{"id":777,"date":"2015-06-28T21:50:52","date_gmt":"2015-06-28T21:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ico.bukvic.net\/main\/?p=777"},"modified":"2015-09-05T04:42:54","modified_gmt":"2015-09-05T04:42:54","slug":"outreach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ico.bukvic.net\/main\/outreach\/","title":{"rendered":"Outreach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"L2Ork in Performance: Citadel featuring Boys &amp; Girls Satellite Orchestra @ VT 04-09-2011\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6rkNxyNnv4U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Apart from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ico.bukvic.net\/main\/pd-l2ork\/\">pd-l2ork<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ico.bukvic.net\/main\/l2ork\/\">L2Ork<\/a> project has resulted in another focus\u00a0area\u00a0arguably worthy of a post of its own: K-12 (kindergarten through the 12th grade) educational outreach. In the winter\u00a02010\u00a0L2Ork\u00a0partnered\u00a0with\u00a0Boys &amp; Girls Club of Southwestern Virginia for the purpose of enriching organization&#8217;s\u00a0afterschool programs that service predominantly inner city underrepresented population. As part of the newfound initiative, students participated in the assembly of their own laptop stations, including handmade hemispherical speakers fashioned out of IKEA salad bowls we lovingly named ladybugs. Once the hardware design and configuration was complete, the project\u00a0focused on engaging students in adapted L2Ork compositions, as is the case with the\u00a0<em>Citadel <\/em>video footage\u00a0above. As the project evolved, my undergraduate research assistants and I began\u00a0complementing program with arrangements of\u00a0mainstream works for the student ensemble.<\/p>\n<p>In the spring 2012, with the introduction of pd-l2ork&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/ico.bukvic.net\/main\/pd-l2ork\/\">K12 learning module<\/a>\u00a0students\u00a0were given an opportunity\u00a0to program\u00a0their own instruments. The same year we also introduced a week-long\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ico.bukvic.net\/main\/icat\/\">ICAT<\/a> Maker camp series where student participants could collaboratively ideate new musical instruments, design and construct them using a combination of 3D printing and <a href=\"http:\/\/cardboardchallenge.com\/\">cardboard challenge<\/a>, program a new sound-making instrument using pd-l2ork, utilize Arduino board with LEDs, servos, and input sensors, and finally connect\u00a0Arduino to\u00a0pd-l2ork, so that the Arduino sensor data can control the\u00a0instrument output, as well as for pd-l2ork to\u00a0provide\u00a0feedback by manipulating LED and servo voltage. Once the instrument was completed, students would compose and rehearse a new work for their instrument and\u00a0present it as part of a performance showcase. Since 2012 we&#8217;ve had an opportunity to organize over\u00a0dozen workshops and camps\u00a0focusing on some variant of this model, including 2014 Raspberry Pi Orchestra summer gifted program for Virginia Montgomery County Public Schools, and 2015 K-12 teachers Maker camp designed to train\u00a0teachers in this\u00a0integrative approach to learning.\u00a0Other variants of this model found its way\u00a0into higher education community-driven\u00a0art installations, such as <a href=\"http:\/\/ico.bukvic.net\/main\/cloud\/\">Cloud<\/a>, engaging participants of practically all ages. The same model was also implemented in my college-level teaching, thereby providing opportunities for students to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WlFNjR2TSu4\">compose for L2Ork<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ico.bukvic.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/BGCSWVA-1-e1441378414350.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-780\" title=\"Boys &amp; Girls Club participants build ladybug hemi speakers\" src=\"http:\/\/ico.bukvic.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/BGCSWVA-1-e1441378414350.jpg\" alt=\"Boys &amp; Girls Club participants build ladybug hemi speakers\" width=\"731\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ico.bukvic.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/BGCSWVA-1-e1441378414350.jpg 876w, https:\/\/ico.bukvic.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/BGCSWVA-1-e1441378414350-300x192.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 731px) 100vw, 731px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another unsuspecting outcome of this exciting journey\u00a0was setting the foundation towards what I would like to refer to as Integrative Design, Engineering, Arts, and Sciences (<a href=\"http:\/\/ico.bukvic.net\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/IDEAS.jpg\">IDEAS<\/a>), which, unlike traditional Science, Technology, Engineering, and\u00a0Math\u00a0(STEM)\u00a0approach to learning emphasizes\u00a0integration of all four STEM areas, using arts and design as the catalyst and motivator in a form of a single\u00a0integrative task. Since 2013\u00a0my colleagues specializing in STEM learning have\u00a0also expanded\u00a0our learning assessment methodology as a\u00a0means of measuring learning outcomes, as well as paving way towards comparing IDEAS concept\u00a0with\u00a0existing STEM approaches.<\/p>\n<p>Research Team:<br \/>\nIvica Ico Bukvic (Co-PI)<br \/>\nBenjamin Knapp (VT)<br \/>\nTom Martin (VT)<br \/>\nLisa McNair (VT)<br \/>\nPhyllis Newbill\u00a0(VT)<br \/>\nCharles Nichols (VT)<br \/>\nLiesl Baum Walker (VT, PI)<\/p>\n<p>Research publications:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/nime2014.org\/proceedings\/papers\/377_paper.pdf\">Bukvic. I. (2014). Pd-L2Ork Raspberry Pi Toolkit as a Comprehensive Arduino Alternative in K-12 and Production Scenarios. New Interfaces for Music Expression (pp. 163-6). London, UK: NIME.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dl.acm.org\/citation.cfm?id=2445196.2445392\">Sawyer, B., Forsyth, J., *O\u2019Connor, T., Bortz, B., Finn, T., Baum, L., Bukvic, I., Knapp, B., &amp; Webster D. (2013). Form, function and performances in a musical instrument MAKErs camp. ACM Special Interest Group on Computer Science Education (pp. 669-674). Denver, Colorado: ACM.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nime.org\/proceedings\/2012\/nime2012_315.pdf\">Bukvic, I., Baum, L., *Layman, B., &amp; *Kendall, W. (2012). Granular Learning Objects for Instrument Design and Collaborative Performance in K-12 Education. New Interfaces for Music Expression (pp. 344-346). Ann Arbor, Michigan: NIME.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apart from\u00a0pd-l2ork,\u00a0L2Ork project has resulted in another focus\u00a0area\u00a0arguably worthy of a post of its own: K-12 (kindergarten through the 12th grade) educational outreach. 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