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Empowering Marginalized Voices Through Multimedia

Voices of World War II unit integrates historical research, creative writing, and multimedia for students to express emotions and experiences of marginalized voices. Curricular focus includes history, English, and technology. Guest speakers and experiential learning enhance the educational experience. Students engage in a waste reduction program with hands-on activities like waste audits, composting, and creating public service announcements. Digital portfolios and web 2.0 tools are used for assessment and reflection. The goal is to empower students and increase knowledge through practical experiences.

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Empowering Marginalized Voices Through Multimedia

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  1. Bringing Project Based Learning into the 21st century. • Community Multimedia Academy http://www.mycmma.org • Documents for Projects http://www.mycmma.org/documents

  2. Community Multimedia Academy http://www.mycmma.org • Project-Based Learning • Service Learning • Multimedia and Technology Integration • College Focus

  3. Project Based Learning • Enduring Question • Practical Experience • Constructivist Learning • Reflection

  4. Voices of World War II • Voices of World War II is an interdisciplinary unit that integrates historical research, creative writing, and multimedia. • Students write, produce and edit a video monologue that expresses the emotion and experience of marginalized voices within a particular historical era.

  5. Curriculum Areas of Focus • Primary: History/Social Science • Secondary: English/Language Arts, Performing Arts, Technology • The main elements of this unit can be applied to other historical and literary units, i.e., the Great Depression, Civil Rights Movement and Vietnam War.

  6. Enduring Question • How can you empower marginalized voices through multimedia?

  7. Guest Speakers • Guest speakers make learning meaningful and relevant • Japanese Internment • Witness to Zoot Suit Riots

  8. Experiential Learning • Christian wears the original Zoot suit worn by Mr. Carrasco in the 1940s

  9. Rosie the Riveter Memorial

  10. Rosie the Riveter Memorial

  11. SS Red Oak Victory Ship

  12. Aboard the SS Red Oak Victory For more information about the SS Red oak Victor, visit: http://www.ssredoakvictory.com/index.htm

  13. Student Project • Students write, edit and create an original video monologue

  14. Service Learning Waste Reduction Program • Enduring Question: How do we increase our knowledg and practice of the 4 R’s: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Rot • Service Learning • Compost Pile, Tennyson High School Farm • Public Service Announcement, Elementary School Partnership • Media Projects • Student Blog • Compost Video • Public Service Announcement

  15. SLWRP Activities • Students learn about the Davis Street Transfer Center • “The facilities goal is to divert 75% of municipal trash away from landfills and into recyclable materials” • Source http://www.dsgardencenter.com/index.asp

  16. Waste Audit • Students weigh and sort through classroom bags of trash

  17. Composting • Students build a compost pile for the Tennyson High School farm • Students learn the importance of organic farming

  18. Student Blogs • Students create personal reflection blogs based on the SWLRP learning activities

  19. Digital Portfolios • Performance Assessment • Digitize and Archive Student Work • Sophomore Year • Display Portfolio • Multimedia Projects • Junior Year • Assessment Portfolio • English, Multimedia, History, CMMA Values

  20. Student Portfolios • Sophomore Portfolios

  21. Junior Digital Portfolios • Assessment and Learning Reflection Portfolios

  22. Web 2.0 Tools • Digital Portfolios • www.picnik.com • www.blogger.com • www.sauropol.com • www.wikispaces.com • Video Monologues • www.voicethread.com • www.slideroll.com • animoto.com • www.jumpcut.com • Student Blogs • www.21classes.com • www.edublogs.org • www.blogger.com • General Good Stuff • www.google.com • www.gcast.com • www.umedia.com

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