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What visitors will find at an online library might surprise them. The sites are no longer merely massive infodumps of electronic text. Harnessing new technologies, libraries are posting sound and video files, blogs, and podcasts.

Resources in dozens of categories: "21st Century Skills, Android Apps, Art, Arts, ASCD 2012, Assessment, Audio, Blogs, C21 Webinars, Career/Tech Ed, Chemistry, Chess, Common Core State Standards, Curriculum Mapping, Dictionary, Digital Literacies, Digital Storytelling, Digital Tools, Early Childhood, eCoaching, English/Language Arts, ePortfolios, Film, Games, Global, Global Education, Global Partnerships, Government, Grades 3-5, Health, Heritage, High, High School, History, Humanities, Images In the Classroom, Infographics, Interdisciplinary, Issues, iPad/iPhone Apps, K-2, Languages, Library-Media Literacy, LiveBook, Math, Media Arts, Middle School, Mobile Learning, Music, New Forms, News, Open Learning, Physical Education, Podcast, Professional Development, Provocations for Professionals, Reading, Repositories, Science, Social Networking, Social Studies, Sustainability, Technology, The Arts, Theatre, Uncategorized, Videos, Webinars, World Languages, [and] Writing" (2012.08.29).

This is a wonderful site from the University of Salford in the UK. Listen to soundscapes which have been recorded all over the world. Navigate on the map to find a place of interest, listen to the recording and read the information about the location. Upload your own soundscapes using the site or download the iPhone and iPad app at https://itunes.apple.com/app/i-say/id516927213. It's a useful geography resource and should get your students thinking about the sounds around them. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Music%2C+Sound+%26+Podcasts

This is a fun musical resource. Place your dots on the window and see the rings expand and interact to make music. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Music%2C+Sound+%26+Podcasts

A collection of 37 video guitar lessons and other resources to get you playing in no time. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Music%2C+Sound+%26+Podcasts

Smartphones and tablets give students access to all types of multimedia. Mobile access to Internet services offers a virtually constant, uninterrupted connection to learning resources. Access to sound files, mobile apps, podcasts, and video files from around the globe make mobile technology ideal for any student who would like to learn to speak a foreign language through multimedia.

Without a course or program, it could be difficult for an independent learner to organize a curriculum; but what if vocabulary lessons were at your fingertips?

This is a nicely designed musical resource from the San Francisco Symphony. Explore music, instruments, how music is composed and more. The radio area has a good selection of classical tracks to listen to with your class. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Music%2C+Sound+%26+Podcasts

This is an excellent resource which I saw at BETT 2010. Podcasting directly from any computer with a microphone, lots of educational uses.

I love this site. A set of sound scapes of relaxing and fasinating scenes. Edit and add sounds by signing in. A superb resource for creative writing and setting a mood in your class. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Music,+Sound+&+Podcasts

A widely used site that has thousands of resources to help you to get your class singing. Stream and download music and find lyrics to use in your class. Use the whiteboard option to sync the music and words. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Music%2C+Sound+%26+Podcasts

A basic website with a collection of music resources for children. Learn to compose and read music. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Music%2C+Sound+%26+Podcasts

Multiple resources for royalty free sounds.

An online virtual musical keyboard that can be played with your computer keyboard or a mouse. So you're not going to be able to play much Chopin on this, but it's fun and the keyboard appears large on a whiteboard and is useful for showing some basics. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Music,+Sound+&+Podcasts

A resource for endless sound loops of all sorts that can be used in presentations, all copyright free