1. Technology in the Band, Choir, and General Music Classroom
Stephanie Williams - Benton
Some of the highlights included:
Remind 101: Send text-message reminders about homework, tests, and special events to students and parents—all without students seeing your phone number, and vice versa. iOS and Android. Free.
Google Drive: Gives students the ability to create collaborative documents and presentations, serves as a backup for documents and allows for storing photos and files. Free accounts come with 5GB of storage. iOS and Android. Free.
Evernote: One workspace lets you write, collect files and organize data, and create presentations. Many compatible apps, including:
RefMe – easy citation generator
StudyBlue – turns notes into flashcards
ManageIt – allows students to complete their practice records online
Postach.io – create a blog from Evernote
Expensify – allows you to track spending
Stephanie also explained how to use EverNote to track instrument inventory, including photos of the instruments as they are checked out to the students for comparison upon return

2. Starting a Guitar Ensemble - Teaching Guitar Class – Introducing Guitar
Dr. Deborah Barber – Arkansas Tech University
The ATU Guitar Ensemble (ATUGE) assisted in presenting.
The session alternated between songs performed by the ATUGE and discussion, including:
Benefits of learning/teaching guitar
Guitar class can be fun!
Starting a guitar ensemble
“Guitar is a lifelong instrument.”
Songs included:
“All I Have to Do is Dream”
“Izika Zumbe”
“Next to Me”
And many others