[PD] open source Pd workshops

enrike enrike at altern.org
Fri Apr 23 00:05:41 CEST 2004


this sounds good to me. We will try to collaborate although I am not 
sure how... maybe a section about how to comunicate PD with existant 
multimedia software via OSC?



Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
> 
> Ok, to get things starting, I created a Wiki on pure-data.org:
> 
> http://pure-data.iem.at/docs/workshops
> 
> After we get a better idea of how to organize this, then we can decide  
> to change it to something more structured, like HTML, PDF, whatever.
> 
> I think that workshops are different than tutorials and documentation.   
> To me, tutorials are more narrow in focus, like one specific task, and  
> they are aimed at someone working without an instructor.  These  
> workshops should be teaching materials for teaching classes, with a  
> syllabus, readings, exercises, and even lecture notes.  I think given  
> Miller's book and other resources being online, think we should be able  
> to have all of the course materials freely available.
> 
> To start we can do this all in English, then as they get developed,  
> they could be translated into any language.
> 
> .hc
> 
> On Thursday, Apr 22, 2004, at 04:30 America/New_York, marius schebella  
> wrote:
> 
>> hi,
>>
>> metoo think  it's a great idea. esp. to have workshops to specific  
>> focusses,
>> like "beginners", "networking, streaming", "video", "composition", "dsp
>> theory", "interfaces and live performing", "external programming", ...
> 
> 
> 
>>
>> in addition to the workshops, or as a basis for them, a systematic
>> documentation and teaching material should be available:  
>> online(html...), in
>> printable form (pdf, working sheets), as pd-tutorial (stepwise), as
>> pd-help-patches (reference), as FAQ, and there should be a discussion  
>> forum
>> and/or the mailing list (including searcheable archives). So we need 
>> a  place
>> to collect, sort, revise and distribute the material (and of course  
>> people
>> doing this job). there are lots of approaches and most thing are  
>> existing
>> already, so perhaps focussing them in one point/place could (!) be a  
>> clever
>> move now.
>>
>> marius.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Ian Smith-Heisters" <heisters at 0x09.com>
>> To: "Hans-Christoph Steiner" <hans at eds.org>
>> Cc: <pd-list at iem.at>
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 7:33 PM
>> Subject: RE: [PD] open source Pd workshops
>>
>>
>>> I think that's a brilliant idea, particularly given that I'm 
>>> teaching  an
>>
>> intro workshop this fall and would love
>>
>>> to see resources. Of course, as i get a clearer idea of what I'll be
>>
>> doing, I'll add my own resources to the
>>
>>> pot.
>>>
>>> If there needs to be any web development in relation to this 
>>> project,  I'd
>>
>> love to help.
>>
>>>
>>> -Ian
>>>
>>>> -------- Original Message --------
>>>> Subject: [PD] open source Pd workshops
>>>> From: "Hans-Christoph Steiner" <hans at eds.org>
>>>> Date: Wed, April 21, 2004 7:25 am
>>>> To: pd-list at iem.at
>>>>
>>>> So since a number of us are doing Pd workshops these days, I thought
>>>> that we could join together to develop some open source Pd workshops
>>>> that we all can use.  I am not entirely sure what form these would  
>>>> take
>>>>
>>>> since I have only done a couple individual classes, mostly general
>>>> intros.
>>>>
>>>> I think that it would be cool to develop courses, like a one day
>>>> course, a one week course, etc.  Ideally, the reading and the  
>>>> exercises
>>>>
>>>> would all be available on a single website, and maybe also included  in
>>>>
>>>> the Pd distros.
>>>>
>>>> I have started some patches that illustrate concepts and 
>>>> experiments  in
>>>>
>>>> music cognition and perception that I will be checking into the CVS
>>>> once they are ready.
>>>>
>>>> .hc
>>>>
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