On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 6:36 PM, Sean Linton <s...@lpnz.org> wrote: > I saw a computer program called 'Drum Beats' developed with One Laptop per > Child (OLPC) Canada. > > http://www.olpccanada.com/program-12.html > > Description: "Buffy Sainte-Marie walks children through the Nature of Sound > and Native American/Aboriginal Instruments in order to introduce children to > what sound is, the characteristic of sound, wavelengths and how sound > travels. Hands-on experiments and a vocabulary resource provide students > with a working knowledge of words and meaning, as well as an understanding > of Indigenous, Aboriginal, Native American music and sound terminology. This > program was modified for OLPC Canada by Buffy Sainte-Marie." > > It was particularly interesting to me to see that the program had been > modified for OLPC. I was wondering if anyone might know who might be able to > provide me with any more information regarding these modifications, such as > how this activity was modified and by whom.
As I recall, it was done by a local contractor for the Belinda Foundation. It is a Flash application and it required little customization after Martin Langoiff got them a build with a working Flash. Martin may remember more of the details. -walter > > It would be great if we could see programs like this, and develop something > similar, for the indigenous music cultures of more places. > > Sean Linton > > _______________________________________________ > Sugar-devel mailing list > Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel > > -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org _______________________________________________ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel