Recorder Website

In class I am going to be sharing a GREAT website in which students can practice recorder skills and concepts they have learned in class. This site is called JoyTunes. This website was developed as an online game to help foster recorder playing skills.

 Here students can explore one of the many 'worlds' in the recorder land. The thing that I LOVE about this game is that the students control the game through playing the recorder. You will need to have a microphone attached to your computer to play the game. The computer listens to the child planing the recorder and assesses how they are doing. By logging in through this link I will be able to get reports as to how your child is doing and what levels they have 'mastered'.

This is an example of one of the games. Students play G or A on their recorder to more the airplane up and down. (instead of using the keyboard or mouse). At the end of the game the students scores are shown to them, but I am also able to access how they did as well. This is GREAT assessment tool for me to use when it is sometimes hard to hear every student indivually in class each week.

This is a truly optional activity that students can do outside of class, but is a GREAT motivator to practice at home. Although some of the songs on the website we won't be doing in class, their will be a DIRECT connection to how they do in their at home practicing to how they do on class assignments.

To access the website click on this Link (Joytunes.com)