I was able to contribute a chapter to this book (Chapter 15: Hip-Hop as a Global Passport). This book… Illuminates hip-hop as an important cultural practice and a global social movement, this collaborative project highlights the emancipatory messages and cultural work generated by the organic intellectuals of
Read more →JUNE 18-21, Urban Word NYC cohosts ULITT (Urban Literacies Institute for Transformative Teaching) at Michigan State University. Based on our Preemptive Education Conference, this institute will feature panels, workshops, hip-hop theater, as well as a youth day and concert, and brings in top educators and organizers in
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Join Keith Heggart and me at the Google EDU On Air Conference Hangout. Our presentation discusses the affordances and constraints of using Google Apps for Education to deliver a technology class with a hip-hop theme for secondary institutions. The goal was to increase the literacy skills of youth using a
Read more →This is an list of Educational Technology and Related Education Conference taking place in April. This list comes from a large compilation prepared by Clayton R. Wright, crwr77[at] gmail[dot]com April 2012 April 1-3, 2012 RosEvaluation Conference: Assessment for Program and Institutional Accreditation, Terre Haute, Indiana, USA. http://www.rose-hulman.edu/offices-services/institutional-research,-planning-and-assessment/2011-rosevaluation-conference.aspx April 1-4, 2012 American Association of Collegiate
Read more →I am excited to be a judge again for the MIT Global Challenge. You don’t have to be affiliated with MIT to participate. Everyone is encouraged to contribute your time, energy, and expertise to support student innovation as public service. All teams must be 1/3 MIT students to
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The United States Fulbright office as well as mtvU (MTV’s 24-hour college network) made it possible for me to travel to Sydney and volunteer at community centers in Western Sydney, deliver a technology class based around global hip-hop, and write about my experience. Please take time to
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Thurs April 19 10.00 am – 1.00 pm Passadena Room, Penrith City Council, 601 High Street, Penrith This dynamic workshop will feature presentations by Sophia Marinos, Creative Producer Big hART who will speak from the recent Namatjira project, Akesha Horton, fresh from her Fulbright residency at ICE and currently completing her doctorate at Michigan
Read more →Mon, Apr 16 – 4:05pm – 5:35pm Sponsor: SIG-Critical Educators for Social Justice Building/Room: Vancouver Convention Centre, First Level – East Ballroom A Abstract: Increasingly, the lyrics, artistic, expression, and cultural work of hip-hop artists have been incorporated in schools. However, the hip-hop based pedagogy promoted by most educators often
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Sat March 31 http://www.nyu.edu/life/student-life/diversity-at-nyu/multicultural-educationandprograms/show-and-prove.html Check out Chiara and I at the first session of the Show Up and Prove Conference. Abstract: Global Perspectives on Identity: Using Hip-Hop to Explore Australian Indigenous Cultural and Gender Identity The growing popularity of Hip Hop and its diffusion on a global
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