Elementary Music Technology and Integration

Amy M. Burns has taught PreK-grade 4 general music for over 25 years at Far Hills Country Day School (FH) (https://www.fhcds.org/). She also teaches grade 5 instrumental class, directs the FH Modern Band, is the Performing Arts Department Manager, and teaches privately in the after-school conservatory, having served as director for over 20 years. She has authored four books and numerous articles on integrating technology into the elementary music classroom. She has presented many sessions on the topic, including four keynote addresses in TX, IN, St. Maarten, and AU. She is the recipient of the 2005 Technology in Music Education (TI:ME) Teacher of the Year, the 2016 New Jersey Music Educators Association (NJMEA) Master Music Teacher, the 2016 Governor’s Leader in Arts Education, the 2017 NJ Nonpublic School Teacher of the Year, and the 2026 NJMEA Distinguished Service Awards. Her most recent publication, Using Technology with Elementary Music Approaches (2020), is available from Oxford University Press (OUP) and Amazon. Burns is also the Community Coordinator for Midnight Music (MMC) at https://midnightmusic.com/, the General Music Chair for NJMEA Board of Directors, and the Elementary Music Consultant for MusicFirst (https://www.musicfirst.com/), a company built by music educators for music educators, dedicated to helping music teachers and their students make the most of technology in the classroom.

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Canva Just Made Printing Even Easier!

June 02, 2026 / Amy M. Burns

If you're an elementary music teacher who uses Canva to create classroom posters, bulletin board displays, worksheets, certificates, concert programs, or visual aids, there's a small update that can save you a few clicks.

Canva now allows you to print directly from within the program! Instead of downloading your design as a PDF, PNG, or JPG, opening another application, and then printing, you can simply select Print right from Canva.

It may seem like a minor change, but anything that streamlines our workflow is a win—especially during concert season, open houses, and those busy weeks when every minute counts.

One less step. One less file to manage. One more reason to love Canva.

Yay for time-saving updates! 🎉

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