This paper discusses our ongoing experiences in developing an interdisciplinary general education course called Sound Thinking that is offered jointly by our Dept. of Computer Science and Dept. of Music. It focuses on the student outcomes we are trying to achieve and the projects we are using to help students realize those outcomes. It explains why we are moving from a web-based environment using HTML and JavaScript to Scratch and discusses the potential for Scratch's "musical live coding" capability to reinforce those concepts even more strongly.

This article begins with a discussion of the rationales for diversification of musical education environments. It then covers applications of music technology which enable new forms of musical empowerment; online music education environments; a blended/hybrid approach that features some online learning to enhance what is taught in face-to-face settings; online music teacher education; and participatory media and social media musicianship.

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This introduction provides, first, an elaboration on the handbook’s premise, which seeks to trouble notions of authority and expertise by celebrating the diversity of stakeholders and opinions that narrate the landscape of technology and music education. Second, this introduction provides brief summaries of the contributions that make up the four main parts of the handbook. Twenty-two Core Perspective authors consist of ten females and twelve males across six continents that include the countries Australia, Canada, China, Mexico, Singapore, Uganda, United Kingdom, and the United States. Selected authors include school and community music practitioners, industry members, higher education researchers, and music teacher educators, embracing theoretical frames that include philosophy, history, sound studies, ethnomusicology, social and cultural psychology, and critical theory. To further reinforce the perspectival nature of the handbook, another nineteen authors provide Further Perspectives to various subparts in the volume. We encourage you, the reader, to continue the dialogue begun in this handbook through adding your personal perspectives online via our companion website (http://global.oup.com/us/ohtme).

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