Audrey
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I have recently had several requests for help and advice that are at least partly answered by my publication, "Music Technology & Curriculum Access", so it seems appropriate to save myself some time and post a little plug for it here. 
This study was published in 2001, so it clearly does not describe the lastest software and hardware. It does, however, deal with principles of learning and classroom teaching which are the same whatever equipment is being used. It considers two important questions:
1) Does the technology necessary to address each and every area of the music curriculum exist?
2) Can the relevant technology be incorporated into normal classroom practice?
I conducted several investigations, in order to find answers to these two questions, including:
a) bringing together components to form computer-based systems for the use of particular individuals/groups with severe physical disabilities
b) using identical equipment with groups of varying levels of physical/intellectual ability.
c) creating 'virtual instruments' to facilitate live performance and documenting their use
d) analysis of class performances to identify the points at which technology was contributing to differentiation
e) individual case studies
f) identifying a number of software packages suitable for class teaching and analysing them, in terms of physical and intellectual access
g) authoring original, computer based, teaching materials and 'test-driving' them in the classroom
h) initiating both individual and group music sessions in a nursing home for young people with profound and multiple learning difficulties, entering observations of the sessions into a keyword database and analysing them in terms of the National Curriculum.
In the book you will find sections on composition, performance, concept development and the role of the classroom computer.
See also the website at http://www.musicedutech.com
Best wishes,
Audrey
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