Pandora
Pandora is such a great site for music! Music definitely gets me through the day and this Web 2.0 tool is awesome! Did I mention that it's free, too? Think of Pandora as being your own personal radio station. You start by selecting an artist or genre and then it formulates songs that relate to what you have chosen. You also have the option of skipping songs you don't like, giving a thumb's up (which will replay the song in the near future), or giving a song a thumb's down (which knocks it out of your play list). You can create multiple stations, which I don't believe are limited. Also, this would definitely liven up a classroom. You can select "school appropriate" songs to play in the morning when students first arrive and also, use a particular song you find to go along with a lesson. I believe music is a stress reliever, so even playing some "light" music in the background throughout the day could help with tension -and it would make it a fun environment for learning in general! We need to intrigue are students and music can have that affect.
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