by Joris Astier | May 27, 2022
Nowadays, learning to play the piano is not as difficult as it used to be thanks to the Internet. The multiplication of apps dedicated to learning makes life easier for music lovers. La Touche Musicale is one of these apps. It has managed to distinguish itself from...
by John Kelleher | Jan 2, 2022
Before launching ESM Inbound, I kept a blog called Teacher & Musician. Starting life as a side project to my classroom work, it became a core part of my first year after leaving teaching. As ESM Inbound grew and my professional life focussed on growing a...
by John Kelleher | Jan 4, 2016
I used to think that ‘stakeholder’ was an ugly word. Especially when applied to schools. “Teaching isn’t a business,” I would protest, “can’t we just get on with the job?” A few years later, of course, I was using the...
by John Kelleher | Nov 9, 2015
I recently had the pleasure of visiting the Skoove team in Berlin. I left their offices feeling inspired by the potential of their software for use in the classroom. Any music teacher knows that differentiation is tricky at the best of times, especially when dealing...
by John Kelleher | Sep 21, 2015
Back in the 1990s, I was an avid video gamer. I could run Sonic the Hedgehog through the Chemical Plant Zone faster than the contenders on Gamesmaster, I knew every special move on Street Fighter II and I won a city-wide competition based on the opening level of...
by John Kelleher | Aug 21, 2015
This is the third in a series of posts about exam board subject advisors for music. You can see the interview with Marie Jones of OCR here and Catherine Webster of WJEC/Eduqas here. The interview questions that have been given to each advisor can be found by...
by John Kelleher | Aug 20, 2015
This is the Edexcel version of this survey. Click here to select a different version. It’s GCSE results day. An important day for teachers and pupils alike. Once the pupils open that envelope (or login to that webpage…), they know their results and the...
by John Kelleher | Aug 20, 2015
This is the OCR version of this survey. Click here to select a different version. It’s GCSE results day. An important day for teachers and pupils alike. Once the pupils open that envelope (or login to that webpage…), they know their results and the...
by John Kelleher | Aug 20, 2015
This is the WJEC version of this survey. Click here to select a different version. It’s GCSE results day. An important day for teachers and pupils alike. Once the pupils open that envelope (or login to that webpage…), they know their results and the...
by John Kelleher | Aug 20, 2015
This is the AQA version of this survey. Click here to select a different version. It’s GCSE results day. An important day for teachers and pupils alike. Once the pupils open that envelope (or login to that webpage…), they know their results and the...
