My Updated Guide to Media for Classroom Projects
Over the last year some of my old favorite sources of media for classroom projects changed or completely disappeared. They’ve been replaced by some new and updated sources for free sound effects, music, videos, pictures, and drawings to use in classroom projects. That’s why I created an updated guide to finding media for classroom projects. […]
A Great Place to Find Free Sound Effects
This morning I hosted a webinar about creating your own apps in your classroom. In one of the demonstrations that I gave I created an app that played a little dog barking noise when a person tapped “I’m a dog person” on the screen. The sound effect that I used came from one of my […]
My Two Go-to Places for Free Sound Effects and Music
Some of my students are currently using the MIT App Inventor to create their own Android apps. It’s a great way for students learn some programming concepts and have a working app at the end. I figured that some other teachers would like to know how it works so I published this tutorial last week. […]
Mixkit Now Offers Free Sound Effects, Music, and Video Clips for Your Multimedia Projects
Back in February I published a video overview of how to use Mixkit to find free b-roll video and music to use in multimedia projects. This week the folks at Mixkit added sound effects to their library of free media. The sound effects library is separate from the music library in Mixkit. The sound effects […]
Five Places to Find Free Music and Sounds for Multimedia Projects
From adding music to a slideshow to adding sound effects to videos to bumper music for podcasts, there are plenty of classroom projects that require free audio files. If you find yourself or your students in need of some free music or sound effects, take a look at these sites that offer thousands of free […]
ZapSplat – Thousands of Free Sound Effects
ZapSplat is a website that offers more than 20,000 sound effects and songs that you can download and re-use for free. The licensing that ZapSplat uses is quite clear. As long as you cite ZapSplat, you can use the sound effects and music in your videos, podcasts, and other multimedia projects. ZapSplat does require you […]
7 Places to Find Free Music & Sound Effects for Multimedia Projects
Creating your own music and or sound effects to use in videos or podcasts is one way to avoid violating someone’s copyright rights. Another option is to look for music and sound effects that are either in the public domain or have been labeled with a Creative Commons license. The following seven places offer music […]
A Good Place to Find Free Sound Effects for Multimedia Projects
Whether it is for a podcast, a video, a slide presentation, or some other multimedia project, there will be times when your students need to download sound effects. SoundBible is a good place for students to find all kinds of free sound effects recordings. Students can download files as MP3 or WAV files. And best […]
Six Good Places to Find Free Music and Sound Effects
In my post earlier today about tools for creating book trailer videos I mentioned a couple of sources of free sound effects and music. Picking the right music or sound effects can have a drastic influence on how we react to a scene in a video. Here are some places that you and your students […]