[Sugar-devel] [IAEP] Help with Music Blocks Wikipedia Page?

[Devin Ulibarri]

Hi All,

I have been receiving some help with

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Music_Blocks

...which is encouraging.

If anyone has any edits or suggestions, please let me know.

Again, the language must be neutral and the sources need to be as a)
neutral, b) third party, c) substantial (not just passing mention) as
possible. Read https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability for
details.

If you see anything I wrote that you thinks violates its neutrality, it
actually would be helpful if you edited to make it more neutral. Read
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view for details.

Simply put, I just thought that Music Blocks should have its own
reference on Wikipedia, and I used
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snap!_(programming_language) as my template.

Having gone through this exercise, however, I do clearly see that it
would be helpful to have some more research articles written by
non-participating academics (whether supportive or critical of our
work). If anyone wants to solicit some review of Music Blocks and any of
the papers or lesson plans written by Walter et. al, please do so! Such
peer review only helps our efforts to make a better programming language
for kids to learn with.

Likewise, it would probably be helpful for members of our community to
take time to review the works of others (and write about it--both in
detailed blog articles as well as academic journals).

For example, I wrote
https://musicblocks.net/2021/09/01/criticisms-of-scratch-vs-music-blocks-a-comparison/
after reading
https://jitp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/music-making-in-scratch-high-floors-low-ceilings-and-narrow-walls/
| My work is perhaps totally "academic", but I think it was a helpful
exercise and I learned a lot.

...Oh, and Happy New Year!!!

Best,
Devin

devin at ulibarri.website:
> A quick follow up on more substantial resources (from Japan):
> 
> Following links found in
> https://www.learning-innovation.go.jp/edtech-library/el004/ I find:
> 
> *
> https://www.learning-innovation.go.jp/existing/doc2019/verify_d0089_achievementreport.pdf#report
> 
> *
> https://www.learning-innovation.go.jp/existing/doc/a0003/verify_a0003_achievementreportN.pdf#report
> 
> *
> https://www.learning-innovation.go.jp/existing/doc/a0003/verify_a0003_interimreport.pdf?211230
> 
> 
> These are pretty good references, I think. Unless someone else on this
> list would be qualified to interpret the Japanese, I will add them to my
> draft and just cross my fingers that these reviewers will approve of it.
> 
> At any rate, glad I found these!
> 
> Devin
> 
> On 2021-12-30 08:34, devin at ulibarri.website wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Thanks. Walter, that article is helpful because it is 3rd party, but
>> is probably not sufficiently substantial.
>>
>> @All, I am currently working with the Wikipedia reviewers, and right
>> now the biggest challenge is they would much prefer to see the
>> Wikipedia article written by someone unaffiliated with the project.
>> Basically they are skeptical to my draft's "neutrality".
>>
>> If someone on this list, unaffiliated with Music Blocks could read and
>> revise my draft at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Music_Blocks
>> for better neutrality that would be helpful. I think others doing
>> research on programming languages for kids would benefit to such a
>> reference on Wikipedia. Thanks in advanced!
>>
>> Best,
>> Devin
>>
>> On 2021-12-29 20:29, Walter Bender wrote:
>>> Here is one reference to Music Blocks in Peru:
>>>
>>> https://www.gob.pe/institucion/minedu/noticias/419064-tablets-para-aprendo-en-casa-tienen-36-aplicativos-educativos-y-10-utilitarios
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Dec 29, 2021 at 8:15 PM <devin at ulibarri.website> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Walter, media from Peru would be helpful. Thanks!
>>>>
>>>> For Japan (other than the links that I already put in the draft), I
>>>> found the following:
>>>>
>>>> https://gakko.site/wp/?s=%E5%AD%A6%E7%A0%94
>>>>
>>>> https://gakko.site/wp/archives/1343
>>>>
>>>>   --
>>>> https://gakko.site/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/08fb99790750785dc17b973f5b1c16d0.pdf
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://gakken-steam.jp/music_blocks/
>>>>
>>>> https://www.learning-innovation.go.jp/edtech-library/el004/
>>>>
>>>> https://www.kikoku-benricho.com/music-blocks/
>>>>
>>>> https://prtimes.jp/main/html/rd/p/000001947.000002535.html
>>>>
>>>> https://edtechzine.jp/article/detail/1802 and
>>>> https://edtechzine.jp/article/detail/1802?p=2
>>>>
>>>> ?? https://gkp-koushiki.gakken.jp/2018/12/07/5686/
>>>>
>>>> ?? https://www.nifty.com/?top20
>>>>
>>>> On 2021-12-29 20:11, Walter Bender wrote:
>>>> > There must be some media mention of Music Blocks in Japan.
>>>> > Maybe I can dig something up from Peru.
>>>> >
>>>> > -walter
>>>> >
>>>> > On Wed, Dec 29, 2021 at 8:01 PM <devin at ulibarri.website> wrote:
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Hi All,
>>>> >>
>>>> >> I am trying to write a Wikipedia article for Music Blocks because I
>>>> >> think it would be helpful reference for the broader public.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> So far, I have written:
>>>> >>
>>>> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draft:Music_Blocks
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Do others, who are familiar with Wikipedia, have anything to
>>>> >> contribute?
>>>> >>
>>>> >> BTW, I started with
>>>> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snap!_(programming_language) as a
>>>> >> template
>>>> >> to start this draft.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> It would be helpful to have others contribute to the article,
>>>> >> especially
>>>> >> anyone not directly related to the project, as those
>>>> contributions may
>>>> >> be necessary to the proposed article's admission into Wikipedia.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Lastly, if anyone is familiar with other articles that have been
>>>> >> written
>>>> >> about Music Blocks, referencing those would be helpful.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Thank you,
>>>> >> Devin
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