Distance Learning
On the Road
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum’s award-winning interactive videoconferencing program, On the Road, continues to reach new audiences in classrooms across the country and around the world, expanding the horizons of thousands of young people every year. Teachers continue to take note. For the fourth consecutive year, On the Road has won a Teachers’ Choice Award for Best Content Provider in the Fine Arts Museums and Organizations category. The award is sponsored by Polycom, an interactive videoconferencing technology company. Since its inception, On the Road, supported by National City Bank now a part of PNC and the John P. Murphy Foundation, has reached more than 20,000 students and teachers in 35 states, as well as international connections to Australia, Canada, England, Guatemala, and Mexico.
The Rock Hall’s Education Instructor, Kathryn Metz, educates Florida high school Spanish students via distance learning.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is at the forefront of bringing popular culture into the classroom and utilizing it to shed light on the music that changed the world. The Museum’s state-of-the-art interactive videoconferencing technology allows it to offer incredible educational experiences, teaching children and young adults the ways in which music has played a part in some of the most important social, cultural and political issues in modern history.
Program Overview
On the Road makes use of the Museum’s extensive educational resources in order to increase students’ knowledge of the history, the people, and the sounds of popular music. These programs promote interdisciplinary study and creative, analytical thinking – all without leaving your school. The classes are developed and conducted by the Education Department staff and include exclusive interview clips with key figures in the history of popular music, behind-the-scenes commentary with Museum curators, audio and video clips of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees, and more. On the Road classes, as well as pre- and post-connection materials, meet Ohio and National education standards in disciplines such as music, language arts, social studies, and technology.
So take a virtual visit to the Rock Hall and celebrate the impact that popular music has had on our society! You’ll have a good time and tap your feet, but you’ll also learn something about our culture, about our society, and about who we are and where we came from.
Download the On the Road brochure.
Current Programming
- Ambassador to the Orchestra: The Arranger in Rock and Roll
- Inductee Spotlight: Frank Zappa
- Great Moments in Rock and Roll: Popular Music Through the Decades
- Hip-Hop Technology: From Turntables to Computers
- The Big Bang! The Birth of Rock and Roll
- Ball of Confusion: Rock Music and Social Change in the 60s and 70s
- And more to come. Stay Tuned!
How Teachers Grade Our Classes
Elementary and high school students from the Safford School District in Safford, Arizona, got a musical education in hip-hop technology and rock and roll history. Read about it: Video gives students new opportunities
Students at Pine Crest School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, examined the social atmosphere of the United States during ’50s, ’60s and ’70s through the music of those eras. Get a feel for their experiences: Jump Start Students Video Conference
In Montclair, New Jersey, students of Glenfield Middle School were immersed in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum and the music it celebrates without having to leave their own hometown. See the program through their eyes: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Videoconference
On the Road
For Students
Presented with the generous support of
and the John P. Murphy Foundation
Al Green's White Leather Jacket With Embroidery
Photo by Design Photography
Collection of Al Green
