CLASSROOM BLOG/WEBSITES
Wix.com: This very site! Free, user-friendly, media-friendly, new and exciting "apps" to add-on to your site.
Weebly.com: Another fast, free, and friendly website builder.
Google Sites: "Google Sites is powerful enough for a company intranet, yet simple enough for a family website. You can start a site from scratch or from a template."
WordPress: Easy to post updates. Not as easy to post media, especially when schools limit memory and size and you are forced to upload media via HTML.
FACEBOOK GROUPS
Band Directors Group, AMIS MUSIC EDUCATORS Group, AMIS International Honor Band, Choir, and Orchestra Alumni Group
Real-time image board which can be created for your ensemble. Create a #hashtag during an event and your photos will be instantly catalogued into one location. #awesome.
TODAY'S MEET
Real-time chat board which can be created for your ensemble.
COMMUNICATION
If a tree falls in the woods...
Use your students' compulsion to constantly be on their phones to your advantage! Poll Anywhere turns cell phones into a projectable poll, graph, chart, or word cloud. Free for K-12 teachers (up to 40 responses per poll).