<div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Sean Linton</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:sean@lpnz.org">sean@lpnz.org</a>></span><br>Date: 6 January 2011 12:36<br>
Subject: Cradleboard teaching project<br>To: <a href="mailto:sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org">sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org</a><br><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">I saw a computer program called 'Drum Beats' developed with One Laptop per Child (OLPC) Canada. <br>
<div class="gmail_quote"><div style="font-family:arial, sans-serif;border-collapse:collapse"><a href="http://www.olpccanada.com/program-12.html" target="_blank"><font color="#3333FF">http://www.olpccanada.com/program-12.html</font></a></div>
<p><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;border-collapse:collapse"><font color="#3333FF">Description: "Buffy Sainte-Marie walks children through the Nature of Sound and Native American/Aboriginal Instruments in order to introduce children to what sound is, the characteristic of sound, wavelengths and how sound travels. Hands-on experiments and a vocabulary resource provide students with a working knowledge of words and meaning, as well as an understanding of Indigenous, Aboriginal, Native American music and sound terminology. This program was modified for OLPC Canada by Buffy Sainte-Marie."</font></span> </p>
<p>It was particularly interesting to me to see that the program had been modified for OLPC. I was wondering if anyone might be able to provide any more information regarding these modifications, such as how this activity was modified and by whom. </p>
<p>It would be great if we could see programs like this, and develop something similar, for the indigenous music cultures of more places.</p>
<p>Sean Linton</p><p><br></p></div>
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