APRENDAMOS: PROJECTPROPOSAL

Liz Krane and Jason Lipshin

What is Aprendamos?

An academic and cultural enrichment program for elementary students and their parents:

Multiple Literacies Popular Education:

Paulo Friere, “Banking Model of Education” Collaboration

Curriculum: Tutoring – math/ELA for standardized tests. Thematic Units + Project Based-Learning

Who is our Audience?

Public school (track system)

2nd through 5th graders

Children of immigrants

Speak Spanish, English, indigenous languages

Esperanza Elementary School

Aprendamos

Previous Media Projects

1) VozMob

2) Newsletter

3) Media Workshops

4) Photo Journals

Mutual Goals

Integrate into existing curriculum. Multimedia: easy to learn, easy to teach

Create projects that are fun and that students are proud of.

Implement technologies in simple, but smart ways. (repeatable and sustainable)

Teach multiple literacies in the process Projects are collaborative and hands-on.

1. Mini-Workshops:a. Timeline + Media Journal Project

b. Mapping Project

2. Informational Video

Project Pitch

- Connect to themes of personal identity, family narrative, and migration.

- Import their own media (created in workshop or brought from home).

1. Timeline + Media Journal Project

Dipity and VoiceThread

Family timelines. Personal

timelines. Education

timelines: elementary through college and beyond.

Talk about media they shoot using cameras and cell phones.

Dipity: Multimedia timelines.

VoiceThread: Group conversations around media.

- Could work well with social studies/language arts curriculum.

- Mapping and neighborhoods, “community detectives.”

- Integrate with VozMob platform.

2. Mapping Project

KCET – Departures + Maplib

Departures MapLib

Scavenger Hunts + Vozmob

Integrating with field trip or just in school yard.

Upload pics to map and build digital “tours”

Ideas:

- Use media from other projects.

- Edit and shoot with students.

3. Informational Video

Challenges

Sensitivity to cultural differences

Multiple age groups, number of students.

Integrating with curriculum.

Time.

Thematic Units

Week 3 – March 21st => Family (Immigration)

Week 4 – March 28th => Family (Immigration)

Week 5 - April 4th => Community (Health) Week 6 – April 11th => Community

(Environmental Justice) Week 7 – April 18th => Evaluation (Social

Justice)

Every Week

Mini-Workshops: Coming in every Tuesday (2:30 – 4:30) Monday, Wednesday, Thursday – 1 hour

devoted to working on projects. Friday staff meetings

Project Timeline

Video Collection and Editing

Questions + Comments