Booktrack Classroom

Booktrack Classroom is a innovative free site for adding a soundtrack or sound effects to a story/book.  This is a great way to generate and boost student creativity in the classroom as well as help w/ reading comprehension.  Classrooms are using this for project based learning and for gaining student interest in the process of Reading and Writing.  Also, there is a free iOS/Android app for reading published Booktrack "books".

I highly recommend checking out Booktrack Classroom by clicking here!!!

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Free SFX

Free SFX is a search engine for free sound effects. This site has a bunch of categories to browse through such as: animals, nature, sci-fi, etc etc.

I recommend checking out Free SFX by clicking here.

For a much more detailed review, check out Richard Byrne's excellent blog!!

Sound Bible

Sound Bible is an excellent site for getting royalty free sound effects. I first heard about this site from Free Technology 4 Teachers, and was surprised at how easy it is to use. All you have to do is browse their extensive library of effects or type in which sound you are looking for.

Another nice feature is ability to request a sound. This is ideal if a student/teacher need to use something that is not posted. My only concern is if there are any inappropriate sounds. I did find some that would fall in the category of vulgar so I'm sure this is something that educators should be aware of.

Once you have found the effect you are looking for you can download it either in .wav or .mp3 format.



Give Sound Bible a try by clicking here.