While exploring the amazing new Ancient Rome layer in Google Earth I thought it would be useful for kids to be able to add “audio-bites” by way of annotation. The recordings might, for example, take the form of imaginary discussions taking place in Rome.
After a little research, I discovered Vocaroo.com This great little site lets you record a snippet of audio and upload it to the web. The recording can be played through an embeddable Flash Player. What’s really cool is that I found the HTML code for the player can be pasted into a Google Earth placemark. There’s no need to register to use Vocaroo; the whole process couldn’t be easier or more classroom friendly.
Tragedy!
Here’s the Google Earth placemark we recorded earlier:
Tragedy in the gardens of Lucullus
Obviously the technique has endless potential for further development. Maps that speak are an excellent example of neo-geography!
Another nice post Noel.
Hadn’t come across Vocaroo…
Another one for the Neo-Geography unit…
Thank you so much for sharing this post and vocaroo. I hear about it and you through Tom Barrett on twitter. What a great way to add audios to google earth, blogs, wikis etc. As I teach grade 2 through to year 12 information technology, it is great to find a site that does not require registration. Thanks for sharing.
What a great idea Noel - thanks for this.
This is great Noel. I have been using Google Earth and podcasts separately but have never thought to combine them. Cheers