songchild project jason nolan & danny bakan
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Songchild.org Project Jason Nolan & Danny Bakan. Facilitated by: Yael Elitzur. In recent years technological breakthroughs have led to an extraordinary amount of user generated cultural content on the internet. Can you think of examples?. Before we start…. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Songchild.org ProjectSongchild.org ProjectJason Nolan & Danny BakanJason Nolan & Danny Bakan
Facilitated by: Yael Elitzur
Before we start…Before we start…
In recent years technological breakthroughs have led to an extraordinary amount of user generated cultural content on the internet.
Can you think of examples?
What do you think this means? What do you think this means?
According to Nolan and Bakan (2008),“This activity provides new forum for an old form: Folk music-simple songs sung by everyday folks” (P. 1).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaI5IRuS2aE
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SongChild.org ProjectSongChild.org Project
This is a practice-based project
Grown out of teaching and research
Consists of wiki-centric tools for writing, recording, sharing and translating traditional and new children’s music and lyrics
It is envisioned as a platform for…
The Goal of Songchild.orgThe Goal of Songchild.org
“The goal of Songchild.org is to leverage web 2.0 social technologies to encourage the largest possible notions of community, creativity and personal expression” (Nolan & Bakan, 2008 , P.3).
Enables Children to Enables Children to Participate!Participate!
Songchild.org enables children to participate
Unlike other forms of Web 2.0 interaction this program does and will not require them to comprise their personal safety by sharing personal information
It extends children’s voices, encourages many forms of literacy and has potential to expand children's learning experiences
Music as its current focus!Music as its current focus!
Songchild.org holds music with sung lyrics as its current focus.
Music is a universal human phenomenon.
It transcends boundaries of diversity
Primacy Of Music In Human Primacy Of Music In Human Experience And The BrainExperience And The BrainLeviton and Sachs are recent contributors to the
discussion of the primacy of music in human experience and the brain.
Human beings are music creatures
This hard wiring is personalized in our narratives.
Songs contain text, creating images and stories in word, tone rhythm and pitch.
Think of a rhythm, tone, timbre, Think of a rhythm, tone, timbre, melody that creates a memory for you?melody that creates a memory for you?
Question to help…
•Is there a song in your iPod?
•Is there a song from childhood?
• Is there a song you sing to your children?
•Is there a song that helps you write an essay?
• Is there a song that reminds you of your husband, wife,
girlfriend, boyfriend or ex (eek..)?
•Maybe even a song that reminds you of a pet?
HELP!!!
Examples of Songchild Examples of Songchild assignments done this year!assignments done this year!
http://songchild.org/index.php?title=Bullies_Never_Rule
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/girltarist/504554
http://songchild.org/index.php?title=User:BGenovesi
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/kcordoba/506647