The basic idea!

Here is a very simple 'Prezi' to explain how sound mapping works as a global project potentially involving communication between schools.

Use the forward & backward (< arrow > ) buttons on your keyboard to move the Prezi onwards...

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^ Mute sound here if necessary 

A sound map is usually in the style of a Google satellite map, but with autochthonous sound - you get to listen to, and hear the locations.

An example of a genuine working and ever-growing sound map can be accessed here.

The sounds presented there are uploaded by people who simply took the time to capture their surroundings. It is a way of communicating globally (but non-verbally) through sound.

Children can listen to, and discuss sounds they hear from other schools, countries, geological areas, buildings, locations, communities, and so forth.

They can then contribute to this global exchange by sharing sounds of their environment, by putting themselves on the sound map. All it takes is listening, recording, exploring.

The original St Barnabas sound map can be found here with a write up of the initial concept.