# Sonic Pi vs. DAWs (in educational environments) **URL:** \ **Category:** Educators\ **Created:** [October 14, 2021, 12:26pm UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/sonic-pi-vs-daws-in-educational-environments/6041 "2021-10-14T12:26:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**Author:** ![ethancrawford](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@ethancrawford](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/u/ethancrawford)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2021, 2:51pm UTC](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/sonic-pi-vs-daws-in-educational-environments/6041/7 "2021-10-14T14:51:20Z")
Incidentally, you may find additional perspectives in the other topics in this ‘Educators’ category, though I’m guessing there’s a possibility you’ve already had a look! Perhaps not strictly about Sonic Pi vs DAWs, but maybe there’s some insight of use in the excellent diary from @mrbombmusic starting at: > [@My year teaching Sonic Pi - Week 1](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/my-year-teaching-sonic-pi-week-1/209): > > The first class I told them we would be using something called Sonic Pi this year and then without any further explanation showed about 6-7 minutes of Sam Aaron live coding. From there I asked the students to think about what they had seen and heard and what they thought was going on. Responses varied but most pointed out that the music they were hearing corresponded to the words on the screen. I was also surprised that quite a few of them went right to the word “code” which is where I was hopi… ? --- _[View the full topic](https://in-thread.sonic-pi.net/t/sonic-pi-vs-daws-in-educational-environments/6041)._