Music games are more than entertaining activities because they reinforce music theory concepts taught with multimedia gaming experiences that can motivate even the most unfocused student. Electronic Courseware Systems has the most music games published on the market. Some of my favorites from ECS are Alice in Wonderland, Musicus and Ear Challenger among others. If you want your students to learn and practice scales with any band or orchestra instrument., consider, the single most amazing software product SmartMusic by CODA Music which provides an interactive tuner with over 5,000 intelligent accompaniments to woodwind, brass and choral solos from elementary school through professional level . Closing Comments Music educators today have nearly unlimited opportunities to improve their teaching situation via technology.
Students are more than ready for technology.
Unfortunately, adults are not always searching of new experiences. But I do want to encourage music educators to take the plunge into an exciting world of technology instruction. Too many exciting new technologies and innovative software applications have evolved over the past twenty years to ignore especially when trying to teach National Music Standards. They'll gladly help you make a successful transition to the world of computers.