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Music Factory.

An Educational Computer Game.

Music Factory is a single to multi-player game that combines fractions, decimals, and percentages with music to help students make connections between musical notes and mathematics. Songs from popular culture are implemented into Music Factory to  get students excited about the music they are playing. Students are given a series of musical notes for a song that have been translated into either fractions, decimals, percentages, or a combination of the three that scroll across the screen towards an arrow. Once the number hits that arrow, the students’ goal is to hold down their button until a bar fills to the same length of the number. For example, if the student is given either 1/2, .5, or 50%, they would want to hold their button until the bar filled halfway. After the value has passed, the number will turn into its corresponding note. At the end of the song the piece of music they have translated will play back for them overlayed with other instrumentals.

 

The game is designed for up to three players with the notes split into three sections. Each player is given a different set of notes to play and when combined, make up the entirety of a section of music from a song.

Prototype.

The game is played through the use of just one button – the space bar – the objective is to hold it down long enough to match the amount of time given by the fraction, decimal, or percentage which scrolls across the screen. Doing this successfully brings up the “percentage correct”, and upon completion of the game, if the player accomplished a score of above 70%, they can press “Done!” and the game will play the music of the pattern they had played back to them.

Field Testing.

Field Site Testing Visit 1

 

October 10th 2013

A first iteration using bop it as a competative educational tool

Field Site Testing Visit 2

 

October 31st 2013

A second iteration using Bopit as a collaberative educational tool

Field Site Testing Visit 3

 

December 2nd 2013

Our last visit using the prototype of Music Factory shown above with the kids

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