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!valign=top | [[File:Music-Blocks.png|90px|thumb|center]] ||valign=top width="15%" style="background:#e3e4e5;" |Music Blocks Challenges||valign=top width="15%" | Devin Ulibarri||align=left valign=top| | !valign=top | [[File:Music-Blocks.png|90px|thumb|center]] ||valign=top width="15%" style="background:#e3e4e5;" |Music Blocks Challenges||valign=top width="15%" | Devin Ulibarri||align=left valign=top| | ||
;Brief explanation: Development of the "Power Piece" concept for teaching music and programming. (Power Pieces introduce rich musical ideas that can be studied, analyzed, transformed, and re-imagined, they are ripe for open-ended explorations.) | ;Brief explanation: Development of the "Power Piece" concept for teaching music and programming. (Power Pieces introduce rich musical ideas that can be studied, analyzed, transformed, and re-imagined, they are ripe for open-ended explorations.) | ||
;Expected results: | ;Expected results: A well-documented series of activities for exploring musical and programming concepts using the Music Blocks activity as a foundation. | ||
;Knowledge prerequisite: Strong background in Javascript, Music Theory | ;Knowledge prerequisite: Strong background in Javascript, Music Theory | ||
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;Brief explanation: We have the basic building blocks (Turtle Nutrition) for programming with food as a datatype. What we are missing is a collection of meaningful activities to use with the tool as exemplars. We want to develop a an open-ended, yet | ;Brief explanation: We have the basic building blocks (Turtle Nutrition) for programming with food as a datatype. What we are missing is a collection of meaningful activities to use with the tool as exemplars. We want to develop a an open-ended, yet | ||
relevant tool—one that invites learners to explore fundamental concepts of nutrition that are both intrinsic to music yet transcendent of a specific discipline. | relevant tool—one that invites learners to explore fundamental concepts of nutrition that are both intrinsic to music yet transcendent of a specific discipline. | ||
;Expected results: | ;Expected results: A well-documented series of activities for exploring nutrition that use the nutrition plugin as a basis. A series of workshops to study these ideas with children. | ||
;Knowledge prerequisite: Strong background in Javascript, some background in Nutrition. | ;Knowledge prerequisite: Strong background in Javascript, some background in Nutrition. | ||
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!valign=top | [[File:Turtle-Flags.png|90px|thumb|center]] ||valign=top width="15%" style="background:#e3e4e5;" |Turtle Confusion/Flags JS||valign=top width="15%" | Walter Bender||align=left valign=top| | !valign=top | [[File:Turtle-Flags.png|90px|thumb|center]] ||valign=top width="15%" style="background:#e3e4e5;" |Turtle Confusion/Flags JS||valign=top width="15%" | Walter Bender||align=left valign=top| | ||
;Brief explanation: Port of Turtle Confusion and Turlte Flags. | ;Brief explanation: Port of Turtle Confusion and Turlte Flags. | ||
;Expected results: | ;Expected results: A framework for creating challenges and a few exemplars. | ||
;Knowledge prerequisite: Strong background in Javascript | ;Knowledge prerequisite: Strong background in Javascript | ||