We need APIs that help kids connect their software to the real world. One way is by using the computer (or phone)'s microphone: we need a simplified way for kids to collect audio, manipulate it, and replay it.
For example, what would it take to let a student write a 10-line program to record a snippet of audio, and then use the snippet as a sample to play music with the "play" function?
For an audio capture API discussion, see: http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/getusermedia/intro/
We need APIs that help kids connect their software to the real world. One way is by using the computer (or phone)'s microphone: we need a simplified way for kids to collect audio, manipulate it, and replay it.
For example, what would it take to let a student write a 10-line program to record a snippet of audio, and then use the snippet as a sample to play music with the "play" function?
For an audio capture API discussion, see: http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/getusermedia/intro/