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Re: An interactive Google map of LIVE Wild Soundscape feeds all over

Subject: Re: An interactive Google map of LIVE Wild Soundscape feeds all over
From: myles.thompson
Date: Mon Jun 16, 2014 4:41 am ((PDT))
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On the topic of educating children: I'm a teacher and a sound recordist and=
 would love to do more to teach children about sound. It's not on the curri=
culum, but I incorporate it in different ways. One is an after-school  film=
making class. Children's faces invariably light up when they put the headph=
ones on and start wandering around with a microphone (doesn't even have to =
be a particularly good one). Appreciation of sound could be built into the =
curriculum in other ways - for example getting children to do creative writ=
ing based on their experiences with microphones. Nature sounds could also b=
e incorporated into biology. However, most teachers lack the skills, equipm=
ent and experience. That's where sound recordists come in. And workshops. I=
 would suggest that anyone interested in educating children put together a =
workshop for children in schools, or better still, a session to show teache=
rs how they could develop these ideas in the classrooms. Most teachers (par=
ticularly the younger ones) are open to new ideas - anything that captures =
children's imaginations.  =0D
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 On a side note, in our local community we've started up an interactive art=
 installation in hospital waiting rooms: the children (wearing headphones) =
move bright coloured ceramic handles around tracks carved out of abstract p=
aintings and as they move the handles, different sounds are triggered by a =
sensor. Children are often anxious in hospital waiting rooms; this I think =
is a great way of calming them, and giving them an appreciation of sound. I=
'm making a short film about this project, can post it to you if anyone's i=
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