BP3_2010011_Web 2.0 T1-uTutti

The Web 2.0 tool that I chose to explore first, uTutti, is a web based music teacher’s office assistant that was created by Alex Yoder (2009). Yoder is a music educator, so understands the special needs music educators have and has attempted to address these in an all-inclusive site.

uTutti is easy to access and on the home page I found that I was just within the time window of opportunity to take advantage of the holiday special increasing the free trial period from 30 to 90 days! If I find that this site is indeed beneficial for managing my flute studio, I will happily pay the $175 per year after that!

The purpose of this site appears to be to save time and energy for music teachers, so that they will be able to focus on actually teaching their students.
The features that I feel will be most useful for my flute studio are: Student Management, Inventory, Finances, Public Website, Calendar, and Web Widgets.
I am able to keep my students’ contact information all together; keep a detailed inventory of my music library, instruments, accessories, and also keep track of which student they are loaned to; have accurate records of fees paid each month in the student’s family account; give the families public access to the site for information; include events and schedules on a calendar and even embed that calendar on my existing flute studio website. I can educate my students’ families about Web 2.0 tools by modeling usage as well.

uTutti can also create reports, upload files, keep track of assignments and grades, and provides organizational tools for a music educator in a school setting. The site is very user-friendly. I enjoyed listening to the video introduction/tutorial, and am impressed with the way the site is designed and navigated.

Yoder, A. (2009). uTutti-web based music teacher’s office assistant. Retrieved on
January 8, 2010 from https://www.ututti.com/