<div class="gmail_quote"><p>I saw a computer program called 'Drum Beats' developed with One Laptop per Child (OLPC) Canada. </p>
<div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; border-collapse: collapse; "><a href="http://www.olpccanada.com/program-12.html" target="_blank"><font color="#3333FF">http://www.olpccanada.com/program-12.html</font></a></div>
<p><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; border-collapse: collapse; "><font color="#3333FF">Description: "Buffy Sainte-Marie walks children through the Nature of Sound and Native American/Aboriginal Instruments in order to introduce children to what sound is, the characteristic of sound, wavelengths and how sound travels. Hands-on experiments and a vocabulary resource provide students with a working knowledge of words and meaning, as well as an understanding of Indigenous, Aboriginal, Native American music and sound terminology. This program was modified for OLPC Canada by Buffy Sainte-Marie."</font></span> </p>
<p>It was particularly interesting to me to see that the program had been modified for OLPC. I was wondering if anyone might know who might be able to provide me with any more information regarding these modifications, such as how this activity was modified and by whom. </p>
<p>It would be great if we could see programs like this, and develop something similar, for the indigenous music cultures of more places.</p>
<p>Sean Linton</p><p><br></p></div>