Random access: doing the little things. (Professional Resources).

During the last decade and a half, it has been my pleasure and good fortune to assist a large number of teachers and music schools with their efforts to implement new technologies effectively into their curricula. Recently, as I reflected on many of these experiences, I found myself recalling the implied wisdom of a poem I first encountered in childhood. It goes something like this:

 
   For want of a nail, a shoe was lost. 
   For want of a shoe, a horse was lost. 
   For want of a horse, a rider was lost. 
   For want of a rider, an army was lost. 
   For want of an army, a battle was lost. 
   For want of a battle, the war was lost. 
   For want of the war, the ...