I chose Soundation because it gives the students a chance to freely create any sound they want with a selection of free samples to remix.
I love that it comes with free sounds and is fairly easy to use. I dislike that you need to sign up with the website in order to use it, but many websites are tied to log-in's so it seems unavoidable.
One of Soundation's useful features is it encourages Google Hangouts. If a student's interest is piqued in this website, they can always go home and use Google Hangouts to learn more about creating music. There are so many free softwares that they could really delve deep into expanding their mind by creating sounds that are pleasing to them.
The reason I chose this website despite being an English teacher, is that I greatly support the scientific findings that music helps enhance learning. Even if my students aren't particularly interested in music, using some class time every couple of weeks to create a short instrumental is a good time to expand the creativity of the mind and open it up and give it a rest.
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