Welcome to the website for the Alabama State Chapter of TI:ME – The Technology Institute for Music Educators. This blog will be the information portal for all our activities.

President: Scott Phillips, University of Alabama at Birmingham – slpmusic@uab.edu
Vice President: Karen Hickok, Northside Intermediate School, Opelika, AL – karen.hickok@opelikaschools.org

Advisory Board:
Carrie Cruz, North Highland and Concord Elementary Schools, Hueytown, AL -
Kimberly Walls, Auburn University – kim.walls@auburn.edu
Henry Panion, University of Alabama at Birmingham – hpanion@gmail.com
Website/Advisory Board: Karen Garrett, Central Park School, Birmingham, AL – kgarrett@musictechteacher.com

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TI:ME Certification Courses for 2010

TI:ME Courses will be available this Summer at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).

TI:ME 1A: Notation, Instruments, Sequencing will be offered from May 31 – June 4, 2010.

TI:ME 1B: Instructional Software, Multimedia will be offered from June 7 – Jun 11, 2010.

The cost will be $395 per week.
For more information and to register, go to: www.music.uab.edu/techcamp

To print an Adobe PDF flyer about the courses, select this link:  PDF of Teacher Training Flyer

To print a Word document application, select this link: DOC of Teacher Application

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AMEA Conference 2010
The TI:ME Chapter of Alabama was well represented at the Alabama Music Educators’ Association Conference in Tuscaloosa, AL on Jan. 21-22, 2010. Technology sessions were presented by Jody Underwood of ‘SoundTree’ and Larry Marchese of ‘Make Music.’ Scott Phillips facilitated the sessions and worked in the TI:ME exhibit booth. Thank you to all of the music teachers who attended the sessions!

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The UAB Music Tech Academy was held on November 14, 2009
The University of Alabama at Birmingham Music Tech Academy hosted a special conference on November 14, 2009 at the UAB Hulsey Music Center from 8:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. The Conference included a Music Tech Academy for High School Students and the Alabama TI:ME Chapter Fall Conference for Music Educators.The special guest speaker was James Frankel, Managing Director of SoundTree. Other speakers included Henry Panion, Scott Phillips and Karen Garrett.

Music Educators received hands-on instruction using Sibelius, Groovy Music, Podcasting, Web Design and other programs.

Students watched a live recording session in progress in UAB’s own studio with award-winning engineer James Bevelle. The students also learned about Pro Tools, Audacity, Reason, Garage Band and Sibelius.

The cost of the conference was $25 ($20 for TI:ME Members) and included lunch and a T-shirt. Door prizes were also awarded. The link to the UAB Music Tech Academy registration page is here:  2009 Registration Page