UMass Lowell TUES Performamatics Project : Workshop Information

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Software to Install Before Attending
Files for Use In the Workshop
Example Scratch Music Programs
Sound Thinking Assignment Write-Ups
Workshop Resource Notebooks
Participants’ Creative Notations
Participants’ Future Interdisciplinary Plans
Pre- and Post-Workshop Questionnaires & Evaluations

Software to Install Before Attending Top

Audacity 2.0.2

we use Audacity to edit sound files

Main Audacity website: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Audacity 2.0.2 download page: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/

LAME Library for Audacity Top

the LAME library is required to export sound files in MP3 format

Important directions for downloading and installing: http://manual.audacityteam.org/help/manual/man/faq_installation_and_plug_ins.html#lame
Actual download page: http://lame1.buanzo.com.ar/

Scratch 1.4 Top

Main Scratch website: http://scratch.mit.edu/
Scratch download page: http://info.scratch.mit.edu/Scratch_1.4_Download/
IchiBoard drivers: http://www.ftdichip.com/Drivers/VCP.htm

Files for Use In the Workshop Top

Found Sound Pieces (ZIP file, 15.25 MB)
Files for Scratch Sequencing Exercise (ZIP file, 8.36 MB)
- Chunks to be Sequenced (Scratch file)
- Full Melody (MP3 file)
- Assignment Text (PDF file)
Suggested Songs for Flowcharting Exercise — local copies
- Call Me Maybe — Carly Rae Jepson — http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fWNaR-rxAic
- Some Nights — Fun — http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQkBeOisNM0
- Ho He — Lumineers — http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvCBSSwgtg4
- Let It Be — Beatles — http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajCYQL8ouqw
- Rolling in the Deep — Adele — http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYEDA3JcQqw
- Stay — Rhianna — http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JF8BRvqGCNs
- Granade — Bruno Mars — http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SR6iYWJxHqs
- If I Loved You — Carousel — http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuHAh-2xGxw
- Wild Thing — The Troggs — http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9DVJE_bhVU
- We Will Rock You — Queen — http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMLiqEqMQyQ
- Let’s Dance — David Bowie — http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4d7Wp9kKjA
- Chain of Fools — Aretha Franklin — http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rwvH7Y4RG8

Example Scratch Music Programs Top

Scratch Demos Used in Our Classes (ZIP file, 1.32 MB)
Happy Birthday — in four-part barbershop harmony
Computational Zeppelin — Jimmy Page’s famous riff
Modulo Pitch Generator for the Minor Pentatonic Scale — for use with the IchiBoard
Modulo Pitch Generator for the Blues and Diatonic Scales — for use with the IchiBoard
Progressive Scratch Music Examples — all of the following in a single ZIP file
Scratch Keypress Recorder — developed by Prof. Mona Rizvi of Norfolk State University at our Making Music with Scratch workshop at SIGCSE 2011

Sound Thinking Assignment Write-Ups Top

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Workshop Resource Notebooks Top

For the workshop on January 15-16, 2015 (PDF file)
For the workshop on June 19-20, 2014 (PDF file)
For the workshop on January 16-17, 2014 (PDF file)
For the workshop on June 20-21, 2013 (PDF file)
For the workshop on March 6, 2013 (PDF file)
For the workshop on January 17-18, 2013 (PDF file)
For the workshop on June 21-22, 2012 (PDF file)
For the pilot workshop on April 27, 2012 (PDF file)

Participants’ Future Interdisciplinary Plans Top

Future Plans Documents generated at the workshop on January 15-16, 2015
- Los Feliz Charter School for the Arts — Kelsey Smith, Zelina Munoz, and Janice Kowalczyk
  - 4th Grade Unit: Science of Sound
  - https://docs.google.com/a/losfelizarts.org/document/d/1fYYVRDPjwkxDVOKGrBgWOkEEaHCxSdLhnANirQXQdjU/edit
- New Foundations Charter School — Brandon Petcaugh & Rachel Schwartz
  - https://drive.google.com/a/nfcs.k12.pa.us/file/d/0B-AzeW4h7sxsSnlSZUlic3prMW8/view
- Christopher Newport University — Aaron Koehl & Kelly Rossum
  - https://docs.google.com/document/d/14oCCONVLWhiKrFwaZpKS8Ik1tNau8YVFZJzou2-cqiU/edit?usp=sharing
- El Segundo Middle School — Kerri Epps
  - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FRBS1P845rcIcj1mgZzHFP9q6JZC9oCDscx6AfvDwPE/edit
- El Segundo Middle School — Cathie Haynes
  - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2xvoOlsEiE_U1UxSng4MTZUV28/view?usp=sharing
- Drexel University — Jeff Popyack and Luke Abruzzo
  - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2xvoOlsEiE_MG9rZkptNWNpMVBYYi1yMm00Njg4NlpHYllR/view
- University of Delaware — Suzanne Burton and Katherine Martinenza
  - Composition Unit Outline
  - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2xvoOlsEiE_R2gzN3lPOGRQcHM/view?usp=sharing
Future Plans Form Responses from the workshop on January 16-17, 2014
- Robert Crissman, Binghamton City School District
- Jill Browne, Binghamton City School District
- William I. Bauer & James Oliverio, University of Florida
- Jason & Kayla Paulk, Eastern New Mexico University
- Jen Bowler & Adam Scharfenberger, Swampscott Public School
Future Plans Documents generated at the workshop on June 20-21, 2013
- Ann Applegate & Mark Hall
  - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1myzU2SiFx0CzHDoD5fugPlUOBR0H4dnk0rJufJSu0do/edit
- Bim Walker & John Marazita
  - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Quzin-iY2chZ_X1EYhZjjFsfcDppNf9__Eh3ANhTXSo/edit
- Edward Bujak & Lorraine Geist
  - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1le1Zq_-UKA8wXfCKDBTIvM4HI-snwAHAIIo0-U4kFKQ/edit
- Jan Smith & Ken Lord
  - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vCeeut2FYl-2nEYXpfHKrtynzl6h5R2TqFor5BwVp2o/edit
- Jenny Johnson & Rhys Price Jones
  - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rRSdbBRkavMtUVFMJUvBS1hLI3ZBBC6u2WvyStNksiQ/edit
  Kathy Maskell & Xin Xu
  - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DXhXZzykCwHzxZcDPFx7L4APqAx9SEb6giRlJWoQAoA/edit
- Natalia Frost & Barbara Coates
  - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fVFFyNGtY6FYoW5-3XA153YaEre6RNiovbsBQWMnjsU/edit
- Robin Ricketts & Cindy Grissom
  - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GG7KC6t_bit1MomYYZ82bJZoJfyfuq5tvP0_O5umjZA/edit
- Ron McCleary & Patrick McCarty
  - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DyndhpWrRqr2PtMAuz4ULKRLwFcrN2m0zvLbqJUYP-A/edit
Future Plans Form Responses from the workshop on June 20-21, 2013

Ann Applegate & Mark Hall
- https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fMfLmOl3Ne2292z5HgFvg8YC64pBLyUCbKOA2vim0do/edit
Bim Walker & John Marazita
- https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bHjNFQYqwAud2Rm4FkuAVsGY5Sx56MnyVeSyo7KQGk8/edit
Edward Bujak & Lorraine Geist
- https://docs.google.com/document/d/1QtAiKsk-XCfar-0BqqFlMQpUH99qDhTtcdjD3TXrrN4/edit
Hasan Shodiev & Nargis Mondjazib
- https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mY3df0RpvzNV0gMjOBF7cHT8gB9WYQos3d3Jijdx1lU/edit
Robin Ricketts & Cindy Grissom
- https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZsEMwQdMDje8rHmRoyr2dCxFwL2deo1_CN5YWTcN15Q/edit

Future Plan Documents generated at the workshop on June 21-22, 2012 (http://bit.ly/umlperfplans0612)

Pre- and Post-Workshop Questionnaires & Evaluations Top

Pre-Workshop Questionnaire for the workshop on March 6, 2013