.bcbands.org, April, 2002
- http://www.dentonisd.org/dhs/finearts/band, June, 2001
- http://www.whsmusic.nvi.net, May, 2001
- http://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/schools/west/music/band.htm, December, 20=
01
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- Jeff Windsor:
webmaster. Spec=
ial
website for Mid-West Band & Orchestra Clinic presentation. Click here for school music websites:<=
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- Denton High School Band
- Denton High School Orchestra
- Ryan High School Orchestra
- McMath Middle School Band
- McMath Middle School Orchestra
- McMath Middle School Band Forum:&nb=
sp;
http://www.dentonisd.org/studentbb/index.php
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- Charms Music Office Assistant at:&n=
bsp;
http://www.charmsmusic.com with tutorial at: http://www.kuzmich.com/char=
ms1_tutorial.html
- Student records
- Library management
- Quickly assign uniforms
- Teacher-defined categories
- Easy entry of state forms
- Fee and form collection
- Custom reports
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- Parent information
- Fund raising accounting
- Inventory control including barcode scanning
- Quick access hub
- Band, choir or orchestra
- Upload student handbooks
- Group and individual e-mail
- Parent communication log
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- Charms Private Studio Manager at:&n=
bsp;
http://www.charmsstudio.com and tutorial at: http://www.kuzmich.com/char=
ms2_tutorial.html
- Keep student records
- Schedule lessons
- Payment and expense tracking
- Personal library management
- Order and assign music
- Online calendar
- Barcode scanning
- Contest management
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- Video streaming: http:=
//www.ntjazz.com/
& http://www.kuzmich.com/Reva/Butterfly.ram
- Audio streaming: http:=
//www.kuzmich.com/reva.html
- Calendar Events: Dento=
n,
Texas ISD
- Booster Information/Minutes:
http://www.bcbands.org/
- Grades 24/7: http://ww=
w.kuzmich.com/carmody/Grades.html
- Musical Scores for Instructional Purposes: http://www.bcbands.org/ and=
http://www.kuzmich.com/Compositions.html
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- PowerPoint slide shows: http://www.kuzmich.com/Australia_PowerPoints.html
- Instrumental Music Assessment:
http://www.wayne.k12.in.us/fjhteach/music/PDF/SOE%20Assignmen=
t%20Sheets%20Bk%201,2,3,.pdf
- Music Practice Cards: =
http://cougar.ccs.k12.in.us/~Music/
- Music Theory Assessment
- Band forum: http://www=
.dentoniwsd.org/studentbb/index.php
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- Crossword puzzles: gre=
at
follow up to teaching presentations.
- Crossword Puzzle Deluxe by Visions Technology in Education at: http://www.toolsforteacher=
s.com
- Calendars: easy to do.=
- Freeware on-line HTML application that makes small calendars that a=
re
easy to edit in HTML. http://www.markworld.com/makecalendar.html
- Creative Calendar 10 by Broderbun at: http://www.broderbund.com.=
Offers HTML and JPEG calen=
dars
that don’t use much server space &are powerful, plus 115,=
000
images & pro layouts!
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- MP3 file conversion with Pyro 2004.=
Absolutely necessary for wave file postings.
- Audio/Video streaming: Helix Producer and Helix Producer Plus. For professional level, Veg=
as 4.0
by Sony Pictures. Real=
ly
good for creating Realnet audio streaming files.
- Internet Copyright Considerations:&=
nbsp;
http://www.sbomagazine.com/sbomag/nov03/technology.html. Beware, copyright laws are =
in
effect along with on-line policing.
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- Band-In-A-Box by PG Music at:
http://www.pgmusic.com.
Post great accompaniments on-line for practice at home.
- Home Studio 2004 by Cakewalk and PowerTracks Pro by PG Music for
producing teaching accompaniments, including digital audio recording=
.
- Music notation products from freeware to professional levels: Sibelius, Finale products a=
nd
much more. Go to: http://www.sbomagazine.com/=
technology.html
for in-depth reviews in their April, 2004 issue covering freeware to
under $100.00 for entry level applications and far beyond.
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- Home Practice Online at http://astro.temple.edu/~swatson/. Site organized to supplement
elementary band with online practaice accompaniments.
- JazClass at http://www.jazclass.aust.com is devoted to laerning about
playing jazz and improvising.
Includes listening examples, accompaniments, etc.
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- Sam Reese’s web site at:
http://www-camil.music.uicu.edu/classes/358/projects/web_proj=
/adding_sound.html
that explains how to apply sounds to a web page and includes blues
accompaniments that allow players to visualize chord progressions and
improvise at the same time.
- http://www-camil.music.uiuc.edu/mitt gives examples of how music
teachers are using technology including MIDI in the classroom and
studio.
- http://www.atmi.music.org provides hands-on information written in a
very clear, usable manner for beginners and advanced practitioners w=
ho
are including music technology in the classroom.
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- ASCII editor and web browser
- Word processor and web browser
- GUI/Graphical Editor
- Dreamweaver by Macramedia: <=
/span>http://www.macromedia.com/dreamweaver
- Go-Live by Adobe: htt=
p://www.adobe.com/products/golive/newfeatures.html
- FrontPage by Microsoft: http://www.microsoft.com/frontpage
- Netscape Composer by Netscape:&nbs=
p;
http://home.netscape.net
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- Digital audio recording so every teacher can have their students pos=
ted
on their school web page
It is very simple the way I teach it Now you can reproduce
CD’s for your students and parents better yet, audio and video
stream the recordings on your school web site painlessly with nobody
doing it for you and at outrageous fees. See: http://www.kuzmich.com/hand=
outs/digital_magic.html,
http://www.superscopetechnologies.com/press/IAJEcolumn.htm and http://www.superscopete=
chnologies.com/products/PSD230/index.htm for details and products.=
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- Dedicated hardware: S=
uperscope
PSD 300
- Professional Software Applications: ACID Pro 4.0, Sound Forge, Sona=
r and
Vegas
- Entry-Level Software Applications:=
Home Studio, and PowerTracks Pro
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- Must first understand how to edit in HTML
- Most popular web programming language that works in Windows/Macinto=
sh
- Utilizes WYSIWYG programs like FrontPage and Dreamweaver.
- Make first web page “by hand” via HTML coding with ASCII
editor/word processor and browser as well as Netscape Composer
- Try a GUI web making product such as Dreamweaver, FrontPage and Go-L=
ive!
- In GUI, learn:
- Word processing features
- Text and graphic alignments
- Ordering: bullets and
numbering
- Tables as the formatting barometer for web page layout
- FTP file transfer programs - Where to host your web site such FTP fi=
le
transfer programs such as
WS_FTP LE at: h=
ttp://www.ipswitch.com
- Sources for host web pages for free:
- E-mail providers such as AOL, Earthlink, MSN, etc.
- Free sites: Geocities=
, Free
Web Hosting, Homestead,
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- Where to Begin as a Novice Web?
- Let’s Start with Basic HTML Programming Elements with:
- ASCII Editor or Word Processor
- Web browser or Netscape Composer
- Simple Text Formatting
- Fancy backgrounds
- Outlining and Organizing Text
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- HTML workshop outline of what you need to learn at: http://www.kuzmich.com/hand=
outs/HTML_outline.htm
l> which makes a great introduction for making web pages.
- Linking to other web sites and pages
- Posting photographs
- Tables: the Creative L=
ayout
Tool
- Post Calendars via Tables
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- 3,310,000+ on-line published HTML tutorials searched in Yahoo Search
Engine
- Bare Bones website at: http://werbach.com/barebones/
- Video Professor at: h=
ttp://www.videoprofessor.com/
- HTML Goodies at http://www.htmlgoodies.com
- 40 HTML tutorials and lessons at:&=
nbsp;
http://www.bfree.on.ca/HTML
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- Bad example: Clutter: =
http://jeffcoweb.jeffco.k12.co.us/middle/carmody/computers/index2.html
- Web Pages That Suck: =
http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/
- Better example: Cleaner with Frames: http://www.kuzmich.com/carm=
ody/Body_Frame.htm
- Best example with original artwork:=
http://www.kuzmich.com/carmody/Carmody_Opening.htm
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- Student Compositions: =
http://www.kuzmich.com/Compositions.html
and http://www.bcbands.org/
- Sibelius: http://www.s=
ibelius.com/cgi-bin/download/get.pl?com=3Dsh&prod=3Dscorch
- Finale 2004: http://ww=
w.finalemusic.com/viewer/
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- Automatic Accompaniment Generators:=
teaching was never so much fun with this software
application. See: http://www.kuzmich.com/band=
-in-a-box.html,
http://www.kuzmich.com/band-in-a-box2.html and http://www.kuzmich.co=
m/band-in-a-box3.html
And you can reco=
rd
students with a rhythm section and post them on the Internet as easy=
as
A, B, C.
- Dr. K on Bb Clarinet jamming for=
1.13
minutes on the Bb Shuffle Blues by Jamey Aebersold. It could take 2=
to
3 minutes for a 28.8 baud modem connection to read this MP3 audio f=
ile
(517k) in 22 kHz stereo fidelity. http://www.kuzmich.com/performanc=
es.html Note: this file is n=
ot
audio streamed.
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- Ear Training/Music Theory:
you can learn/teach music theory faster with software assista=
nce
including having students working at home and e-mailing their scores=
to
the teacher. Check: http://www.sbomagazine.com/=
sbomag/apr01/technology.html Note: there are several com=
panies
that sell their product to students at 1/3 of their retail prices:=
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- Musica Practica: http://www.ars-nova.com
- Essentials of Music Theory: http://www.alfred.com
- Auralia and Musition: http://www.risingsoftware.com
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- Musician’s Online Practice Planner by Molto Music at: <http=
://www.moltomusic.com/main.html>
- Carmel Junior High School in Indiana at: http://cougar.ccs.k12.in.us=
/~Music/
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- Band & Orchestra trips can be setup for remote design while on
school trips. For three
different approaches, go to the technology column in School Band &am=
p;
Orchestra magazine at: http://www.sbomagazine.com/sbomag/jun02/technology.html
- Diary approach
- Formula approach with Postnuke
- Step-by-step with home approach
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- Books: http://www.kuzm=
ich.com/handouts/Web_Bibliography.html
- Must learn HTML first to understand how to edit web pages and litera=
lly
debug HTML errors by hand. The article, Building Your Own Web Page,
offers three good but simple methods to learn the basics of HTML. He=
re
are some good entry books to peruse.
- Absolute Beginner's Guide to Creating Web Pages by Todd Stauffer,
published by Que. No prior web publishing experience necessary.
- Beginner's Handbook Developing Web Pages for School and Classroom by
Susan Hixson and Kathleen Schrock, published by Teacher Created
Materials. Teaches not only the basics of creating and posting a web
page, lbut also takes you through the process of evaluating sites as
well as planning developing content.
- Web Site Design Goodies by Joe Burns, published by Que. Offers free
tutorials on THML, scripting, and web design insight.
- Creating Web Pages for Dummies by Bud Smith & Arthur Bebak.
Published by IDG Books. Create web pages overnight without being an
HTML pro.
- Setting Up An Internet Site for Dummies by Jason Coombs & Ted
Coombs, published by IDG Books. Your first aid kit for creating your
own Internet site quickly and easily.
- Teach Yourself HTML 4 in 24 Hours by Dick Oliver, published by Sams.
Contains 24 proven one-hour lessons to make your own web site up and
running.
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- The second thing you need to do is to learn to design web pages with=
in
Netscape. Two excellent books to learn how to do this are as follows=
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- Build a Web Site In One Day with Netscape Composer by Diann Floyd
Boehm, published by Visions Technology in Education. Step-by-step
instructions on how to create a simple, yet interactive web site th=
at
teacher's can use to showcase their classroom and involve their
students and parents from ready made templates and clip art on the
accompanying CD.
- The Web Kit: How to Build Great Web Sites by Arnie Abrams & Jim
Rible, published by Visions Technology in Education. This interacti=
ve
CD-ROM guides students, teachers and administrators step-by-step
through the process from understanding web site technology and desi=
gn
to maintenance and adding bells and whistles with over 60 classroom
project templates and a complete tutorial or building an online
portfolio.
- Once you understand and graphical concepts in Netscape's Composer, =
you
are ready for the ultimate way to design and develop web pages via
graphical software applications.
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- The third way for making web pages is with GUI/Graphical Editors:
- Dreamweaver by Macromedia.
For 19 free on-line tutorials, go to http://www.kuzmich.com/=
mtna/Dreamweaver_Tutorials_Yahoo.html
- Go Live! by Adobe
- FrontPage 2003 by Microsoft
- Netscape Composer by Netscape
- Or if you are not techno for Dreamweaver, GoLive or FrontPage 2002, =
try
Macromedia's Contribute 2 that can be used by anyone to easily updat=
e,
add, and publish content to existing websites without knowing HTML.<=
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- Brand new Dreamweaver tutorial book.
- Learn Dreamweaver in a day by Arnie Abrams, published by Visions
Technologyh in Education.
- This book offers a clear and concise introduction to the features a=
nd
capbilities of the most commonly-used progrfam fro creating Web sit=
es.
- Covers Dreamweaver MX 2004 and MX versions for both Windows and
Macintosh.
- Includes CD-ROM
- Suitable for students in grade 7 and above and teachers and
administrators.
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- Building Your own Web Page: <=
/span>http://www.sbomagazine.com/sbomag/jan00/technology.html
- Building Exciting Web Pages: Part II: http://www.sbomagazine.com/=
sbomag/jun00/technology.html
- Why Is MP3 So Important For Music Educators: http://www.sbomagazine.com/=
sbomag/oct00/technology.html
- The Creative Aspects of Video Streaming: http://www.sbomagazine.com/=
sbomag/dec00/technology.html
- Making School Web Pages More User-Friendly: http://www.sbomagazine.com/=
sbomag/sep01/technology.html
- Remote Web Design: htt=
p://www.sbomagazine.com/sbomag/jun02/technology.html
- Guide to Graphic Editor Software Applications: http://www.sbomagazine.com/=
sbomag/jul03/technology.html
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- It can be done easily.
- It can be done on a minimum budget.
- It can change your relationship with your students, parents,
administration and community.
- It offers great public relations.
- Music must be included on your website.
- Sky is the limited with web development. See model resume at: http://www.kuzmich.com/reva=
.html
- E-mail at: jkuzmich@je=
ffco.k12.co.us
and good luck!!
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