Senseworlds | Senses, aurality and the virtual

http://www.inukjuaksoundmap.com/

http://www.inukjuaksoundmap.com/

by admin on Jan 25, 2011 • No Comments

From the website: Sound maps serve as effective auditory archives of our environments, touching on political, artistic, anthropological, and technological facets. Montreal sound artist Nimalan Yoganathan recently participated in an artist residency in Inukjuak, Nunavik during July and August 2009 (funded by Conseil des arts et des lettres du quebec)....

London hit songs mapped

London hit songs mapped

by admin on Jan 8, 2011 • No Comments

Far from a complete list of London songs, but fun nonetheless http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12135501

BBC Sounds of Life Radio Show

Listening / Nature

BBC Sounds of Life Radio Show

by admin on Dec 25, 2010 • No Comments

BBC/Open University series takes us on an acoustic journey across the past, present and future of sounds.

Latest entries

Creating sound maps

by admin on Jun 6, 2011 • No Comments

There are lots of fantastic sound maps out there on the web, but they seem to be a bit like bags. There isn’t a perfect one, at least not for me. My needs keep changing depending on the context I find myself in. At the moment I’m after collaborative solutions, preferably with a community page...

A virtual worlds tagging activity.

by admin on Jan 5, 2011 • No Comments

Bookmarks and citations are an essential part of current teaching and learning. A course is often a collection of hyperlinks and services for sharing. Folksonomies or community tagging activities enable teachers to encourage collaborative learning, social presence, and to map learning domains. This activity highlights how the pros and cons of tagging.

Identify what sounds can add to immersive language learning in virtual worlds.

by admin on Jan 5, 2011 • No Comments

This tutorial is the second of four mini tutorials; Identifying what sounds can add to immersive learning in virtual worlds Identifying existing sources of sound in virtual worlds, Using sound to enhance your teaching in virtual words.

Identifying sound existing sources for immersive language learning in virtual worlds

by admin on Jan 5, 2011 • No Comments

This tutorial is the third of four mini tutorials; Identifying what sounds can add to immersive learning in virtual worlds Identifying existing sources of sound in virtual worlds, Using sound to enhance your teaching in virtual words.

Using sound for teaching immersive language learning in virtual worlds.

by admin on Jan 5, 2011 • No Comments

This tutorial is the fourth of four mini tutorials; Identifying what sounds can add to immersive learning in virtual worlds, Identifying existing sources of sound in virtual worlds, Using sound to enhance your teaching in virtual words.

Introducing using sound for immersive language teaching in virtual worlds.

by admin on Jan 5, 2011 • No Comments

This tutorial is the first of four mini tutorials; Identifying what sounds can add to immersive learning in virtual worlds Identifying existing sources of sound in virtual worlds, Using sound to enhance your teaching in virtual words

Sound-seeker - New York Sound Map

Sound-seeker – New York Sound Map

by admin on Dec 27, 2010 • No Comments

Sound-seeker is a part of the NYSoundmap project of The New York Society for Acoustic Ecology (NYSAE), a New York metropolitan chapter of the American Society for Acoustic Ecology. The Sound-seeker project collects sounds from the New York City soundscape.

Archaeology / Teaching

60 Second Shakespeare Sound Masterclass

by admin on Nov 22, 2010 • No Comments

The BBC microsite offering tutorials and teacher resources on using sound in teaching Shakespeare as part of the English curriculum in schools.

Listening / Nature

BBC Sounds of Life series

by admin on May 14, 2010 • No Comments

BBC/Open University series takes us on an acoustic journey across the past, present and future of sounds.