programming

Concept, graphics, idea from Daniel S. Christian:
But free for your taking and implementing!

What:

Choir Practice: A mobile-based method of practicing one’s part

Features

The ability for the choir member to go directly to measure ____
The ability for the choir member to highlight measures ____ through ____ (like highlighting text in Microsoft Word), then click on the play button to loop through those measures
One could speed up a song up or slow it down (without affecting pitch)
The application would allow for all of the vocal parts to begin playing upon downloading a pre-packaged song or the application could always start playing with a certain part (i.e. 1st or 2nd soprano, alto, tenor, or bass)
The musical notes could be the same color or one could choose to display the notes in different colors
Bonus features might include a video of a director directing this song

Why:

This type of thing would be a great cross-disciplinary assignment for your institution’s curriculum — Music and Computer Science come to mind for this application
Your institution could sell this application on Apple’s App Store to develop a new revenue stream
Your choirs could produce the packaged songs / tracks
Plus, such an app would help choir members learn their parts — 24x7x365 — in the car, on the road, in the gym, etc.
Enhances one’s ability to listen to other parts as well
Aids your marketing departments as you point to this as a solid deliverable from your programs
Creates “study aids” for your own school’s choirs/students as well as for choirs at smaller churches and institutions (worldwide)
Helps those choir members who don’t have access to a piano or don’t know how to play a piano

Have fun whomever takes this idea and runs with it! The choirs of the world will appreciate you — and so will their audiences! 🙂

Along these lines…another win-win here includes:

That students in the future (I hope) will be able to choose from a multitude of potential roles when presented with multi-disciplinary projects/assignments/courses:

Vocalists, pianists, and other type of musicians
Composers
Programmers
Graphic artists
Videographers / video editors
Audio specialists
Writers
Project Managers
Actresses/Actors
etc.

As such, students could:

Learn to appreciate other disciplines
Participate in/contribute to projects that could be published on the web
Exercise their creativity
Practice being innovative

Daniel Christian

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Tagged with: computer science • Google • K-12 • programming

Check out the topics in this symposium — talk about a game-changing environment!

On 10/19/2010, in 21st century, Artificial Intelligence/Agents/LLMs/and Related, future, game-changing environment, human-computer interaction (HCI), innovation, intelligent tutoring, internet, learning agents, learning ecosystem, multimedia, pace of change, programming, robotics, simulations, telecommunications, trends, web-based collaboration, by Daniel Christian

Symposium on Progress in Information and Communication Technology (SPICT’10)

Conference date: 12-13 Dec,2010
Conference venue: The Royale Bintang, Kuala Lumpur
Conference country: Malaysia

SPICT’10 aims to bring together scientists, industry practitioners and students to exchange the latest fundamental advances and trends, and identify emerging research topics in the field of information and communication technology.

Activities:

* Agent & Multi-agent Systems
* Antennas & Propagation
* Artificial Intelligence
* Bioinformatics & Scientific Computing
* Business Intelligence
* Communication Systems and Networks
* Complex Systems: Modeling and Simulation
* Computer Vision
* Database and Application
* Geographical Information Systems
* Grid and Utility Computing
* Image Processing
* Information indexing & retrieval
* Information Systems
* Intelligent Systems
* Internet Technology
* Knowledge Management
* Mobile Communication Services
* Multimedia Technology and Systems
* Natural Language Processing
* Network Management and services
* Ontology and Web Semantic
* Optical Communications and Networks
* Parallel and Distributed Computing
* Pattern Recognition
* Pervasive Computing
* Real-Time and Embedded Systems
* Remote Sensing
* Robotic Technologies
* Security and Cryptography
* Sensor Networks
* Service Computing
* Signal Processing
* Software Engineering
* Strategic Information Systems

Tagged with: 1:1 • 21st century • AI • future • game-changing environment • human-computer interaction (HCI) • innovation • internet • Learning Agents • learning ecosystem • multimedia • pace of change • robotics • semantic web • telecommunications • trends • web-based collaboration

For CS majors: Check out this interesting job description

On 10/19/2010, in 3D, career development, computer science, mobile learning, mobile technologies, multimedia, programming, student-related, trends, visualizing information, by Daniel Christian

Job Vacancy – Mobile Programmer (Closing 26 October 2010) — from HITLab New Zealand News

Research Associate – Mobile Programmer
HIT Lab NZ is looking for a Mobile Programmer (Fixed-term until April 2011)

An exciting opportunity has now opened up in the HIT Lab NZ for a Research Associate to work on improving and extending our current software platform. The successful candidate will work in collaboration with the current HIT Lab Team and receive access to different advanced technology currently developed at the HIT Lab NZ.

To be successful in this role you will need to be able to take responsibility for:

Enhancing the 3D graphics engine with new functionalities
Integrating other commercial and open source 3D graphics engines into the mobile AR framework
Developing specific features for the architecture/urban planning area,
Developing specific features for the cultural heritage/tourism area,
Integrating new multimedia functionalities to the platform (audio, 3D audio, video, etc).

Ideally, our successful candidate will have:

Strong knowledge of Computer Graphics, Visualization, Mobile architecture & programming
Robust software engineering and software architecture understanding
Strong maths (3D Algebra), problem solving and analytical skills
Excellent Java programming skills
Proficiency in Computer Graphics Programming (OpenGL)
Experience with Android and Mobile Programming
Familiarity of OpenGL ES will be a plus
Familiarity with 3D graphics engines
Ability to work in a small team environment
Excellent communication skills

Tagged with: career development • computer science • Mobile learning • mobile technology • multimedia • programming • student-related • trends

For CS Majors/IT employees: Hottest jobs and skills in cloud, mobile app development

On 10/13/2010, in career development, cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, computer science, IT in HE, programming, trends, workplace, by Daniel Christian

Hottest jobs and skills in cloud, mobile app development — from pcworld.com by Meridith Levinson, CIO

Want to lock in some job security in IT over the next five years? Then make sure you’re poised to move into cloud computing or mobile application development. That’s where the IT jobs are expected to be, according to 2,000 IT professionals recently surveyed by IBM.

IBM’s annual global Tech Trends survey identified cloud computing and mobile application development as the hottest tech trends and most sought-after IT skills for the next five years. An overwhelming majority of survey respondents (91 percent) expect cloud computing to overtake on-premise computing as the primary IT delivery model by 2015. More than half (55 percent) of survey respondents believe that in the same amount of time, the need to develop applications for mobile devices (such as Android, iPhone, iPad and PlayBook) will far surpass the need to develop software for traditional PCs and servers. These trends will impact IT jobs and the skills needed to do them.

Tagged with: career development • cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related • computer science • IT • programming • trends

IBM survey says mobile apps will dominate enterprise

On 10/07/2010, in cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, computer science, corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, IT in HE, mobile learning, mobile technologies, programming, training / L&D, by Daniel Christian

IBM survey says mobile apps will dominate enterprise — from WSJ.com by Timonthy Hay

Consumers love tablet computers and smartphones and are finding novel uses for the many applications that run on them. But the devices are catching on in a significant way in the business world as well, according to a new survey from International Business Machines Corp., the company responsible for building and running much of the country’s enterprise computing systems.

After surveying 2,000 information-technology professionals in 87 countries, IBM found that more than half believe that within the next five years, more developers will be working on mobile applications and cloud-based architecture than traditional computing platforms for enterprise.

Tagged with: cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related • computer science • corporate / business world • IT • Mobile learning • mobile technology • programming

Lynda.com — well worth the investment!

On 10/01/2010, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, 3D, accessibility / UDL, Adobe, adult learning, animation, Apple, art, assistive technologies, Augmented Reality (AR), creativity, design, digital audio, digital learning, digital photography, digital storytelling, digital textbooks, digital video, education technology, elearning, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, Google, graphics, higher education, homeschooling/homeschoolers, hybrid learning, interactivity, interface design, learning ecosystem, mobile learning, mobile technologies, multimedia, music, new media literacies, online learning, online media, online tutoring, podcasting, productivity / tips and tricks, professional development, programming, simulations, storytelling, student-related, teaching & learning, teaching online, training / L&D, user experience (UX), user interface design, visualizing information, web design and production, web-based collaboration, by Daniel Christian

We use Lynda.com and the feedback has been excellent. Back in 1997, I took a 1-day seminar from Lynda Weinman out at SFSU’s Multimedia Studies Program. I learned more from her in a few hours then I have in many courses. She knows how to make things very understandable…and she’s a great teacher. If she doesn’t know the topic, she selects people who know how to explain that topic in easy-to-understand terms.

So when I saw this item — Connect@NMC: Panel Discussion Led By Laurie Burruss of Lynda.com – Implementing Lynda.com Campus-Wide — I felt that I should pass it along.

Tagged with: Apple • corporate training / universities • digital audio • digital learning • digital storytelling • digital textbooks • digital video • educational technology • instructional design • learning ecosystem • Mobile learning • mobile technology • multimedia • student-related • teaching & learning • web design

Rise of the ‘Apps Culture’ — PewResearch

On 09/14/2010, in computer science, education technology, human-computer interaction (HCI), mobile learning, mobile technologies, programming, technologies for your home, telecommunications, trends, by Daniel Christian

Rise of the ‘Apps Culture’ — Pew Research Center Publications

Cell phone use in the U.S. has increased dramatically over the past decade. Fully eight-in-10 adults today (82%) are cell phone users, and about one-quarter of adults (23%) now live in a household that has a cell phone but no landline phone.

Along with the widespread embrace of mobile technology has come the development of an “apps culture.” As the mobile phone has morphed from a voice device to a multi-channel device to an internet-accessing mini-computer, a large market of mobile-software applications, or “apps,” has arisen.

Among the most popular are apps that provide some form of entertainment (games, music, food, travel and sports) as well as those that help people find information they need and accomplish tasks (maps and navigation, weather, news, banking). With the advent of the mobile phone, the term “app” has become popular parlance for software applications designed to run on mobile phone operating systems, yet a standard, industry-wide definition of what is, and is not, an “app” does not currently exist. For the purpose of this report, apps are defined as end-user software applications that are designed for a cell phone operating system and which extend the phone’s capabilities by enabling users to perform particular tasks.

The most recent Pew Internet & American Life Project survey asked a national sample of 1,917 cell phone-using adults if they use apps and how they use them. Broadly, the results indicate that while apps are popular among a segment of the adult cell phone-using population, a notable number of cell owners are not yet part of the emerging apps culture.

Tagged with: computer science • human-computer interaction (HCI) • Mobile learning • mobile technology • programming • technologies for the home • telecommunications • trends

Peer 2 Peer University — new web dev courses in “World of Webcraft” initiative

On 08/31/2010, in computer science, global, open courseware and systems, programming, web design and production, by Daniel Christian

Resource from reganmian.net

Tagged with: computer science • Global learning • open • programming • web development

Next Firefox 4 Beta arrives, now with multi-touch

On 08/14/2010, in computer science, education technology, programming, by Daniel Christian

Next Firefox 4 Beta arrives, now with multi-touch — from WebMonkey.com by Michael Calore

Mozilla has released the latest beta version of its Firefox 4 browser. You can grab Firefox 4 beta 3 for all major operating systems and over 30 languages from Mozilla’s beta download site.

From DSC:
I post this because when this type of functionality makes its way across all browsers (and operating systems), we will have a very interesting way of interacting with applications via the web browsers.

Tagged with: browsers • computer science • educational gaming • human-computer interaction (HCI) • programming

U Michigan iPhone app grows from student project

On 08/03/2010, in computer science, innovation, IT in HE, programming, project-based learning, by Daniel Christian

U Michigan iPhone app grows from student project — from CampusTechnology.com by Dian Schaffhauser

An iPhone app conceived by two students at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, built as a computer science class project, and purchased by the school’s IT organization has made its public debut in the Apple iTunes store. Formerly named iWolverine, now called “University of Michigan,” the app allows users to track buses in real time through the popular Magic Bus Web application, listen to the school’s fight song, check dining hall menus, and search for buildings, among other features.

Tagged with: computer science • innovation • IT • programming • project-based learning

Emerging Technology: APIs and Mashups and eLearning

On 08/02/2010, in computer science, programming, by Daniel Christian

Emerging Technology: APIs and Mashups and eLearning — from interactyx.com by Jeff Roth

Also see the following API and mashup directories

Tagged with: computer science • mash-ups • programming

New focus for digital photography — potential game-changer

On 07/30/2010, in computer science, digital photography, innovation, programming, by Daniel Christian

Tagged with: computer science • digital photography • innovation • programming

Design Boost

On 07/30/2010, in business, collaboration, computer science, creativity, emerging technologies, engagement / engaging students, entrepreneurship, innovation, mobile learning, programming, staying relevant, student-related, by Daniel Christian

Design Boost is a four day bootcamp for prototyping digital learning products.

We’re looking for promising young innovators, to bring learning into the 21st century, to create digital products that excite and engage kids in meaningful learning. In partnership with IDEO, Startl is offering a multi-day immersion for designers and creators, hackers and coders, builders and entrepreneurs.

Boost isn’t about sitting around dreaming up pie-in-the-sky ideas. Its an intense whirlwind of activity, with lots of hands-on, real-world involvement in the design and product development process. You’ll be taking the seed of an idea and seeing whether you can grow it into an effective and marketable learning product. Along the way, you’ll be steeped in how to create user-centered, learning-rich and market-smart designs and learn the tricks that seasoned entrepreneurs use to generate new products quickly and cheaply. But you won’t be doing this on your own. You’ll be surrounded by inspiring peers and collaborating with them to amp up your creativity and rigor.

Startl’s first series of Design Boost will focus on the design of mobile applications for learning, targeting these primary platforms: Android, iPhone, Symbian and BlackBerry. We’re making this the focus because there’s a serious lack of high-quality mobile applications for learning and education on the market, so there’s a massive opportunity to make a difference and make your mark.

The Boot Camp will be a launching pad for participants to make their next entrepreneurial move, be it with Startl, IDEO, local firms, national brands or beyond.

Apply for the November 2010 Mobile Design Boost to be held in San Francisco November 11-14, 2010. (Application deadline – September 17, 2010)

The Basics – What You Need to Know Before Applying
A primer on what Startl is seeking in teams.

Design Boost FAQ’s

Mobile Design Boost Schedule & Agenda

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From DSC:
Are there many college-level courses out there like this? This is a very interesting, real-world, engaging, hands-on approach — while offering numerous opportunities to collaborate.

Media:Scape-based setups would work well here.

Tagged with: business • collaboration • computer science • emerging technologies • engaging students • entrepreneurship • innovation • Keeping students engaged • Mobile learning • programming • staying relevant • student-related

“All our ideas” — An interesting approach/concept from Princeton and Google

On 07/20/2010, in collaboration, computer science, innovation, programming, web-based collaboration, by Daniel Christian

— original posting from FastCompany.com

Also see:
Computers intersect with sociology to sift through ‘all our ideas’ (from News at Princeton)

Fortunately, an acquaintance referred Moles to Matthew Salganik. An assistant professor of sociology at Princeton, Salganik has teamed up with Princeton computer scientists to develop a new way for organizations to solicit ideas from large groups of people and simultaneously have those same people vote on the merit of the ideas generated by the group.

Called “All Our Ideas,” the survey tool melds concepts from sociology and computer science to allow an organization to quickly set up a free website where large numbers of people can contribute and rank ideas. The system could help governments tap into public opinion and provide sociologists with a new research tool.

Tagged with: collaboration • computer science • innovation • programming • web-based collaboration

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