(Update: Since the time I wrote this review, GoodNotes is now GoodNotes 5. I was happy to pay for it when I realized that GoodNotes did everything I wanted it to do! ![]() I tested 13 different apps (it doesn’t take long before you know if it is right or not!) and my favorite was GoodNotes. A variety of fun options for pen color and stroke thickness.Files can also be printed or exported via a variety of services. Files can be uploaded via a variety of services such as Dropbox, Google Drive, iTunes, etc.Three ways to return the “background” to normal: (1) Undo button (2) Eraser tool (3) “Clear drawing” button (without affecting background).I thought it would be nice to be able to organize the files by topic or for a particular student. Ability to create and save “notebooks” containing different jpg or pdf files.The background image should upload to fit well automatically, without requiring resizing or rotating. Pdfs are handy because you can upload a multi-page document at once as opposed to dealing with individual jpgs). Ability to annotate both jpgs and pdfs.Over the weekend, I spent some time researching and testing apps until I found my favorite. There are many different options available. To use these wonderful resources on your iPad, you will need some kind of whiteboard or annotator app that allows you to upload custom “papers” or “backgrounds” upon which you can draw and erase. Jennifer Fink from Pianimation has some sight-reading cards (sets of jpg files) that are fantastic.Susan Paradis has a variety of colorful worksheets/games that would work well on the iPad.Wendy’s Piano Escapades offers a few different types of colorful whiteboard backgrounds.Anne Crosby - Check out her colorful whiteboard backgrounds by searching “iPad” on her blog, and be sure to see her Music Discoveries digital method book, too (pictured at right).A few of my favorite piano teaching blogs have shared some great resources for using the iPad in this way: ![]() One of the cool teaching tools the iPad provides the piano teacher is the possibility of completing worksheets digitally during the lesson - or using the iPad like a music whiteboard with a custom background.
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