Songchild.org ProjectSongchild.org ProjectJason Nolan & Danny BakanJason Nolan & Danny Bakan

Facilitated by: Yael Elitzur

Before we start…Before we start…

In recent years technological breakthroughs have led to an extraordinary amount of user generated cultural content on the internet.

Can you think of examples?

What do you think this means? What do you think this means?

According to Nolan and Bakan (2008),“This activity provides new forum for an old form: Folk music-simple songs sung by everyday folks” (P. 1).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaI5IRuS2aE

Katelyn AutryKatelyn Autry

Http://www.myspace.com/katelynautry

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTECeLewR_8&feature=user

Seeso and Video ResponsesSeeso and Video Responses

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGugi9vHGEA&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBfDVb9eTKo&feature=response_watch

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXUP91stA4k&feature=response_watch

SongChild.org ProjectSongChild.org Project

This is a practice-based project

Grown out of teaching and research

Consists of wiki-centric tools for writing, recording, sharing and translating traditional and new children’s music and lyrics

It is envisioned as a platform for…

The Goal of Songchild.orgThe Goal of Songchild.org

“The goal of Songchild.org is to leverage web 2.0 social technologies to encourage the largest possible notions of community, creativity and personal expression” (Nolan & Bakan, 2008 , P.3).

Enables Children to Enables Children to Participate!Participate!

Songchild.org enables children to participate

Unlike other forms of Web 2.0 interaction this program does and will not require them to comprise their personal safety by sharing personal information

It extends children’s voices, encourages many forms of literacy and has potential to expand children's learning experiences

Music as its current focus!Music as its current focus!

Songchild.org holds music with sung lyrics as its current focus.

Music is a universal human phenomenon.

It transcends boundaries of diversity

Primacy Of Music In Human Primacy Of Music In Human Experience And The BrainExperience And The BrainLeviton and Sachs are recent contributors to the

discussion of the primacy of music in human experience and the brain.

Human beings are music creatures

This hard wiring is personalized in our narratives.

Songs contain text, creating images and stories in word, tone rhythm and pitch.

Think of a rhythm, tone, timbre, Think of a rhythm, tone, timbre, melody that creates a memory for you?melody that creates a memory for you?

Question to help…

•Is there a song in your iPod?

•Is there a song from childhood?

• Is there a song you sing to your children?

•Is there a song that helps you write an essay?

• Is there a song that reminds you of your husband, wife,

girlfriend, boyfriend or ex (eek..)?

•Maybe even a song that reminds you of a pet?

HELP!!!

Examples of Songchild Examples of Songchild assignments done this year!assignments done this year!

http://songchild.org/index.php?title=Bullies_Never_Rule

http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/girltarist/504554

http://songchild.org/index.php?title=User:BGenovesi

http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/kcordoba/506647