INTRODUCTION

concept:
1. an offline-online workshop toolkit for anyone interested in youth, arts education, community engagement and digital media literacy in the classroom and beyond.
2. to provide learning activities, tools and resources to the aforementioned groups and individuals

note: this website is not intended to be an exhaustive teaching guide, but rather a toolkit to support youth and educators involved in the Voices CAMP program offered by Voices of the New Millenium.

MUSIC IN OUR LIVES

Few would deny the importance and influence music plays in our lives. Using the sounds and words of music to evoke stories and memories is a sure way to get student voices heard, or simply to introduce new themes or topics for discussion. We begin our journey with a discussion of the role and impact of music in our lives, using the weblog to reflect on the relationship between music and our own individual sense of self, community, culture, power and change.

Guiding Questions
What is hip hop today? What is the current state of affairs of our world/society as reflected through hip hop today? As artists, scholars, students, activists, community members, and consumers of hip hop music, what is our responsibility towards the culture of hip hop? How do you understand music in terms of its physical, psychological and spiritual influences? How does music help you understand or express yourself? In your opinion, what reflection does the music of today give of our views, values and beliefs as a society?

Listen | Read | Respond

Hold - by KRS-ONE

CREATIVE NARRATIONS

Storytelling is a great way to get people interested in and attentive to what they are learning. In the process of creating their own multimedia creative narrations, students learn how to do research, conduct interviews, write in a variety of styles, work collaboratively and more.

WORDS 2 WEB

Topic maps have always been great ways to organize our information, and the web has now forever changed the way we store and navigate this information. Drawing on the power of both, it is simple today for us to construct, connect and exchange important knowledge around particular topics in 'real' face-to-face time or via the web.

MULTIMEDIA PRODUCTION

Using media tools and technologies has become a prerequisite for many occupations in the 21st century. In fact, most jobs now require at least some basic computer competencies. By creating their own media (audio recordings, short films, slide presentations, websites), students gain experience using digital media devices as well as several cutting-edge computer-based applications to produce original final works that can be shared with the world via the web. Integrating multimedia production assignments as part of the curriculum is a good way to motivate students to learn more by investigating their own lives and environments, creating their own stories and developing a variety of skills (like planning, collaboration and technology).