Voices of Youth Address Violence in Philadelphia
After the screening of the great documentary by YES Philly students, Pushouts, which was featured on NBC 10 recently, it’s clear that the field of youth media in Philadelphia is (finally) rising in...
View ArticleSummer Film Jammin’ with the Big Picture Alliance
To us, this probably just looks like a rubber band. Or maybe, given the wielder’s hand placement, one of those Chinese jump rope loops we were obsessed with in the 90’s. But why the contemplative...
View ArticleInquiry Learning with Pop Culture: Start a Revolution
School doesn’t have to be about loading up on all the “fact bricks” of stuff that “needs to be known.” It should be a place where we cultivate and nurture the intellectual curiosity of children and...
View ArticleKids Who Make Media are More Real Than Other Kids
It was Fr. John Culkin, the Jesuit priest and media literacy educator, who said, “Kids who make movies are more REAL than other kids,” and Me, Earl and the Dying Girl proves him right. Getting to see...
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