David MacDonald, composer and professor at Wichita State University, joins the show to talk about paperless iPad workflows, student collaboration over the cloud, the state of notation apps on the iPad, and some of our favorite macOS and iOS productivity apps.
More topics include:
-Collaborating on student composition projects over the cloud using iPads, Dropbox, PDF Expert, and GoodNotes
-AirPlaying the iPad to Zoom conference calls
-Using the iPad as a digital whiteboard using GoodNotes
-Behavior management
-Writing apps
-Why Markdown is useful
-Using GoodNotes Dropbox backups as a student collaboration feature
-Strengths of iCloud Drive, Dropbox, Google Drive
-Using third party cloud providers in the iOS Files app
-All of the various ways PDF Expert can work with files
-Annotating documents on iPad
-Searchable handwritten text in GoodNotes
-Converting iMessage stickers into stamps in PDF Expert to teach the proper resolution of the tendency tones in the Neapolitan sixth chord
-The state of notation apps on iPad
-Our dreams for future Apple hardware
-Our picks for app and album of the week
Show Notes:
-Blackboard
-David MacDonald / Composer
-Scoring Notes: Paperless composition lessons with iPad Pro and Apple Pencil | David MacDonald
-Apple to Launch Several Macs With Arm-Based Processors in 2021, USB4 Support Coming to Macs in 2022
-Dropbox
-PDF Expert
-GoodNotes 5
-Hazel - Automatic file organization for your Mac
-Zoom
-Screenflow
-OmniOutliner
-Tonal Energy
-forScore
-Ulysses - The ultimate writing app for Mac, iPad, and iPhone
-iA Writer - The benchmark of markdown writing apps
-Squarespace - What I made my website in
-How to use Smart Annotation in Pages
-Marked 2 - Smarter tools for smarter writers
-Midnight Music: 10 Productivity Apps to Help You Organize Your Lesson Plans | Robby Burns
-iCloud Drive Folder Sharing
-MindNode
-Aminal Sticker Pack for iMessage
-The Mandalorian Sticker Pack for iMessage
-StaffPad
-Scoring Notes: StaffPad wows with long-awaited iPad release and new free StaffPad Reader | David MacDonald
-Sibelius
-Dorico
-iPad and Technology in Music Education Blog | Paul Shimmons
-Technology in Music Education Blog | Chris Russell
-StaffPad Reader
-Notion
-Komp
-Symphony Pro
-Cubasis for iPad
-SwiftUI
-Six Colors Blog
-3.15.20 - Childish Gambino
-Snarky Puppy - Family Dinner (Vol. 1)
-Snarky Puppy - Family Dinner (Vol. 2)
-Snarky Puppy feat. Becca Stevens & Väsen - I Asked
-Jacob Collier - Theory Interview
-Adam Neely YouTube Channel
-Analyzing Demi Lovato’s arrangement of the Star Spangled banner at the Super Bowl | Adam Neely
-OmniFocus
-OmniFocus Project Templates Using TaskPaper Syntax
-Drafts App - Where text starts
-2Do
-Downie - Mac app for saving videos from the internet
-Things - Award winning personal task manager that helps you achieve your goals
App of the Week:
Robby - OmniFocus - Powerful task management for busy professionals, SetApp - The frontier platform that packs 170 Mac apps into just one
David - nkoda -Arguably the Netflix of sheet music
Album of the Week:
Robby - Wonderbloom by Becca Stevens
David - Partita for 8 Voices by Caroline Shaw (2013 Pulitzer Prize Winner)
Where to Find Us:
David MacDonald: Twitter | Website
Robby Burns: Twitter | Blog
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