20AVKWC02 Remix with Mood | Earsketch Teachers

Remix with Mood

EarSketch Remix Lab for the 2020 Amazon Virtual Kids Week Challenge

Module 2 of 8

Students will code a song in EarSketch that is a minimum of 20 seconds but less than 40 seconds. The songs must include at least one stem from Common’s “God is Love” song and contain an effect using the function setEffect(). Students will explore the EarSketch workspace, learn about the building blocks of a program, how to add music/effects to their song, and how to use effects with envelopes to create a tone or mood to their song. Students will also learn about different tools in EarSketch to modify tempo and pitch. The focus of this challenge is creating mood with a shorter remix like that of an intro to a song and convey a message in its tone.

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Learning Outcomes

Lesson Flow

Curriculum Materials

Objectives

Engage Students in coding in EarSketch
Explore connections between music technology and programming
Navigate the EarSketch Digital Audio Workspace
Edit basic code with EarSketch specific function such as fitMedia() and setTempo()
Add effects to a basic piece of music to create a mood or tone to a song
Code for a Fade-in or Fade-out using envelopes

Computer Science Standards

CSP Standards

IT-CSP-2 Create digital artifacts that foster creative expression including programs, digital music, videos, images, documents, and combinations of these such as infographics, presentations, and web pages.

AP CSP Essential Knowledge

EK1.2.1A Creating digital effects, images, audio, video, animations has transformed industries
EK 5.2.1A Algorithms are implemented using program instructions that are processed during program execution.
EK 5.3.1M Application program interfaces (APIs) and libraries simplify complex programming tasks.
EK 5.3.1O APIs connect software components, allowing them to communicate