{"468791":{"#nid":"468791","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Brian Magerko\u0027s interview on WXIA and upcoming TEDx talk","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDr. Brian Magerko was interviewed by Cara Kneer on Atlanta Tech Edge about tech related jobs and whether to influence kids to pursue a career in technology. Magerko emphasizes the difference between pushing kids to learn tech skills and exposing them to these skills. They also discuss the importance of accessibility to resources for kids from underrepresented race and gender groups.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/link.brightcove.com\/services\/player\/bcpid2679811403001?bckey=AQ~~,AAAAB_0PyCk~,_pBlGqvGs04DUXVtCfHNpdcjZdRZy0vL\u0026amp;bclid=2540215284001\u0026amp;bctid=4603114950001\u0026quot;%20target=\u0026quot;_blank\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EWatch the full interview here.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/link.brightcove.com\/services\/player\/bcpid2679811403001?bckey=AQ~~,AAAAB_0PyCk~,_pBlGqvGs04DUXVtCfHNpdcjZdRZy0vL\u0026amp;bclid=2540215284001\u0026amp;bctid=4603092881001\u0026quot;%20target=\u0026quot;_blank\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u201cCool Stuff! Music-Based Software\u201d\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;is Magerko\u2019s follow-up interview with Kneer about EarSketch, which he explains is a \u201cfree-to-use online environment\u201d that \u201cengage[s] kids in learning how to program by doing computational music remixing\u201d. He shows off the program and walks through how to use it.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/earsketch.gatech.edu\/landing\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ELearn about and play with EarSketch here\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMagerko is speaking at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/tedxpeachtree.com\/2015-program\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ETEDx Peachtree\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;this Friday Nov. 13 at Georgia Tech\u2019s Ferst Center, and his lab\u2019s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/vimeo.com\/132393344\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ETuneTable\u003C\/a\u003E project will be featured at the showcase.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"EarSketch: \u0022You don\u2019t need to know anything about music or computing. Learn to code in Python or JavaScript and make music in any style you choose.\u0022"}],"uid":"28518","created_gmt":"2015-11-11 13:00:39","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:19:58","author":"Jessica Anderson","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-11-11T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2015-11-11T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"468781":{"id":"468781","type":"image","title":"Brian Magerko WXIA","body":null,"created":"1449257147","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 19:25:47","changed":"1475895216","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:53:36","alt":"Brian Magerko WXIA","file":{"fid":"203837","name":"screen_shot_2015-11-11_at_11.46.34_am.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/screen_shot_2015-11-11_at_11.46.34_am_0.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/screen_shot_2015-11-11_at_11.46.34_am_0.png","mime":"image\/png","size":274865,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/screen_shot_2015-11-11_at_11.46.34_am_0.png?itok=AbVoWIGu"}}},"media_ids":["468781"],"groups":[{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["magerko@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}