Sound+Cloud

Sound Cloud is a cool way to make music and share it with your friends. Once your track is made, friends and/or other users can comment on your music. You also get to choose other genres or musicians that you would like to follow. []

They also choose "Sound Clouders of the Day" which are a few samplings of music from the site handpicked by the owners (therefore student appropriate). []

__Strengths:__
 * Great way to record or upload music that was previously made.
 * You can visualize your sound by watching the neat sound wave while music is playing.
 * You can share your music with friends and followers.
 * You can make your music public for everyone on the site to hear.
 * You can make your music private and only allow your friends and/or followers to listen.
 * There are hundreds of applications that allow you to record your sounds and listen to your "dashboard" on the go.
 * There are "widgets" that allow you to embed your sounds and take them places like your blogs, profiles, or websites.
 * The "stats" section on the website allows you to get feedback on the music you upload.

__Weaknesses:__
 * You cannot "create" music here. You can only record it.
 * Students could probably access music that was "inappropriate" for school if not closely monitored.
 * Student privacy settings may need to be monitored.

__Opportunities:__
 * Allows students to share their creativity with other students and people.
 * Students can take "widgets" from the website and bring your music to other school or personal sites.
 * Students can use the "stats" section to get feedback on their creations that can allow them make changes and/or create new pieces of music.
 * Students can use their creations to share music with parents or whole school.

__Threats:__
 * Outside "fans" could post inappropriate comments on student pages.
 * Students could potentially get in trouble for copyright issues if they sample from other songs or artists.
 * Students could post inappropriate comments on other people's pages.

__Ideas for the Classroom:__
 * Students create and record their song on Sound Cloud about a number of classroom topics (the four seasons, endangered animals, math facts, etc.)
 * There could be a class or school wide competition to create a school song. All entries could be posted in Sound Cloud and students and parents could rate each song using the "stats" app.
 * Teacher could create songs on classroom topics and use Sound Cloud to allow students to listen and learn more about that topic.
 * Students could sample music from different areas of the world and try to recreate that music from a particular area (i.e. Italy, Morocco, etc.)