{"611300":{"#nid":"611300","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Earsketch awarded two new Grants from the National Science Foundation","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech faculty \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/music.gatech.edu\/content\/jason-freeman\u0022\u003EJason Freeman\u003C\/a\u003E (School of Music \/ Center for Music Technology) and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.iac.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/magerko\u0022\u003EBrian Magerko\u003C\/a\u003E (School of Literature, Media, and Culture \/ Digital Media) have been awarded two new grants from the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/\u0022\u003ENational Science Foundation\u003C\/a\u003E to support continued research on \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/earsketch.gatech.edu\/landing\/#\/\u0022\u003EEarSketch\u003C\/a\u003E, a learning platform at the intersection of computer science and music education that has been used by over 250,000 students. Additional collaborators include \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.sesp.northwestern.edu\/profile\/?p=21182\u0022\u003EMike Horn\u003C\/a\u003E at Northwestern University and \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cise.ufl.edu\/people\/faculty\/keboyer\u0022\u003EKristy Boyer\u003C\/a\u003E at the University of Florida.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOne grant, titled \u0026quot;Broadening Participation in Computer Science Through Programming and the Arts Across Learning Spaces,\u0026rdquo; focuses on developing new systems and curricula that connect in-school and out-of-school learning experiences and connect music to other art forms such as dance, video, lyrics, and storytelling. The other grant, titled \u0026quot;Engaging High School Students in Computer Science with Co-Creative Learning Companions,\u0026rdquo; focuses on developing an artificially intelligent extension to EarSketch that guides students through technical and creative decisions as they write code to make music.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe National Science Foundation has endowed Earsketch with two new grants focused on connecting music to other art forms, and on creating an A.I. companion to guide students through creative decisions as they use the program.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":" The Earsketch team has been awarded two new grants from the National Science Foundation."}],"uid":"28750","created_gmt":"2018-09-11 15:09:18","changed_gmt":"2018-09-12 15:21:08","author":"Joshua Smith","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2018-09-11T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2018-09-11T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"601712":{"id":"601712","type":"image","title":"Students using Earsketch","body":null,"created":"1517510180","gmt_created":"2018-02-01 18:36:20","changed":"1517510180","gmt_changed":"2018-02-01 18:36:20","alt":"","file":{"fid":"229349","name":"Earsketch.PNG","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Earsketch.PNG","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Earsketch.PNG","mime":"image\/png","size":1574330,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Earsketch.PNG?itok=H1K25ZvS"}}},"media_ids":["601712"],"groups":[{"id":"1227","name":"School of Music"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"148","name":"Music and Music Technology"}],"keywords":[{"id":"14468","name":"EarSketch"},{"id":"1178","name":"Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology"},{"id":"11923","name":"georgia tech school of music"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39431","name":"Data Engineering and Science"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJoshua Smith\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E(404) 385-5593\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["joshua.smith@design.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}