Here @ Conductive Music we are constantly researching new technologies, new solutions, creating new interfaces for musical expression. Want to know more? This is your space!
Our first round of 2014-2015 workshops is underway, and we have some brilliant reaction videos from our students. Thanks go to St. Angela’s Ursuline School and Plashet School for Girls! We’ll see you again soon for stage 2 of MakeIt.WearIt.PlayIt in 2015!
First reactions to Conductive Music! Read More »
Here @ConductiveMusic we are very excited because a new baby is in our office – it’s name is Oontz. It’s brand new, open source, and Arduino based, just the way we like to see our technology arrive. Oontz is a button-based MIDI controller. There are hundreds of similar devices available or in-production, but why did
Why open source? (And news about Oontz) Read More »
During Conductive Music events and workshops, we like to use fun & versatile MaKey MaKey boards. They allow us to set up and start making noise right away… as soon as we connect a computer and some conductive things! MaKey MaKey, since it acts simply as an extension of the keyboard, also supports first-time coding
From EdTech: a Q&A with Jay Silver, inventor of MaKey MaKey Read More »
Here in England, the first term of the new National Curriculum including “coding”, or computer programming, as a standard learning subject is underway. The goal of this new curriculum item is “to ensure that all pupils can understand and apply the fundamental principles and concepts of computer science” (quote from the 2014 curriculum documentation). It’s
“Coding” : Now in schools near you… but why? Read More »
