Usability Views Article Details  home | timeline | recent | popular | e-reports | userati | books | about  Medionics at Leasowes Community College (10 Jul 2004) The session observed was the creation of an abstract music soundtrack for a Macromedia Flash movie. In addition to the practical nature of identifying the learning goal and designing the game, the students were also responsible for all the multimedia aspects. For example, the teacher demonstrated a variety of ways that were available to the students to create abstract sounds - conventional instruments and percussion, a variety of 'found' items such as domestic or industrial use that can generate sounds like vacuum cleaners - and then the students learned how to capture the sounds and manipulate them. The students worked in groups with the teachers, and technicians were available to them as mentors and as technical support, visiting each group in turn and questioning them on their explorations. Article URL: http://www.nestafuturelab.org/viewpoint/art29.htm Read 114 more articles from NESTA Futurelab sorted by date, popularity, or title. Next Article: exploring the Mnemonic user interface     This site is a labour of love built by Chris McEvoy