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219- Music Education Technology with David Smolover

Episode 219 of the The Elementary Music Teacher Podcast: Music Education podcast, hosted by Jessica Peresta, titled "219- Music Education Technology with David Smolover" was published on October 19, 2022 and runs 27 minutes.

October 19, 2022 ·27m · The Elementary Music Teacher Podcast: Music Education

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Implementing technology into the music room can be overwhelming. There are so many different technology platforms to use with your students, yet so little time to figure out what to use. In this episode, David Smolover of MatchMySound gives such great advice around how to use technology in your music classroom.  He talks about: easy assessment ways technology can enhance what you're already doing in the music room how students can take ownership and ways you can incorporate student centered learning how students can be incentivized to practice David Smolover is a career musician, music educator, and serial entrepreneur whose lifelong mission has been to find ways to make it easier for more people to bring music into the world. He has founded several innovative and successful businesses in pursuit of that dream, including the National Guitar Workshop, DayJams, Workshop Arts Publications, and WorkshopLive. He is now the CEO of MatchMySound. You can connect with David and MatchMySound here: matchmysound.com MatchMySound on Twitter MatchMySound on Instagram MatchMySound on Facebook Find out more about the HARMONY membership here. Get your copy of Make A Note: What You Really Need to Know About Teaching Elementary Music Head to my website to grab your free music teaching resource. I'd love for you to leave a rating and a review of the podcast on I-tunes, be sure to share the podcast with any music teacher friends who would find it helpful and be sure to tag me on Instagram or Facebook.

Implementing technology into the music room can be overwhelming. There are so many different technology platforms to use with your students, yet so little time to figure out what to use. In this episode, David Smolover of MatchMySound gives such great advice around how to use technology in your music classroom. 

He talks about:

  • easy assessment
  • ways technology can enhance what you're already doing in the music room
  • how students can take ownership and ways you can incorporate student centered learning
  • how students can be incentivized to practice


David Smolover is a career musician, music educator, and serial entrepreneur whose lifelong mission has been to find ways to make it easier for more people to bring music into the world. He has founded several innovative and successful businesses in pursuit of that dream, including the National Guitar Workshop, DayJams, Workshop Arts Publications, and WorkshopLive. He is now the CEO of MatchMySound.

You can connect with David and MatchMySound here:


Find out more about the HARMONY membership here.

Get your copy of Make A Note: What You Really Need to Know About Teaching Elementary Music

Head to my website to grab your free music teaching resource.

I'd love for you to leave a rating and a review of the podcast on I-tunes, be sure to share the podcast with any music teacher friends who would find it helpful and be sure to tag me on Instagram or Facebook.

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