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Sites uses popular music to teach history. School librarian Joyce Valenza writes: "An article in the December 30 Washington Post turned me on to an amazing creative effort developed by a couple of teachers in Hawaii. History for Music Lovers on YouTube is song parody and remix at its most useful. The portal was launched by clever and talented Amy Burvall, of the Le Jardin Academy in Kailua, and Herb Mahelona, who used to work with her, at St. Andrew's Priory in Honolulu. I can see using these as models for creative student research projects. The clever remixing here also seems a cool way of examining transformativeness (repurposing and adding value) as it relates to fair use."... School Library Journal: NeverEndingSearch, Dec. 31; Washington Post, Dec. 30; History for Music Lovers

Watch these and imagine the possibilities in your class!

Site allows you to find music back to 1960. Great way to find the most popular songs from a certain era.

From Richard Byrne at Free Technology for Teachers: "allows you to create a short video about the searches that you perform on Google. To create your video you enter your search terms, select some background music, and let the creator render a video for you."

So many exciting possibilities. Has many applications to DISCOVER search process

"Capture photos, videos, music, tweets, posts, and much more. View and share your entire life online. Create stories of your best memories together with your friends.Explore and search your life and the lives of your friends online."

looks interesting

"The Library of Congress presents the National Jukebox, which makes historical sound recordings available to the public free of charge. The Jukebox includes recordings from the extraordinary collections of the Library of Congress Packard Campus for Audio Visual Conservation and other contributing libraries and archives."

easy way to find music from different eras

Copyright issues and iTunes. Very detailed post on various scenarios pointing out what is probably ok and what isn't

Soundcities allows you to visit cities around the world and browse sound files. It's open so anyone can upload sounds which is what makes it so interesting. I love the idea of something created and growing thanks to individuals on the ground sharing what they're doing or seeing or, in this case, hearing. It's a wonderful, collaborative and authentic result.

Great concept crowdsourcing the sounds of a region or city