Activity Development for GCompris, especially Music Education
Beth
Abstract
This project will contribute several additional activities to the GCompris educational software designed for children. Special emphasis will be placed on music education activities, although other types of educational activities may be implemented as well.
Additional Information
Brief Description of proposed activities:
*Name that Note*
Goal: children will learn the basics of music notation based on duration
*Get Your Groove*
Goal: children will develop an intuition for beat by practicing listening
to and repeating rhythms
*Reading Rhythm*
Goal: children will learn to associate a sequence of beats with the correct
musical notation
*Ear Training*
Goal: introduce students to the concept of listening to a pitch and seeing
the pitch notated on the staff
*Musical Awareness*
Goal: help students develop a better ear for types of musical compositions
and the instruments they hear
*Music Around the World *
Goal: children will learn about different types of music from around the
world
*Piano Player*
Goal: allow kids to play with a digital piano to develop an understanding
of pitch and notation
*Simple Music Notation Editor*
Goal: allow kids to experiment with writing music.
Code samples
| File name | Size | Date submitted |
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| beth_hadley.tar.gz | 33.4 KB | August 31 2012 03:21 UTC |
