Music, computer science and code: Saskatoon students get hands-on, music-making experience | 24CA News
Saskatoon college students realized to combine pc science and coding with music as a part of a dwell hackathon occasion held on the Holiday Inn Express.
Indigenous hip hop artist Dakota Bear from Saskatoon carried out for the scholars and helped them remix music whereas speaking in regards to the First Nations, Inuit and Métis expertise in Canada.
“Anytime that they get a day like this where they get to go away and have a different experience it always imprints on them and gives them memories that they remember for years,” stated Jason Sand, a multimedia and robotics instructor at St. Joseph High School.
Sand stated it’s a very good expertise to see these sorts of expertise exterior of the classroom, including that these children wouldn’t be uncovered to this sort of skilled media in class with out applications like this.
The children Global News spoke with all had a ardour for music, and have been shocked to see how pc science might match into that zeal.
Kids in Saskatoon used modifying software program to remix music from Dakota Bear.
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Jayce Bear, a Grade 11 pupil from Bethlehem Catholic High School, stated he realized loads.
“I learned how to write code. I learned that you could use code to write music, and I didn’t know that until today.”
Erica Lazaro, a Grade 11 pupil from the identical faculty, stated using pc coding and music was an surprising combine of various topics.
“I was really impressed and moved by both of the speakers and guests today.”
Alex Truong, one other pupil from the identical faculty, stated it was nice having the ability to hear Dakota Bear converse.
“He talked about topics that actually hit hard to home and I can relate to.”
Truong stated he gained an appreciation for Indigenous tradition, noting that we’re all the identical and have to help one another.
He added he by no means thought he might combine two issues like coding and music.
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