Evolution of Music... video mashup

This youtube video is called Evolution of Music.  It has a medley of songs throughout history.  It begins with an 11th Century song right through to 2010.

What a great idea to use as part of a biography lesson, demonstrating music through the ages or asking the kids to do their own video mashup as a project.

Prelinger Archives

Several years ago I attended a workshop that was focused on Differentiated Instruction. Several weeks ago my night school instructor reminded me of the same website that I was introduced to from this workshop.  Prelinger Archive is an open directory of videos (including historical), music and other media.
http://archive.org/details/prelinger

For Educators:
Students can create Mash ups of the media from this site.

Project Gutenberg.........Free

Project Gutenberg is a public domain of free ebooks and music available for download. You can choose various ways of downloading. The books and music are free because the copyright has expired. There is a search book catalog available for easy search.
Ebooks: http://www.gutenberg.org/
Music: http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Music_(Bookshelf)
Sheet Music: http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:The_Sheet_Music_Project

I thought this site is worth mentioning even though many people know about this great site.

Curriki

http://www.curriki.org/  Curriki is a free site where teachers can share lessons and resources with everyone;  It is from K-12 open learning resources. The resources can be browsed by subjects.

PBS Teachers

PBS Teachers provide resources and learning.  Along from lesson ideas this site provides on-demand videos, and interactive games and simulations.

http://www.pbs.org/teachers

Virtual Field Trips

Virtualfieldtrips is a guided exploration through the world wide web that organizes a collection of pre-screened, thematically based web pages into a structured online learning experience. (Foley, 2003) Below are some sites I found that may be of interest.


http://lib.utexas.edu/geo/onlineguides.html

http://www.simplek12.com/virtualfieldtrips

http://www.field-trips.org/trips.htm

http://www.uen.org/tours/

http://www.museevirtuel-virtualmuseum.ca/index-eng.jsp;jsessionid=ED9AAFB5DAB7C603979E6A09591BF69B

http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/listvirtualgr.html

Link to Learning

I have been using this site for several years. This site links you to websites that support the Ontario Curriculum. There are web based student learning and interactive activities available in all curriculum areas. There is a section for Elementary and Secondary grades. There is also a Just for Teachers area that a teacher can link to teacher lesson plans and teaching ideas, technology integration, assessment and evaluation and on-line learning.

Music--Free

Music can be used for videos or school projects. There are mixters, videos and podcasts.
http://ccmixter.org

Audacity......Tools

The last several years, I've been introduced to many TOOLS to use in order to be creative and innovative. It's great when you are directed to sites where you can download software for free. Thanks to Johan who shared audio software with me. Audacity: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ I share this with you. Enjoy.

Music for Projects--free broadcast use

If you need music for a project, students can use Free Play Music.....it is free. The site states that FreePlay Music is free for personal, private and non-commercial use. Just click on the picture and browse.

Video Converter

Youtube downloader is a free software that everyone can download. It allows one to convert videos videos for Ipod, Iphone, PSP, Cell Phone, Windows Media, XVid and MP3. http://download.cnet.com/YouTube-Downloader/3000-2071_4-10647340.html This site has a publisher’s description of software and comments and ratings from people who have used this software in order to give prospective downloaders a chance to feel at ease about using software. I found this site as a link from BienneSoft (http://youtubedownload.altervista.org/). This site guarantees the Youtube downloader is free of malware, spyware, viruses, Trojans and backdoors.