Amy M. Burns

Elementary Music Technology and Integration

Amy M. Burns has taught PreK-grade 4 general music for over 25 years at Far Hills Country Day School (FH) (https://www.fhcds.org/). She also teaches grade 5 instrument class, directs the FH Philharmonic, is the Performing Arts Department Manager, and teaches privately in the after-school conservatory after being the director for over 20 years. She has authored four books and numerous articles on how to integrate tech into the elementary music classroom. She has presented many sessions on the topic, including four keynote addresses in TX, IN, St. Maarten, and AU. She is the recipient of the 2005 Technology in Music Education (TI:ME) Teacher of the Year, the 2016 New Jersey Music Educators Association (NJMEA) Master Music Teacher, the 2016 Governor’s Leader in Arts Education, and the 2017 NJ Nonpublic School Teacher of the Year Awards. Her most recent publication, Using Technology with Elementary Music Approaches (2020), published by Oxford University Press (OUP) is available from OUP and Amazon. Burns is also the Community Coordinator for Midnight Music (MMC) at https://midnightmusic.com/, the General Music Chair for NJMEA Board of Directors, and the Elementary Music Consultant for MusicFirst (https://www.musicfirst.com/), a company built by music educators for music educators, dedicated to helping music teachers and their students make the most of technology in the classroom.

 

Webinars

On my YouTube Channel, I have Playlists that assist teachers with various technology.

The playlist titled “Webinars” includes tech tips, deep dives, into various programs, and more! Click on “Webinars” below to check it out.

The next playlist titled, “#techtipstuesday” focuses on MusicFirst Elementary's quick tech tips for getting to know this excellent elementary general music curriculum.

The third playlist titled, “MusicFirst Elementary” is geared toward the elementary music teacher who would like to explore and deep dive further into MusicFirst Elementary.

The fourth playlist titled, “Rhythm and Boomwhacker Play-Alongs” includes all of my play-along videos for rhythm, movement, and boomwhackers. You will also find some ukulele and recorder play-along videos in this list as well.

The fifth playlist titled, “Using Technology with Elementary Music Approaches” is a playlist that accompanies the book.

There are also some videos focused on Seesaw and STEAM.

WEBINARS

TechTipTuesday

MusicFirst Elementary

Rhythm, Boomwhacker, Ukulele, Recorder, Body Percussion Play-Along Videos

Using Technology with Elementary Music Approaches

 
 
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SEESAW

Seesaw in the elementary Music Classroom

In this thorough webinar, you will learn how to utilize the free Seesaw student learning journal in your elementary music classroom. I demonstrate all of the ins and outs of the free and paid versions. Some of the information is outdated as they only have a free version or the Seesow for Schools versions now (2024).

If you are not viewing this for PD, I would suggest viewing it in spurts as it is a lot of info for 60 minutes. 

My apologies for some blurry moments and for some cropped videos. I did not want to show students' faces or names.

Seesaw, steam, and music in our schools month: elementary

Seesaw can be a game changer in your elementary music classroom. With emphasis being placed on incorporating Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math (STEAM) across the curriculum, Seesaw can enhance the STEAM philosophy in the music classroom as well. Join Amy Burns, an elementary music teacher in this webinar and explore various STEAM activities that can be incorporated into your next music class or joined into a project-based learning activity. This webinar is appropriate for teachers who already know the basics about using Seesaw. To learn more about Seesaw and Seesaw for Schools, visit app.seesaw.me

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