Congratulations on the strong results! I feel for those teachers suddenly required to teach programming when that is something they may never have done. Your materials will be a great entry for them. Good luck with the fall study!
On Mon, Nov 30, 2020 at 5:03 PM Alexander Repenning < alexander.repenn...@colorado.edu> wrote: > No fitting all your concern but > > > - simple to use for novices > - combining music with programming (Computational Music Thinking) > - web-based > > > paper: > https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341079457_Computational_Music_Thinking_Patterns_Connecting_Music_Education_with_Computer_Science_Education_through_the_Design_of_Interactive_Notations > > The paper includes examples and links to programs. > > best, Alex > > > > On Jul 6, 2020, at 2:11 PM, Ken Tilton <kentil...@gmail.com> wrote: > > So I got to thinking about creating an approachable pathway to IT careers > for anyone really, but in the spirit of today one focused on creating > career opportunities for African Americans. > > The idea would be a code camp developed around algorithmic generation of > music. I know nothing about music theory, except that there is prolly > enough there to introduce most if not all fundamental programming concepts. > > For those campers that accidentally get hooked on programming itself, > which is how many of us ended up in IT careers, away they go! > > The idea is to: > > - use music as the hook; > - defer as long as possible the annoying things about programming (I > am looking at you, node.js); > - part of that ^^^ will be using a powerful language with the > parentheses in the right place, prolly ClojureScript since that could run > where JS runs; > - keep programming as the focus, as tempting as the music will be. > Sonic Pi comes with all sorts of built-in sound capabilities, but we want > to *develop* those in the code camp; > - tailor the program to specific musical genres, to maximize the > musical hook. > > I am dropping this here since I know many Common Lispers have a strong > musical bent. My questions are: > > - Could we use CL instead? I do think this almost has to be a web app, > perhaps even mobile. Hmmm, we *could* CL-ify CLJS with > sufficent clever macrology. > - What do you think? Can a solid programming fundamentals course be > expressed in music theory? Hint: HTTP is not a programming fundamental. > - If there is any interest, what would be a good place for an ongoing > discussion? Google groups? > > Ideas, comments, suggestions all welcome. > > -hk > > > Prof. Alexander Repenning > > University of Colorado > Computer Science Department > Boulder, CO 80309-430 > > > > -- Kenneth Tilton http://tiltontec.com/