Copyright
Rights and legal aspects surrounding music creation, posting, and use. 

Music Copyright for Educators

From Music Education Technology Magazine - Learn how to avoid violating copyrights in a music-education program.

Copyright and Public Domain Music

From Public Domain Music - This resource also has information on Fair Use, Sound Recordings, and more.

Soundzabound - FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions regarding Fair Use (Some specifically for Soundzabound, but many not).

Podcasting Tools - Creative Commons

Contains a Podcasting Legal Guide which addresses many issues common to general music.

Using royalty-free loops in GarageBand with commercial work

Brief explanation of the GarageBand software license agreement.

Copyright Laws for Teachers: Educational CyberPlayGround

K-12 Copyright Laws: Primer for teachers.

Applications and Hardware
Websites that feature music software, hardware, and applications

GarageBand

Recording, music creation, MIDI, and podcast development software from Apple for Apple Computers.

Mixcraft

Recording, music creation, and MIDI software from Acoustica for PC computers.

Audacity

Free, cross-platform, audio editing software.

Finale Notepad
Free, cross-platform, notation, and MIDI editing software.

M-Audio - Audio/MIDI Interfaces
Provides options for recording live voice and instruments.

Integration and Lesson Ideas
Websites that feature music integration concepts and lesson plans

CLRN - Music Links

Music links from the California Learning Resource Network.

Educational CyberPlayGround - Music Education
Music links, materials, and resources for educators.

Digital Music Production - Single Lesson
Designed as a Technology Workshop for Pre-Service Teachers, the lesson can be easily adapted for many grade levels.

Online Lesson Plans
Article from Music Education Technology by Tom Rudolph regarding sources for online music lesson plans.

Musical Patterns - Ted Lai

Lesson by Ted Lai on Musical Patterns. From the Apple Learning Interchange.

Lesson Plans using GarageBand
Lesson Plans that utilize GarageBand from the Apple Learning Interchange.

Connect with Music
Contains free interdisciplinary lesson plans that use multimedia, music, and technology to aid in the instruction of
language arts, mathematics, and science at the middle school level.

Music Tech Teacher

The site is an extension of the music technology classroom at a school in Birmingham, AL. Focused on grades 2-5,
the site contains a good selection of resources, links, and information. 

Sample Files
Files that I've created to help educators explore music through some of the applications listed above.

MP3 of sample music file Integration1 developed in Garage Band

Used to demonstrate a simple recording in Garage Band combining looped and real instruments (Plastic Recorder).

Similar recordings can be done in most grade levels.

MP3 of sample music file Integration2 developed in Mixcraft

Used to demonstrate a simple music composition done in Mixcraft. Similar to above example, but only midi based 

instruments were used. Similar compositions can be done in most grade levels.

Source file of sample music file Integration2 developed in Mixcraft
Mixcraft source file used to create the above mp3 file. Requires Mixcraft 4 and a PC computer.

Standards
Various "Standards" related to educational application.

National Standards for Music Education

Provided by the National Association for Music Education.

Music Content Standards - California

Content Standards - California
Standards & Frameworks from the California Department of Education.

Curriculum Standards of Other States
Yahoo directory of Curriculum Standards from other States.

Research, Organizations, and Information Links
Information relating to research and other topics in the area of music education.

NAMM Foundation
Association of the International Music Products Industry. 

Support Music
A joint effort of the International Music Products Industry (NAMM) and the National Association for Music Education

(MENC) that presents research findings and information to support music in education.

Scholarly Music Resources
Selected links to online scholarly resources useful to the music educator and music education researcher.

Compiled by Dr. William I. Bauer of Case Western Reserve University.

Piano Lessons and Spatial Temporal Reasoning
From the Encyclopedia of Educational Technology (a publication of The SDSU Department of Educational Technology)

The website offers many interesting articles in Educational Technology. 

The Technology Institute for Music Educators
A non-profit corporation designed to assist music educators in applying technology to improve teaching and learning in

music. Contains articles, publications, and information on a wide range of technology in music topics.