As I write this, the sun is shining, the birds are demolishing the food I've put out for them and I have house martins nesting in my roof. It must be summer.
By the time you read this, it'll almost be the end of term. Any colleagues in the private sector will be even closer to the summer holidays than those of us in the state sector. So, if you do have time to fill, then I find the summer to be a surprisingly great time for teaching music technology. Last year, I wrote an article advising everybody to get out of the classroom and explore the sounds that the outdoors had to offer, using it as inspiration and as samples with which to create music. While I'd say the article still holds up and is worth digging out again if you're a long-time subscriber, it's possibly worth looking at other ways we can use the great outdoors.
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