{"375511":{"#nid":"375511","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Jay-Z, Beethoven and EarSketch: Tech remixes masters to engage students in computer science","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEven Beethoven and Jay-Z may be impressed by a Georgia Tech program that just won another federal grant to expand a program that teaches computer science through music.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022wp-caption-text\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech is devising a program intended to engage high school students in computer science by showing how it relates to music. Credit: edted.com\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe idea is to intrigue high school students who haven\u2019t shown much interest in computer science by showing its application in music and the recording industry. Minorities and women are a primary focus.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETech announced Thursday it had won a $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation to further the work of EarSketch. The award extends a $2 million grant NSF awarded EarSketch in 2011.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"28008","created_gmt":"2015-02-09 17:50:17","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:23:54","author":"Bobby Macedonia","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"maritime","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/saportareport.com\/blog\/2014\/09\/jay-z-beethoven-and-earsketch-tech-remixes-masters-to-engage-students\/","dateline":{"date":"2014-09-19T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-09-19T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"69599","name":"IPaT"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}