Saturday Workshop: From STEM to STE(A)M

On Saturday, October 13, 2012, from 9:00 am - 4:30 pm (with lunch break), in 231 Varner Hall, Alex Ruthmann will lead a hands-on exploration of social and computational media musicianship.
The morning will be spent experiencing video-based social media musicianship projects integrating mathematical, computational, and musical thinking using iMovie.  The afternoon will focus on computational media musicianship through hands-on projects using the Scratch visual programming environment to create and perform interactive music through video games.

Alex Ruthman studied performing arts technology at the University of Michigan before completing MM and PhD degrees at Oakland University in music education.  He is an assistant professor of Music Education at the University of Massachusetts - Lowell where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses at the intersection of music education, arts computing and research.  He currently serves as President of the Association for Technology in Music Instruction, Chair of the Creativity special research interest group of the Society for Research in Music Education, and is the Co-Editor of the International Journal of Education & the Arts. His current research explores social/digital media musicianship and creativity, the development of technologies for music learning, and teaching and engagement for use in schools and community-based interdisciplinary arts+computing programs.