{"477821":{"#nid":"477821","#data":{"type":"news","title":"EarSketch awarded $65,000 from the Blank Foundation","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp dir=\u0022ltr\u0022\u003EThe EarSketch team was awarded a gift from the Blank Foundation this week for $65,000. Members of the team are: Doug Edwards (PI; CEISMC), Jason Freeman (Co-PI; GTCMT) and Brian Magerko (Co-PI, LMC).\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs its website explains,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/earsketch.gatech.edu\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EEarSketch\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;teaches core topics in computer science, music, and music technology in a fun, engaging environment. Students learn to code in Python or JavaScript, two of the most popular programming languages in the world, while manipulating loops, composing beats, and applying effects to a multi-track digital audio workstation.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe EarSketch team is creating a summer camp model where high school students from EarSketch (ES) courses help run the summer camp for middle school students at schools in their cluster. It\u2019ll be at Westlake in Fulton County this summer, the school where, Doug Edwards from The Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing (CEISMC) served as the Math\/Science Magnet Director. The GRA on this project will work on a blocks version of ES appropriate to middle school students.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"It\u0027s summer camp for EarSketch where high schoolers teach middle schoolers."}],"uid":"28518","created_gmt":"2015-12-10 20:10:23","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:20:16","author":"Jessica Anderson","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-12-10T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2015-12-10T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"444971":{"id":"444971","type":"image","title":"EarSketch","body":null,"created":"1449256205","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 19:10:05","changed":"1475895184","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:53:04","alt":"EarSketch","file":{"fid":"203156","name":"static1.squarespace.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/static1.squarespace_0.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/static1.squarespace_0.png","mime":"image\/png","size":411122,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/static1.squarespace_0.png?itok=lWrzDShH"}}},"media_ids":["444971"],"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":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}