LISA RUSSELL'S
WEB LINK BIBLIOGRAPHY
FOR SLM 521/FALL03
MCDANIEL COLLEGE

The Association for Technology in Music (ATMI)
This site offers music instructors advice and technical information for computer assisted instruction in music.  It also serves as a guide to thousands of software and hardware products, for music instruction, including an archive for freeware and shareware products.  An onsite bulletin board is available for music instructors to discuss thoughts and ideas for the development and application of technology in music instruction.
http://www.music.org/atmi/
Date Visited: September 27, 2003

Creating Music
Morton Subotnick's Creating Music website is a delightful way to entertain elementary aged children as well as teach them the fundamentals of music making.  At this site, children are able to draw with musical sounds, images and rhythms in an experimental fashion which ultimately becomes their own musical composition.  
http://www.creatingmusic.com
Date Visited: September 27, 2003

New York Philharmonic Kidzone
This site opens with a cartoon image of children seated in the symphony hall of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra.  As the cursor moves around the hall and stage, children are given the opportunity to click and travel to other areas of the site. They can enter the Musician's Lounge and select a performer to view his/her biography and hear an example of his/her instrument.  They can view a video of their choice: Sitting in on a rehearsal, learning about what distinguishes the sound of a particular instrument, observe a harpist's lesson, etc.. The Instrumental Lab enables them to invent their own instrument and the Composition Workshop is where they can compose their own music.  There are also games allowing them to match music to the composer, solve puzzles and participate in a scavenger hunt.  What a wonderful way to educate children about symphony orchestras!
http://www.nyphilkids.org/main.phtml?
Date Visited: September 27, 2003

DSO KIDS
This site offers children the opportunity to visit a virtual band room.  They can choose to play certain instruments and learn how to become better musicians.  Teachers can visit the “Teachers Lounge” in order to find helpful information concerning the orchestra.  The site is both entertaining and easy to navigate.
http://www.dsokids.com/2001/rooms/musicroom.asp
Date Visited:  September 28, 2003

Art Department
Visitors to this site can take an interactive piano lesson!  This seems; however, to be the only feature suitable for teaching purposes.  The others only showcase the artist/composer Clint Clark's works.
Fans of his will enjoy this one.
http://www.artdsm.com
Date Visited:  October 20, 2003

Cyberkids Home
 Younger children can view other children's art and music when they arrive at this site.  They can play games , read stories or visit links to other child friendly sites.  Brilliant colors and easy accessibility make this a nice one to see.
http://www.cyberkids.com
Date Visited:  October 20, 2003

Energy In The Air
This site offers a more scientific approach to sounds of the orchestra explaining how sound becomes music.  Includes quizzes to test childrens' knowledge.  Excellent presentation, music and graphics.   Fantastic site!
http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/5116/
Date Visited:  October 20, 2003

K-12  Resources For  Music Educators
Band, vocal and orchestral music information is provided by this site as well as resources for the classroom and other areas of music.  Includes links to other related sites as well.  Very colorful and vibrant.  Well categorized and extremely useful.
http://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/resources/staffpages/shirk/k12.music.html
Date Visited:  October 20, 2003

Land Of  Music
Offers cute and easy to learn songs, about  aspects of  music theory,for K-5 level.  Notes and rests are portrayed as cartoon characters, with names relating to their function, which can be printed out and colored.  Lesson plans and music available here for teachers along with links to other sites.  Wonderful site with lots to offer students and teachers.
http://www.landofmusic.com
Date Visited:  October 20, 2003

Online Music Dictionary of Musical Terms
Search function is somewhat limited.  Spelling must be correct in order to locate definitions as no similarities are offerred.  Not very comprehensive but suitable for most circumstances.
http://www.creativemusic.com/features/dictionary.html
Date Visited:  October 20, 2003

Mrs. Carroll's Music Room
A wonderful example of how internet technology can be used to enrich a music curriculum.  Includes projects and activities, as well as games and songs, for students level K-5.  Offers resources for teacher too.  This one is a must see!
http://webtech.kennesaw.edu/lland/
Date Visited:  October 20, 2003

Barry's Clip Art Server
Includes a wide variety of categories with several selections to choose from including animations.  Easy to navigate and use.
Child friendly.
http://www.barrysclipart.com/
Date Visited:   October 20, 2003

Clipart.Com
Appears as a weblink bibliography offerring hundreds of links to websites of clipart including animations and graphics.  Easy to follow links with accurate descriptions of contents some of which may not be suitable for children.
http://www.clip-art.com/index.php
Date Visited:  October 20, 2003

121 Clipart
Lists 121 clipart referrers.  Includes neat animations and lots of varieties.  Also has useful tools and tips for navigation;however, content is not always descriptive or accurate and there are alot of sites containing adult themes.  Not recommended for kids!
http://www.121clipart.com/121.htm

vizit.us
Oh my!  Well, this one is definately not for kids.  I recommend you visit alone or with someone you know really well.  Most if not all adult themes.  Enough said.
http://www.vizit.us/?login=156643

flamingtext.com
very cool and user friendly site.  Gives useful navigational tips with the opportunity to find answers to most frequently asked questions.  Includes resources for web professionals.  This is an excellent site!  A real jewel in a sea of rocks!
http://www.flamingtext.com

Free Animated Clipart.com
Another user  and child friendly clipart site.  Full of helpful resources and interesting links.  Nice one!
http://www.freeanimatedclipart.com/index.htm?

HowAmazing.com
This site offers resources for web masters and other professionals who use the internet as a tool in their profession.  Hobbyists will enjoy this one as well.  Features include a wonderful site directory and introduction, sponsers and advertisement opportunities.
http://www.howamazing.com/

Clipart Club House.com
An easy to navigate site with lots of free stuff for webmasters and developers.  Listings are not as extensive as some of the others.  
http://www.clipartclubhouse.com/

Kidscom.com
Especiall for young children, this site allows them to create music, play music using the computer keyboard and even learn how to read music!  It has brilliant colors with child friendly features including games and links to other child friendly sites.  Very well done!
http://www.kidscom.com/create/music/music.html