Articles

I have written the following articles over the past few years for various publications about applications of technology in the music classroom.
Article Title Publication Date
Get The Gear On Stage: A Call For Alternative Performance Ensembles in Schools Tempo Magazine - NJMEA Journal March 2008
Film Scoring in the Music Classroom MET Magazine November 2007
Making Connections With Music and Technology SoundTree Enews November 2007
Wikis in the Music Classroom SoundTree Enews September 2007

School Music Ensembles Join the Digital Music Revolution with TuneCore

 Tempo Magazine - NJMEA Journal October 2007
Software For Kindergarten Beethovens - featured interview CNET News.com May 2007
Read Me! MET Magazine March 2007

The Best of 2007: Great New Gear for the Technology-Minded Music Educator

 Tempo Magazine - NJMEA Journal May 2007

Wikispaces: Connecting the Music Classroom with the MySpace Generation

 Tempo Magazine - NJMEA Journal March 2007
All Things Technology: Software Review of Music Cross-Cultural Explorations: West Africa-The Middle East (not available online) Music Educators Journal January 2007
Music Education Blogs: More Than Just Diaries Tempo Magazine - NJMEA Journal January 2007
Scoring With Standard MIDI Files MET Magazine September 2006
It's TI:ME for New Jersey! Tempo Magazine - NJMEA Journal October 2006
All Things Technology: Software Review of Music Ace Maestro (not available online) Music Educators Journal May 2006
Five Teaching Strategies for your Music Technology Lab SoundTree Newsletter May 2006
Podcasting in the Music Classroom Tempo Magazine - NJMEA Journal/European Music Educators Journal/Vermont Music Educators Journal May 2006/Fall 2006/March 2007
Saving The Music With Technology: The VH1 Save The Music Foundation TI:ME Newsletter May 2006

Facilitating Differentiated Instruction with Technology

 Tempo Magazine - NJMEA Journal March 2006

Upgrading Software: Is It Worth The Expense?

 Tempo Magazine - NJMEA Journal January 2006
Teaching Music Theory With Technology MET Magazine September 2005
The Music Educator's Guide to the iPod Tempo Magazine - NJMEA Journal October 2005
The Technology Institute for Music Educators (TI:ME) Awards New Jersey’s Own Amy Burns with their 1st Annual Teacher Of The Year Award featuring an article entitled Could the Children in the Younger Grades Benefit from Technology in the Music Classroom? by Amy Burns
 Tempo Magazine- NJMEA Journal May 2005
The One Computer Classroom MET Magazine March 2005
Composing Across The Curriculum With Technology Tempo Magazine- NJMEA Journal March 2005
Making Music With MIDI Files Tempo Magazine- NJMEA Journal January 2005
Recording the Future at Dr. Phillip High - Cover Story MET Magazine October 2004
Incorporating GarageBand into the Music Curriculum - Cover Story Tempo Magazine- NJMEA Journal October 2004
Teaching in a SoundTree/VH1 Save the Music Keyboard Lab SoundTree website September 2004
Technology Applications for the High School Music Program Tempo Magazine- NJMEA Journal May 2004
The Virtual Classroom: Distance Learning for Music Educators Tempo Magazine- NJMEA Journal March 2004
Staying Connected: Online Networks for Music Educators Tempo Magazine- NJMEA Journal January 2004
Alphabet Soup: Sonic Food for the Soul SoundTree Resource Guide January 2004
Teaching Two-Part Inventions with Notation Software SoundTree Resource Guide January 2004
Getting to Know SoundBeam SoundTree website October 2003
Teaching Serialism with Technology TI:ME website September 2003
The Transparent Use of Technology in the Music Classroom Tempo Magazine- NJMEA Journal May 2003
Are You Being Served? : Utilizing Your School File Server Tempo Magazine- NJMEA Journal March 2003
To Burn, Or Not To Burn? It’s More Than an Ethical Question Tempo Magazine- NJMEA Journal January 2003
New Technologies for the Music Classroom Tempo Magazine- NJMEA Journal October 2002
Notation Software Review: A Close Look at Sibelius Tempo Magazine- NJMEA Journal/European Music Educators Journal May 2002
The Internet as a Means of Assessing the NJ Core Content Standards in Music: What Happened?”
 Tempo Magazine- NJMEA Journal - *also appears in Spotlight on Technology March 2002
World Music on the World Wide Web* Tempo Magazine- NJMEA Journal January 2002
Teaching Music with PowerPoint* Tempo Magazine- NJMEA Journal - *also appears in Spotlight on Technology October 2001
The New Jersey Young Composers Project: Student Compositions Online Tempo Magazine- NJMEA Journal May 2001
Software Applications in the Elementary School Classroom
 Tempo Magazine- NJMEA Journal March 2001
Teaching Music Theory with Technology Tempo Magazine- NJMEA Journal January 2001
Understanding Digital Audio* Tempo Magazine- NJMEA Journal - *also appears in Spotlight on Technology October 2000
Using the Internet to Assess the NJ Core Curriculum Content Standards in Music Tempo Magazine- NJMEA Journal May 2000
Resources for Technology-Minded Music Educators Tempo Magazine- NJMEA Journal/European Music Educators Journal March 2000
Getting Started with Technology in the Music Classroom Tempo Magazine- NJMEA Journal January 2000
Emerging Technologies for the Music Classroom Tempo Magazine- NJMEA Journal October 1999
The Computer as an Assessment Tool in the Band Room Tempo Magazine- NJMEA Journal May 1999
The Music Educator’s Rough Guide to the Internet Tempo Magazine- NJMEA Journal/European Music Educators Journal March 1999
The Internet as a Means of Assessing State and National Standards SoundTree Resource Guide October 1999