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background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Apologies for cross-posting<br>
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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255); ">As we prepare for our presentation at this year’s<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a title="New Interfaces
for Music Expression 2012 Conference"
href="http://www.eecs.umich.edu/nime2012/" style="margin: 0px;
padding: 0px; color: rgb(144, 32, 82); text-decoration: none; ">NIME
conference</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(for
those attending NIME you can see us during the 130pm demo session
later today), it is my great pleasure to announce a new version of<span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a title="L2Ork Software
Information and Download"
href="http://l2ork.music.vt.edu/main/?page_id=56" style="margin:
0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(144, 32, 82); text-decoration:
none; ">Pd-L2Ork</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>programming
environment (the backbone of our software infrastructure)
featuring the K-12 learning module prototype. Geared specifically
towards K-12 students, the newfound module addresses the lack of a
robust sound- and music-oriented programming tool for elementary,
middle, and high-school students. The current prototype is a first
step towards a tiered granular design of learning objects that aim
to recontextualize pd-l2ork into a K-12 learning tool. The
resulting first iteration offers a limited set of coarse-grained
objects geared primarily towards 4th and 5th graders. This,
however, has not deterred<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
title="Boys & Girls Club of Southwest Virginia"
href="http://www.bgcswva.org/" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;
color: rgb(144, 32, 82); text-decoration: none; ">Boys &
Girls Club of Southwest Virginia</a><span
class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>students participating in
the afterschool program from making some quite evolved instruments
using Nintendo Wiimotes and their satellite laptop orchestra in
less than three sessions 1-hour.</p>
<p style="margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(85, 85,
85); font-family: Verdana, 'BitStream vera Sans', Helvetica,
sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant:
normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height:
17px; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px;
text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2;
word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255); ">For more info on Pd-L2Ork see our Software page. To enable
the K12 mode, simply start pd-l2ork with the -k12 flag as follows:</p>
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85); font-family: Verdana,'BitStream vera
Sans',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal;
font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal;
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background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">I would like to hereby
encourage all interested in furthering the said tool to join us on
the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a title="L2Ork-Dev
public mailing list"
href="http://disis.music.vt.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/l2ork-dev"
style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; color: rgb(144, 32, 82);
text-decoration: none; ">l2ork-dev mailing list</a>. We are
particularly interested in growing a library of coarse-grained
objects pertaining to sound generation and signal manipulation.<br>
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85); font-family: Verdana,'BitStream vera
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font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal;
line-height: 17px; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform:
none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;
background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">For additional info
including a screenshot and a video footage please visit <a
href="http://l2ork.music.vt.edu/main/?p=1964">http://l2ork.music.vt.edu/main/?p=1964</a><br>
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background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Best wishes,<br>
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-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255,
255); ">-- <br>
Ivica Ico Bukvic, D.M.A<br>
Composition, Music Technology<br>
Director, DISIS Interactive Sound & Intermedia Studio<br>
Director, L2Ork Linux Laptop Orchestra<br>
Head, ICAT Integrative Performance Studio<br>
Virginia Tech<br>
Department of Music<br>
Blacksburg, VA 24061-0240<br>
(540) 231-6139<br>
(540) 231-5034 (fax)<br>
disis.music.vt.edu<br>
l2ork.music.vt.edu<br>
ico.bukvic.net <br>
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