Monday, March 2, 2015

The Best Free Way to do Playing Tests + Other Stuff

Well, it's been a while since I last posted, so if there is anyone out there who actually reads this thing, I apologize.  I've been a bit.... Busy.

That said, I wanted to follow up on our use this year of online tech that has so far proven to be the best and easiest way to do playing tests: schoology.com

Using their smartphones or tablets, students can record themselves taking a playing test and easily upload it to the assignment on schoology.  The best part about this is that the school doesn't even need to be 1 to 1 in order to implement this.  The other best part is how easy and fast it is to grade the playing tests.

Now on to other stuff:



Check out:
https://www.speakpipe.com/
Get voice messages ON YOUR WEBSITE or BLOG!  Not free, but a very cool idea!



Free PDF Conversion tools:
http://www.investintech.com/pdf-ocr.htm



Also, PREZI is now available on Android Devices!


Able2Extract has been known for its comprehensive PDF conversion options (to MS Office formats, AutoCAD, HTML, scanned PDF conversion, etc.), but, from now on users will also be able to:

- create professional and secure, password-protected PDFs
- print files to PDF without even opening them
- edit PDF pages (delete, resize, move, scale, rotate, adjust viewing preferences)
- even further customize their PDF to Excel conversion output
- and much more…

You can download the free trial version here: http://www.investintech.com/prod_a2e.htm



eMedia is a music software company focused on providing curriculum and instructional software to consumer and schools. We offer products for voice, guitar, piano & keyboard, bass, ear-training and more. I invite you to take a look at our line and even request some trials:
http://www.emediamusic.com/music-education-software/licenses.html

Please feel free to contact me if you'd like to discuss. I hope you will consider including us in your links.