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ABCya

Ab Cya: Keyboarding Challenge: Learn the Keyboard

For Students 1st - 5th
Learn basic keyboarding with this interactive keyboard. The focus is on identifying letter positions on the keyboard. Responses are checked immediately.
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Music Theory

Music theory.net: Keyboard Trainer

For Students 9th - 10th
A fantastic resource for music teachers and students learning to play the piano. This online quiz can be customized to test students on specific keys. Students can click "Toggle helpers," to check answers along the way.
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Other

Typing Club: Learn Touch Typing

For Students 2nd - 8th Standards
Use this free, online typing program to improve typing speed and fluency. Does not require an account. A school portal is available for teachers to customize lesson plans.
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BBC

Bbc Bitesize: Dance Mat Typing

For Students 2nd - 8th Standards
The BBC helps you learn how to type or just improve on the typing skills you already have in this introduction to touch typing. There are 12 levels to master, then you can test your speed. Teaches correct finger placement.
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Music Theory

Music theory.net: Phrases and Cadences

For Students 9th - 10th
An explanation of phrases and cadences with illustrated examples. Also provides audio clips, and a printable chart at the end of the lesson. By MusicTheory.net.
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Music Theory

Music theory.net: Introduction to Chords

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough description of chords, roots, and triads. Provides illustrated examples as well as audio clips to supplement this lesson.(You may need to download Flash Player to view this site.)
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Music Theory

Music theory.com: Introduction to Chords

For Students 9th - 10th
A description of augmented and diminished triads/ chords. Provides illustrated examples with highlighted vocabulary words,a printable chart, and audio clips to supplement the lesson.
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Music Theory

Music theory.net: Generic Intervals

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough description of generic intervals with a printable chart at the end of the lesson. MusicTheory.net provides illustrated examples, and highlighted vocabulary terms. (You may need to download Flash Player to view this site.)
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Music Theory

Music theory.net: Diatonic Triads

For Students 9th - 10th
Descriptions of diatonic triads: major, natural minor, and harmonic minor. Provides animated illustrations, and a printable chart at the end of the lesson.
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Other

Keybr: Typing Practice

For Students 9th - 10th
Free online typing tutor will help you teach touch typing. Touch typing is typing without using the sense of sight to find the keys. A person possessing touch typing skills will know their location on the keyboard through muscle memory.
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Other

Online Mallet Lessons

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains numerous tips and suggestions dealing with many facets of playing the vibraphone and marimba. Although much of the information is jazz oriented, some is general enough that it could easily be applied to xylophone and...
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Music Theory

Music theory.net: Interval Trainer

For Students 9th - 10th
This online quiz is a fantastic tool to check your knowledge of intervals. Keeps score, and can be customized to fit specific lessons (augmented intervals, diminished intervals, double accidentals.)
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Other

Vic Firth: Educator's Resource Library

For Students 9th - 10th
This website is a cornucopia of resources for percussion instruction. There are videos, audiocasts, podcasts, interviews with talented percussionists. Please check out this website is you are interested in any aspect of percussion.
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Other

Piano Music Sight Reading Practice

For Students 9th - 10th
Actually this clever site drills pianists on note names and note placement on the keyboard. Kids can access this site at home for practice. Both treble and bass clef are used.
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Other

Piano Nanny: Piano on the Net

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides extensive piano lessons, utilizing helpful guides complete with audio. Detailed information on the computer configuration needed for this site is given, as well as a 12 note keyboard.
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Music Theory

Music theory.net: Steps and Accidentals

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides an explanation of half steps, whole steps, flats, and sharps. Illustrated examples accompany these definitions.
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Other

Dr. Brian Blood: Music Theory and History Online

For Students 9th - 10th
An exhaustive resource with everything concerning music theory. From ear training to music history, this site covers it all.
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Effective Interview Techniques

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The lesson plan will begin with a lecture on the importance of effective interview techniques. A technology-based project will be assigned for students to use the Internet to gather information and then create either a slideshow...
Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: "Dear Santa, It's Me!"

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this lesson learners will become familiar with a digital camera and will increase word processing and keyboarding skills by writing a friendly letter to Santa.

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