{"614774":{"#nid":"614774","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Earsketch reaches milestone, and plays major role in Georgia\u0027s Day of Code","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia\u0026rsquo;s \u0026ldquo;Day of Code\u0026rdquo; happens on December 7\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E this year, and \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/earsketch.gatech.edu\/landing\/#\/\u0022\u003EEarsketch\u003C\/a\u003E is playing a large role in it. The Technology Association of Georgia will be offering a series of coding activities to make computer science education readily available for any school in the state. In addition to Earsketch, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.tagedonline.org\/programs\/georgia-day-of-code\/\u0022\u003Ethey will be offering webinars from honorCode, Make Music Count, Accenture Professionals, and the Georgia Tech Constellations Center\u003C\/a\u003E. The Day of Code is being held in recognition of the fact that next week is \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/csedweek.org\u0022\u003ENational Computer Science Education week\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;Earsketch is thrilled to be working with the Technology Association of Georgia to bring coding to schools across Georgia. We\u0026rsquo;re always looking for ways to further Computer Science in as many classrooms as possible, and happy to contribute to this occasion,\u0026rdquo; says Jason Freeman, Chair of Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s School of Music and co-founder of Earsketch. The program continues to grow \u0026ndash; this week, the program reached a milestone of 300,000 individual users.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFirst developed in 2011, Earsketch\u0026#39;s userbase has expanded to more than 11,000 students per month. Many of these students are in Advanced Placement Computer Science classes in metro Atlanta high schools, but EarSketch\u0026#39;s userbase covers more than 300 schools in all 50 states, and more than 100 countries worldwide.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEarsketch is working with the Technology Association of Georgia to bring coding activities to every school in Georgia on the state\u0026#39;s official \u0026quot;Day of Code\u0026quot; on December 7th.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Earsketch is playing a major role in Georgia\u0027s Day of Code"}],"uid":"28750","created_gmt":"2018-11-29 18:23:47","changed_gmt":"2018-11-29 18:23:47","author":"Joshua Smith","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2018-11-29T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2018-11-29T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"594071":{"id":"594071","type":"image","title":"Using Music to Crack Code: Inside Earsketch","body":null,"created":"1501860786","gmt_created":"2017-08-04 15:33:06","changed":"1501860786","gmt_changed":"2017-08-04 15:33:06","alt":"","file":{"fid":"226426","name":"hero.earsketch1.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/hero.earsketch1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/hero.earsketch1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":325932,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/hero.earsketch1.jpg?itok=4hp8vu2O"}}},"media_ids":["594071"],"groups":[{"id":"1227","name":"School of Music"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"42911","name":"Education"},{"id":"153","name":"Computer Science\/Information Technology and Security"}],"keywords":[{"id":"14468","name":"EarSketch"},{"id":"112361","name":"Day of Code"},{"id":"25631","name":"Technology Association of Georgia"},{"id":"8838","name":"GT School of Music"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}