{"70406":{"#nid":"70406","#data":{"type":"news","title":"IAC Awarded $1M NSF Grant to Improve Computer Science Education for Minorities","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EEarSketch\u003C\/em\u003E, a new NSF-funded project in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, will try to encourage African American high schoolers to learn computer science by teaching them to write computer code for remixing hip hop music.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe believe that, by leveraging the collaborative nature of remix composition and musically-oriented computer programming, \u003Cem\u003EEarSketch\u003C\/em\u003E may provide a successful alternative to the cultural issues that computer games have in the engagement of minorities,\u201d said Brian Magerko, Assistant Professor of digital media in the IAC School of Literature, Communication, and Culture and Principle Investigator on the project.\u0026nbsp; Working with Magerko is co-investigator Jason Freeman, Assistant Professor of music in the College of Architecture School of Music. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe project involves development of a software package and curricula. Students will be taught how to use a digital audio workstation to control musical loops and beats by writing small bits of programming code.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cWe\u2019ll also provide online resources through which students can share their works, encouraging them to learn to remix with other students\u2019 codes and sounds,\u201d said Magerko. \u201cThe end result will be music that they can be proud of and that helped students learn introductory concepts in computer science.\u201d\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFunded by\u0026nbsp;the National Science Foundation\u2019s Computing Education for the 21st\u0026nbsp;Century (CE21)\u003Cem\u003E \u003C\/em\u003EProgram,\u003Cem\u003E EarSketch\u003C\/em\u003E will be piloted in 2014 in\u0026nbsp;Atlanta\u0027s Lanier High School. \u0026nbsp;Industry support for the project came from Cockos, who has supplied discounted licenses and technical assistance for their \u003Cem\u003EReaper\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;digital audio workstation software which is the development environment for \u003Cem\u003EEarSketch\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPhoto: Shannon Yao and Tom Jenkins, graduate students in the LCC Digital Media program, working on development of\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EEarSketch\u003C\/em\u003E software\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EEarSketch\u003C\/em\u003E, a new NSF-funded project in the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, will try to encourage African American high schoolers to learn computer science by teaching them to write computer code for remixing hip hop music.\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27167","created_gmt":"2011-09-29 13:57:16","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:10:14","author":"Rebecca Keane","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-09-29T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-09-29T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"70407":{"id":"70407","type":"image","title":"EarSketch","body":null,"created":"1449177314","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:15:14","changed":"1475894618","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:43:38","alt":"EarSketch","file":{"fid":"192955","name":"earsketch.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/earsketch_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/earsketch_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":67800,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/earsketch_0.jpg?itok=o5ttsFPR"}}},"media_ids":["70407"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[{"id":"143","name":"Digital Media and Entertainment"}],"keywords":[{"id":"14469","name":"Brian Magerko"},{"id":"14468","name":"EarSketch"},{"id":"1346","name":"Jason Freeman"},{"id":"363","name":"NSF"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ERebecca Keane 404-894-1720\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["rebecca.keane@iac.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}