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Listening & Speaking 2

http://www.findsounds.com/types.html

A site for finding sound effects and musical instru­ment samples on the Web. A search engine with a focus on sounds which is simple and easy to use.

Wake your class with a gong, quiet them with wind chimes or let them hear a volcano or a didgeridoo for the first time.

Many types of sounds can be found. Here is a partial selection:

Animals: alligator to zebra (dinosaur?)

Birds: blackbird to woodpecker

Holidays: Christmas, Halloween, etc.

Household: aerosol, boiling, cuckoo clock, door slam, scissors, toilet, zipper

Insects: bee to wasp

Mayhem: arrow, broken glass, glass, crash, fight, laser, pistol, shock, sword, whip

Miscellaneous: ambiance, bang, beep, blip, bloop, bo-ing, buzz, clang, clank, clink, creak, crunch, growl, hiss, howl, hum, leak, Morse Code, pop, rattle, rip, rustle, scrape, scratch, screech, shuffle, sizzle, skid, snap, snip, squeak, squeal, squish, static, steam, stone, swing, tap, tear, thud, tick, tink, whine, whoosh, wood

Musical Instruments: accordion to xylophone

Nature: cave, earthquake, fire, geyser, jungle, lightning, ocean, storm, surf, swamp, thunder, tornado, waterfall

Noisemakers: alarm, buzzer, chime, foghorn, horn, siren, sonar, whistle, wind chimes

Office: briefcase, cash register, coins, computer key­board, computer printer, desk bell, elevator, fax, pencil sharpener, stapler

People: applause, baby, belch, bite, blow nose, breath, burp, cheer, chew, chomp, cough, crowd, footsteps, gargle, gasp, giggle, groan, grunt, gulp, heartbeat, hic­cup, kiss, march, moan, scream, shiver, sigh, shurp, sneeze, sniff, snore, spit, write, yawn, yell

Sports and Recreation: baseball to tennis

Tools: axe to wrench

TV and Movies: Popular shows, cartoons

Vehicles: airplane to train, trolley, and truck

http://ed.voicethread.com

A VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to navigate pages and leave comments in 5 ways. Collect the voices of an entire group on a single page by computer microphone, telephone, text, audio file (MP3/ WAV), and webcam. The simple voice and video commenting takes place right in the web browser with no software to install. On the K-12 Solutions Page, you can watch an explanatory video of how the system works.