FETC and BETT--After a beta launch that has taken the market by storm and six months of market success, the first-of-its-kind Soundtrap online collaborative music and audio recording studio is taking a big step forward in the education market via “Soundtrap for Education,” being launched today. Soundtrap was already named “The Best Website for Teaching and Learning 2015” by the American Association of School Librarians, but Soundtrap for Education is even better, being tailored for children and students in K-12, primary and secondary schools worldwide and offering optimal new features for both students and teachers.

Soundtrap for Education is the first solution for kids that lets them make music or audio recordings with fellow students within their invited and secured group, record a tune or podcast, then share the music with classmates, in the cloud, from a multitude of devices and operating systems. This new version is just as easy to use as the regular Soundtrap solution and is the first solution of its kind to be fully integrated with Google Classroom. Soundtrap is a Google for Education partner.

While other music recording tools are complex and often have a steep learning curve, Soundtrap for Education enables students to be up and running in less than three minutes. Students can create professional-sounding music and podcasts alone or with other students from remote locations, all using different devices. (See video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ViLQD_2RK4)

The new education-focused version of Soundtrap is compliant with the US Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and it also makes sure that collaborating participants operate in a secure, closed “Walled Garden” environment protected from the rest of the Internet. Soundtrap is the first online collaborative music recording studio to work across iOS, Android, Chromebook, Mac and Windows devices. To read more visit: http://journal.soundtrap.com/news/

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Pricing information: www.soundtrap.com/pricing