Re: [PD] Teaching Pd to Children

2008-06-20 Thread Hans-Christoph Steiner
This sounds like a very cool project, please do keep us posted on it. I'd love to hear more about it. .hc On Jun 15, 2008, at 11:29 PM, Kyle Klipowicz wrote: Thanks so much for your comments everybody! I am still mulling over it, but I like the idea of using something like Squeak as

Re: [PD] Teaching Pd to Children

2008-06-15 Thread Kyle Klipowicz
Thanks so much for your comments everybody! I am still mulling over it, but I like the idea of using something like Squeak as well. I remember using a DSP software last year that was very children-oriented, but cannot for the life of me remember the name of the software or where to get it! As for

Re: [PD] Teaching Pd to Children

2008-06-15 Thread mik
Kyle Klipowicz schreef: I remember using a DSP software last year that was very children-oriented, but cannot for the life of me remember the name of the software or where to get it! dsp? http://www.notam02.no/DSP02/en/ m -- http://www.mprims.net

Re: [PD] Teaching Pd to Children

2008-06-15 Thread Andy Farnell
Was it NOTAM? http://www.notam02.no/ On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 01:43:53 +0200 mik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kyle Klipowicz schreef: I remember using a DSP software last year that was very children-oriented, but cannot for the life of me remember the name of the software or where to get

Re: [PD] Teaching Pd to Children

2008-06-15 Thread Kyle Klipowicz
YES!!! This was it! Thanks a ton. I think that this software might be a good fit. ~Kyle On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 7:54 PM, Andy Farnell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Was it NOTAM? http://www.notam02.no/ On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 01:43:53 +0200 mik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kyle Klipowicz schreef:

Re: [PD] Teaching Pd to Children

2008-06-14 Thread bigswift
why don't you take a look at Squeak? ypatios [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any ideas would be greatly appreciated, as kids often hate Summer school and I want to make this a fun activity for them. Make sure you use coloured GUIs! :-) -- ypatios -- Patrick Pagano Sound and

Re: [PD] Teaching Pd to Children

2008-06-14 Thread Peter Plessas
Kyle Klipowicz wrote: Hello Listers~ I'm teaching a 1 month Summer school session for K-8 grade students and would like to include Pd for a mathematics learning tool. I am wondering if anyone else has done something similar, or has any links to DSP/math related materials that would be

[PD] Teaching Pd to Children

2008-06-13 Thread Kyle Klipowicz
Hello Listers~ I'm teaching a 1 month Summer school session for K-8 grade students and would like to include Pd for a mathematics learning tool. I am wondering if anyone else has done something similar, or has any links to DSP/math related materials that would be suitable for this age group.

Re: [PD] Teaching Pd to Children

2008-06-13 Thread ypatios
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated, as kids often hate Summer school and I want to make this a fun activity for them. Make sure you use coloured GUIs! :-) -- ypatios ___ Pd-list@iem.at mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -

Re: [PD] Teaching Pd to Children

2008-06-13 Thread Andy Farnell
Seems like a great opportunity for lots of fun Kyle. I suppose you might start with simple linear data flows in the message domain. Examples like Convert Fahrenheit to Celsius Convert Dollars to Euros Then plot them into graphs Up to then you can avoid triggers/ eval orders - once you have

Re: [PD] Teaching Pd to Children

2008-06-13 Thread mark edward grimm
--- On Fri, 6/13/08, Kyle Klipowicz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Kyle Klipowicz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PD] Teaching Pd to Children To: PDlist pd-list@iem.at Date: Friday, June 13, 2008, 2:30 PM Hello Listers~ I'm teaching a 1 month Summer school session for K-8 grade students

Re: [PD] Teaching Pd to Children

2008-06-13 Thread Andy Farnell
Lau I think ( I do hope I'm right) you may have meant to reply list, so returning + list. On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 22:11:44 +0200 Lau Llobet [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would take advantage of the easy interface with midi and audio. I would start with adc and dac and let them play with the

Re: [PD] Teaching Pd to Children

2008-06-13 Thread marius schebella
if you want to use pd, then why not teach sound and video? I think you can keep kids busy just by very simple soundin/out patches with adjustable parameters. kids love to play with their voice and some cheap fx (reverb...) although they are always shy in the beginning, esp. girls. record and