This workshop is full!
\nThi s Drive-By workshop will engage participants in discussions and hands-on wo rk exploring models of experience design for kids at the intersection of co mputing and music. In this workshop we will explore the use of the Scratch visual programming environment (MIT Media Lab\, http://scratch.mit.edu /) as a tool for teaching children aspects of computer music\, live cod ing\, hardware interfacing\, and computational thinking.
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Image courtesy of MIT Scratch Edu Team
\nThe workshop will be taught by Dr. Alex Ruthmann\, an internationally recognized exp ert on music technology education who has taught extensively using the Scra tch environment. Building on Dr. Ruthmann's research and practical experien ce\, the workshop will begin with an introduction to creative computation i n Scratch\, musical interface prototyping\, and projects developed by\, wit h and for kids. We will then discuss different approaches to facilitating a nd scaffolding kids creative computing work connected to the participants' prior work and interests.
\nDate: Tuesday 7 August\, 2012
\nTime
: 19:00 - 22:00
\nCost: €15
\nLocation: STEIM\, Achtergracht 19\,
1017WL Amsterdam
\nMaximum number of participants: 15
\nYou must
reserve a spot in advance through the registration link above!
Pay ment for this workshop must be made in cash upon arrival. Please bring exac t change!
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\nAll attendees must bring a laptop with Scratch 1.4 already instal led. Scratch is free (as in speech AND as in beer) and available for Mac\, Linux\, and Windows (though the synthesis engine is mostly disabled on the Linux build). You can download Scratch 1.4 at http://scratch.mit.edu/.
\nIf you do not hav e a laptop computer but would still like to attend the workshop there is a possibility for STEIM to provide a computer for you. If you would like to u se a STEIM computer please let us know in advance so that we can arrange on e for you by sending an email to workshops [AT] steim [DOT] nl.
\nS. Alex Ruthmann studied performing arts te chnology at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor before completing MM and P h.D. degrees at Oakland University in music education. He is an Assistant P rofessor of Music Education at UMass Lowell\, where he teaches undergraduat e and graduate courses at the intersection of music education\, arts comput ing\, and research. He currently serves as President of the Association for Technology in Music Instruction\, Chair of the creativity special research interest group of the Society for Research in Music Education\, as managin g editor of the International Journal of Education &\; the Arts\, and se rves on the editorial/advisory boards of the British Journal of Music Educa tion\, International Journal of Music Education: Practice\, and Journal of Music\, Technology\, and Education.
\nHis current research explores s ocial/digital media musicianship and creativity\, as well as the developmen t of technologies for music learning\, teaching and engagement in schools a nd community-based arts+computing programs. Dr. Ruthmann is currently a Co- PI on a $450\,000 National Science Foundation grant exploring the teaching of computational and musical thinking. He is the lead author of two chapter s in the forthcoming Oxford Handbook of Music Education. Active in social m edia\, you can follow his curated posts on music learning\, teaching and te chnology as @al exruthmann on Twitter and on his website at http://www.alexruthmann.c om/.
\nYou can review prior work of Dr. Ruthmann and his team onl ine at http://performamatics.org/.
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