Music Ed Tech Talk
Music Ed Tech Talk (previously Robby Burns + Friends) is a podcast exploring music, education, technology, and the intersections between them.
- Update frequency
- every 21 days
- Average duration
- 88 minutes
- Episodes
- 102
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2025
#28 - Rehearse Your Ensembles Remotely
Robby explains the software, hardware, and teaching strategies he uses to run engaging and effective music rehearsals in a remote or hybrid environment.
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#27 - Catching Up With Shawna Longo, with Shawna Longo
Shawna Longo joins the show to talk about our hybrid teaching gear, social emotional learning, cloud-based music tools, and our favorite apps/albums/tech tips of the week.
Topics include:
- COVID hybr…
#26 - No One Told Us Our Title, with Katie Wardrobe
Technology trainer and speaker, Katie Wardrobe, joins the show to talk about producing technology training and resources for music teachers. (And way more)
Topics include:
- Katie’s exceptional websit…
#25 - Mastering the Practice Process, with Rob Knopper
Rob Knopper (Metropolitan Opera, auditionhacker, percussionhacker) joins the show to talk about mastering practice, improving the audition process, and using technology to support his multifaceted ef…
#24 - Bringing in the New Year, with Richard McCready
Richard McCready returns to the show to bring in the new year. We reflect on what we learned over the past year and discuss how music teachers can challenge their perception of tradition, creativity,…
#23 - Rogue Amoeba Audio Apps, with Paul Kafasis
Paul Kafasis, CEO of Rogue Amoeba, joins Robby to talk about the stellar audio apps they make and how Robby is using them in the music classroom both before and during COVID.
Show Notes:
Rogue Amoeba…
#22 - Teaching Hybrid, Composing Music, and Finding Balance, with Tyler S. Grant
#21 - Music and Technology We're Thankful For, with Craig McClellan
Robby’s cohost from The Class Nerd podcast, Craig McClellan, returns to talk about recent smart home and Apple purchases, speakers with digital assistants, technology and music we are thankful for.
S…
#20 - Electronic Music School, with Will Kuhn
Will Kuhn joins the show to talk about Apple’s new Macs, teaching electronic music, home automation, and his forthcoming book, Electronic Music School.
Show Notes:
We recorded this episode right afte…
#19 - Productivity Boot Camp (Part 2): Email and Calendars, with Dr. Frank Buck
Thanks to my sponsor this month, Flat for Education.
Dr. Frank Buck returns to the show for Part 2 of the Productivity Boot Camp mini-series to talk all about managing calendars, handling email, tim…
#18 - Productivity Boot Camp (Part I): Notes and Tasks, with Dr. Frank Buck
Thanks to my sponsors this month, Flat for Education.
Dr. Frank Buck returns to the show for the kick-off of my mini-series, Productivity Boot Camp! Dr. Frank Buck is a productivity master with a ba…
#17 - Talking About the Weather, with Chris Cicconi
Dr. Christopher Cicconi, Assistant Professor of Music Education, and Director of Bands and Orchestra at Towson University, joins the show to talk about selecting meaningful repertoire for your ensemb…
#16 - Master Your Virtual Teaching Tech, with David MacDonald
Thanks to my sponsor this month, MusicFirst
David MacDonald returns to the show to talk about the hardware and software in our virtual teaching setups. Then we speculate about touchscreen Macs and c…
#15 - Double the Burns, Double the Fun!... with Amy Burns
Elementary music educator, Amy Burns, joins the show! We talk about Seesaw, using tech in the elementary general music classroom, and her new book: Using Technology with Elementary Music Approaches!!…
#14 - Empowering Performing Ensembles at a Distance, with Theresa Hoover Ducassoux
Theresa Hoover Ducassoux joins the show to talk about technology for teaching band at a distance, productivity methodologies, Google apps for personal and school use, Flipgrid, empowering students, a…
#13 - Exploring Noteflight Learn, with John Mlynczak
John Mlynczak returns to the show to discuss Noteflight's new integration with Sound Check and offers advice to educators about teaching online this fall, and what we can learn from it.
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#12 - Making Music and Podcasts Using Soundtrap, with Meredith Allen
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Meredith Allen, Sales Enablement Manager at Soundtrap, joins …
#11 - New Announcements from Apple, with Craig McClellan
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A swift return to the show from Craig McClellan to talk about all of the things Apple announced at their developer…
#10 - Designing Curriculum and Assessing Students with FileMaker, with Ben Denne
Robby’s Ellicott Mills Middle School colleague, Ben Denne, joins the show to talk about designing a sequential instrumental music curriculum, and how they track student progress in the FileMaker app.…
#9 - Automate All The Things! with Craig McClellan
Craig returns to talk about automating bedtime routines with Shortcuts, HomeKit automation, automating the Mac, our decision to end The Class Nerd podcast, and more.
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