Snow Day Pivot!

Ever listened to Lofi Girl's YouTube channel? This snow day pivot takes its inspiration from Lofi Girl and will have you producing music to get started with programming! You'll be using Georgia Tech's EarSketch platform, which has loads of music clips to unleash your creativity. 

You will use the skills from the lab to create your own music technology project!

1. Produce your own individual piece of music using EarSketch. Have fun with it!

2. Use the LoFi Generator to customize a “LoFi” character. 

3. Use this to create a video with your LoFi character as the visual (or get even more creative!) and your music for the audio.

• This converter may be helpful if you don’t have a background in video editing software.

Requirements

On your web site, post:

(A) Your completed video.

and

(B) A two-part reflection:

1. Reflect back on the coursework and how it relates to the topic of self-regulation, using the prompts below. You can choose to write the reflection (1-2 paragraphs) or record it as video/audio (1-3 minutes).

1. • Take a moment to think about the Marshmallow Challenge from class. 

     • Was your group applying a self-regulated learning cycle of plan/do/evaluate?

     • How did multiple perspectives play a role in the process?

   • Look back on the EarSketch project as a whole and consider whether you were strategic in your approach.

     • Did you find yourself applying the self-regulated learning cycle of plan/do/evaluate?

     • Were there moments where you could have been more strategic?

2. Challenge yourself to step back and think about any parallels you can draw to your learning journey at large, using the prompts below. You can choose a written format (2-4 paragraphs) or recorded video/audio (2-5 minutes).

• Does this project's experience remind you of other moments in your academic journey where you were more/less strategic?

• What resources were available to you that (could have) helped in formulating a plan?

• How did you execute your plan? Did the timing and location have an impact on your effectiveness?

• How did you evaluate if your plan is working?  (Or how could you have?)

• How did you revise your plan? (Or how could you have?)

Here are some takeaways for the topic:

Self-regulated learning

• • The capacity to step back and study our own thought process is called metacognition. It is the foundation for an iterative process called the self-regulated learning (SRL) feedback cycle. 

  • Effective learners use this SRL plan/do/evaluate cycle to come up with a plan, try it out, and use feedback to revise a new plan. 

  • When coming up with a plan, we can be strategic: break a large challenge into smaller pieces, research what others have done for similar tasks, keep a log of what did (not) work, seek feedback from others.