Amy’s Favorites – Teaching Tools & Gadgets

 

Apps for Students and the Profession

NoteRush. This is my #1 favorite app for students as the app recognizes whether or not the student is playing the exact note on the piano. Check out my new assignment-series design just for this app.

forScore. This app is well worth the fee. forScore is the best sheet music reader out there, especially when paired with my favorite Bluetooth pedal, the iRig Blueturn.

Genius Scan. For scanning items and printing to PDF. It's easy to use and does a good job of recognizing and capturing scans quickly.

 

Recording Equipment

Spotify for Podcasters. An easy-to-use and visually satisfying platform for recording and publishing The Piano Pantry Podcast.

Blue Yeti USB Microphone. This microphone is easy to use and, best of all has a mute button to avoid those little coughs when recording. The pop filter is important to help reduce puffy sounds from your voice that create "pops" in the sound.

Khanka Microphone Case for Blue Yeti. A small, simple, and compact case to carry the Blue Yeti microphone. Room for cables and a pop filter.

Camtasia and Snagit. By TechSmith, Camtasia is my video editor of choice. It is especially brilliant for doing screen recordings. You can purchase it along with TechSmith's screen-snipping tool, Snagit, in a bundle.

 

Presenting

Canva. Most recently, I've been using Canva's excellent Slide Templates for creating my presentations. Even more so than Microsoft PowerPoint, Canva makes it really easy to add graphics and make your presentations visually appealing. It also has a built-in "present" mode, just like PowerPoint!