<p>The Prizegiving finale for St Andrew’s College in 2023 was a musical performance of “Stairway to Heaven”. While we often video and record our Prizegivings, this is the first time we recorded the audio properly. We are glad we did as the video has since had over 1.4 million views across our school social media [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Last year I was lucky enough to be granted the Head of Independent Schools Scholarship Trust award. This enabled me to travel to San Francisco and NYC to study how Music Technology is successfully being incorporated into high schools. As a result of this study I have produced a document called The Music Educators Technology [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Having a music department that gets great results academically and in performance is built upon the culture that is established amongst the students and staff.  It is something I constantly struggle with, trying to get it right for all our (25!) music groups. The title of this blog post is a bit misleading because there [&hellip;]</p>

<p>In a given week I wear a few different hats.  I&#8217;m a teacher, a head of department managing a large staff, a resource developer for Learning Ideas, a moderator of other teachers work for NZQA and a developer of exemplars for NZQA.  Somewhere in there I also run workshops in Music Technology for other teachers. [&hellip;]</p>

<p>I don&#8217;t have many hobbies.  I don&#8217;t know why, I think it&#8217;s my father&#8217;s fault.  He was always a workaholic so I think it&#8217;s a bit of his legacy in that when I&#8217;m supposed to be relaxing, I&#8217;m usually working, or thinking about working.  Case in point&#8230; it&#8217;s Sunday morning and here I am writing [&hellip;]</p>

<p>I&#8217;m delighted to let you know I&#8217;ve just been selected as an Apple Distinguished Educator. “The Apple Distinguished Educator (ADE) Program began in 1994, when Apple recognized K-12 and higher education pioneers who are using a variety of Apple products to transform teaching and learning in powerful ways. Today it has grown into a worldwide [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Over the last few months I have been involved with the design and rebuild of my music room to create a world class rehearsal, performance and recording space. We have gone from a very drab looking room that looked like this: To a fabulous room that looks like this:     As part of the [&hellip;]</p>

<p>Hi there, I&#8217;m a teacher of high school music in New Zealand who really loves music technology and the opportunities it is opening up for students. I&#8217;m constantly experimenting with new technologies and teaching methods.  Some of these I get to share on teacher professional development sessions I run.  Feedback I get from teachers is that [&hellip;]</p>