375511 external_news 1423504217 1475893434 <![CDATA[Jay-Z, Beethoven and EarSketch: Tech remixes masters to engage students in computer science]]> Even Beethoven and Jay-Z may be impressed by a Georgia Tech program that just won another federal grant to expand a program that teaches computer science through music.

Georgia Tech is devising a program intended to engage high school students in computer science by showing how it relates to music. Credit: edted.com

The idea is to intrigue high school students who haven’t shown much interest in computer science by showing its application in music and the recording industry. Minorities and women are a primary focus.

Tech announced Thursday it had won a $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation to further the work of EarSketch. The award extends a $2 million grant NSF awarded EarSketch in 2011.

 

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