The Music Tools/Apps category provides teachers with the opportunity to create dynamic, up-to-date, and innovative lessons, fostering motivation and engagement while making learning a truly enjoyable experience. Through these apps, students not only learn in a fun way but also gain insights into their fellow classmates' cultural backgrounds through interactive and entertaining games.
As students explore the diverse cultural elements within these apps, they develop a deeper understanding and appreciation for each other's heritage. This shared experience helps create a strong bond among students and cultivates an inclusive environment where everyone feels valued and included. Embracing the richness of different cultural backgrounds, the classroom becomes a vibrant tapestry of unity, fostering a sense of harmony and respect among all students.
Music Tools | Online | App | Short Descrption | How can be usefull for SMILE | Link (In case there is any) |
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Anytune | No | Yes |
With Anytune you can slow down music without changing the pitch. |
This app will allow students to pick out every note in order to learn a piece by ear. It can also be used to play along with tracks by starting slow and gradually increasing the tempo up to speed. | |
Book Creator | Yes | Yes |
Book Creator is a flexible tool that allows students of any age to create e-books. These books can contain photos, text, audio and video files, and even hand-drawn images. Finished books can be shared through a link, downloaded as an EPUB, or even sold through iBooks and Google Play. Teachers can create classroom libraries, and the site has tons of resources and ideas for classroom use. |
With these tools, people can create a classroom portfolio with videos and text regarding the musical knowledge learned throughout the year about the cultural identity of their classmates. Children can also videotape themselves when engaging in singing activities. They can all learn various songs that are traditional or popular in their classmates' country and below they can add words found throughout the song with their meaning. This would be a fun way to enlarge their music repertory, learn songs from different countries, new words in a different language, along with forming and maintaining a friendly environment where everyone feels included. | |
Complete Ear Trainer | No | Yes |
Touted as the ultimate ear training app for musicians, Complete Ear Trainer is designed like a video game. |
Students can use this resource to learn how to read, recognize, tap, and write rhythms. | |
GarageBand | No | Yes |
GarageBand turns your iPhone or iPad into a collection of instruments and a full-featured recording studio. |
Teachers can record students and allow them to get creative by adding percussion and other accompanying instruments. They’ll enjoy sharing what they’ve been working on with their families and friends. | |
Kahoot! | Yes | Yes |
Kahoot! is a game-based learning platform, used as educational technology. Its learning games, also known as "kahoots", are user-generated multiple-choice quizzes that can be accessed via a web browser or the Kahoot! app. Kahoot! also includes trivia quizzes |
Apart from improving student engagement in the classroom, it is a fun way of learning about other countries' musical cultures, while it fosters and promoting inclusion. With Kahoot, the teacher can add sounds or pictures, and let the students associate it with the country they believe it comes from. | |
Piano Maestro | No | Yes |
For students in need of a little motivation, Piano Maestro is a fun way to get them playing those keys. |
From playing a single note to complete pieces, the app helps kids master sight-reading, rhythm, technique, and playing with both hands. Sheet music comes to life in this app, making practice more interactive. | -- |
Wiersze dla dzieci | Yes | No |
Service with internet radio designed especially for kids |
There are a list of Polish songs and rhymes with music | wiersze dla dzieci |
YouTube | Yes | Yes |
YouTube is an American online video-sharing and social media platform. In Youtube, there is a plethora of videos, from music, to educational ones, and one can utilise it according to their needs. This service has lots of animations with music, children songs in all languages |
Youtube will enable teachers to make the lesson more fun, while they can play music from culturally diverse students. Youtube enables them to create an environment where foreign students will feel included and the rest of the class will be educated regarding their culture. |