#HipHopEd Archive

#HipHopEd Chat is a weekly cyber cypher (chat) where stakeholders within Hip-Hop and Education come together to discuss issues that impact the youth and adults within our local, national and global communities. #HipHopEd Chat is a virtual form of professional development for Educators, workshop for Parents and other Adults and a brainstorming session of Hip-Hop practitioners. Our #HipHopEd chats are every Tuesday from 9-10 EST. on Twitter.

Tuesday January 29, 2019
9:00 PM EST

  • tdj6899 - Moderator Jan 29 @ 9:00 PM EST
    Welcome 2 #HipHopEd Tonight we are discussing the State of Hip-Hop Education as a practice and an agent of change within the landscape of traditional education
  • tdj6899 - Moderator Jan 29 @ 9:04 PM EST
    Sending out prayers and support to the family, fans and friends of James Ingram #hiphoped
  • tdj6899 - Moderator Jan 29 @ 9:05 PM EST
    Sending out prayers for a swift recovery for Jussie Smollett. We have a lot of work to do Family #hiphoped
  • TheRealHipHopEd Jan 29 @ 9:07 PM EST
    It is important to make distinctions between Hip-Hop Education and Education because we strive to measure our impact inside and outside of the classroom. We want to move culture #HipHopEd
  • Ianplevy - Moderator Jan 29 @ 9:08 PM EST
    #HipHopEd is school culture shifting work. Creating spaces where youth can feel free within an edu system designed to strip them of that very freedom.
  • tdj6899 - Moderator Jan 29 @ 9:10 PM EST
    #HipHopEd I believe there are strides being made when it comes to Hip-Hop being used in the classroom but there are major strides yet to be taken when it comes to deeming Hip-Hop itself as "education."
  • mathsmarti Jan 29 @ 9:11 PM EST
    Hip-Hop Education has given me tools to understand and implement culturally responsive teaching in my classroom, this is something I struggled with prior to engaging with #HipHopEd
  • tdj6899 - Moderator Jan 29 @ 9:11 PM EST
    The Academy is more accepting of Hip-Hop as scholarship in its own right than K-12 spaces but the students in K-12 spaces see themselves as Hip-Hop more than students in the Academy #HipHopEd
  • KamauKuumba Jan 29 @ 9:12 PM EST
    the struggle that educators have with hip hop is todays imagry and what hip hop looks like today. The struggle over content is real. #hiphoped
  • mnemognose Jan 29 @ 9:12 PM EST
    I wonder if some of this difference is that of schooling vs education? Schooling ~= classroom, but education = everywhere. #HipHopEd
    In reply to @tdj6899
  • tdj6899 - Moderator Jan 29 @ 9:13 PM EST
    Good observation #HipHopEd
    In reply to @mnemognose
  • bushidogarvey Jan 29 @ 9:13 PM EST
    Is hip hop education something at threat of being appropriated by non-indigenous entities, as many other ways of knowing and learning have been? #HipHopEd
  • rebelmusicteach Jan 29 @ 9:14 PM EST
    I agree, and the dichotomy is fascinating. #HipHopEd
    • tdj6899 - Moderator Jan 29 @ 9:11 PM EST
      The Academy is more accepting of Hip-Hop as scholarship in its own right than K-12 spaces but the students in K-12 spaces see themselves as Hip-Hop more than students in the Academy #HipHopEd
  • TheRealHipHopEd Jan 29 @ 9:15 PM EST
    There is a need to expand the definition of Hip-Hop to a generation of young people and generations of educators. Hip-Hop culture embodies many of the learning frameworks that are looked at as being innovative today #HipHopEd
  • MrSmithInspires Jan 29 @ 9:15 PM EST
    In addition Hiphop Ed must also move traditional educational culture. This means challenging established norms and ways of knowing & doing in the classroom. Gonna have to rock the boat a little. But hey, isn't that what hip hop has always done? #makewaves. #HipHopEd
    In reply to @TheRealHipHopEd
  • chrisemdin - Moderator Jan 29 @ 9:16 PM EST
    As hip-hop evolves, one thing remain the same. It is the chief avenue for making sense of where our youth are. We need to evolve with it to teach effectively #HipHopEd
  • Ianplevy - Moderator Jan 29 @ 9:16 PM EST
    The academy ain’t really about it tho. Oftentimes HH is ushered into new academic lanes in fluff ways which connotes a disinterest in its cultural complexities. #HipHopEd
    In reply to @tdj6899
  • tdj6899 - Moderator Jan 29 @ 9:16 PM EST
    We can't let this happen #HipHopEd
    • bushidogarvey Jan 29 @ 9:13 PM EST
      Is hip hop education something at threat of being appropriated by non-indigenous entities, as many other ways of knowing and learning have been? #HipHopEd
  • KamauKuumba Jan 29 @ 9:17 PM EST
    I am sharing this tomorrow Propaganda "Bored of Education" Animation https://t.co/GgAsB0RmvB via @YouTube #HipHopEd
  • mbdando Jan 29 @ 9:18 PM EST
    Always crucial to position #HipHopEd as a site for critical engagement & pedagogy. It’s not a repackaging of the status quo.
  • TheRealHipHopEd Jan 29 @ 9:18 PM EST
    Yes and at some point Education must recognize and value its impact on Hip-Hop culture. The consistent narrative is a reflection of the state of confusion that is many of our schools #HipHopEd
    In reply to @MrSmithInspires
  • chrisemdin - Moderator Jan 29 @ 9:19 PM EST
    Rap rooted pedagogy is dope but it is just a thin slice of Hip-hop Education. This distinction has to be made for so many educators #HipHopEd
  • Ianplevy - Moderator Jan 29 @ 9:19 PM EST
    My undergrad students had me begrudgingly listening to Playboi Carti all weekend just to try and understand where they’re at. We have to work to stay connected to youth. Not tryna be an angry old head... #HipHopEd
  • mbdando Jan 29 @ 9:20 PM EST
    Yes. Very much so. Many curricula out there that’s just rapping sonnets or time stables. Why it must b theoretically rooted. #hiphoped
    In reply to @bushidogarvey
  • tdj6899 - Moderator Jan 29 @ 9:20 PM EST
    Spoken like an insider, but in their fake acknowledgement, they are ahead of many K-12 institutions #HipHopEd
    In reply to @Ianplevy
  • tdj6899 - Moderator Jan 29 @ 9:21 PM EST
    #HipHopEd Resource
  • mathsmarti Jan 29 @ 9:21 PM EST
    This is the problem with "innovation" in the classroom, many times it's the same thing in a new package. Hip-hop education requires #HipHopEd(ucators) to challenge the status quo
    In reply to @mbdando
  • tdj6899 - Moderator Jan 29 @ 9:21 PM EST
    #HipHopEd
    • bushidogarvey Jan 29 @ 9:19 PM EST
      Is this “fluff” a threat, or is it something that authentic practitioners can identify as insignificant and keep it moving?
      In reply to @Ianplevy, @tdj6899
  • mnemognose Jan 29 @ 9:21 PM EST
    Ooh this is a sticky if not wicked problem: If we're asking non-indigenous people to learn it, apply it, bring it to their classrooms (e.g., #ForWhiteFolks by @chrisemdin ) -- where is the line between this and appropriation? If impact > intent, what is appropriATE? #HipHopEd
  • Ianplevy - Moderator Jan 29 @ 9:21 PM EST
    It’s a threat because it is adopted by institutions who then falsely perceive it as complex and distance themselves further from appreciating its depth #HipHopEd
    In reply to @bushidogarvey, @tdj6899
  • Ianplevy - Moderator Jan 29 @ 9:22 PM EST
    That’s very true #HipHopEd
    In reply to @tdj6899
  • KamauKuumba Jan 29 @ 9:22 PM EST
    I showed #HalfPastAutumn #GordonParks Story and I was able to share @kendricklamar video on how the images were connected. #hiphoped
  • tdj6899 - Moderator Jan 29 @ 9:22 PM EST
    I think the truth lies in the intent #HipHopEd
    In reply to @mnemognose, @chrisemdin
  • mbdando Jan 29 @ 9:23 PM EST
    It’s up to educators to push back against neoliberal co-opting rather than against hip hop as a site of knowledge. #hiphoped
    In reply to @tdj6899
  • MrSmithInspires Jan 29 @ 9:23 PM EST
    So true. This is why k12 educators who understand the educational value of Hip-hop need to advocate for its inclusion as a class, central to academic enrichment & worthy of study rather than marginalize it to after school programs. #HipHopEd
    • tdj6899 - Moderator Jan 29 @ 9:11 PM EST
      The Academy is more accepting of Hip-Hop as scholarship in its own right than K-12 spaces but the students in K-12 spaces see themselves as Hip-Hop more than students in the Academy #HipHopEd
  • darylhowardphd Jan 29 @ 9:23 PM EST
    Simply put, its the realest, rawest, and most reflective form of culturally responsive pedagogy and practice. #HipHopEd
  • chrisemdin - Moderator Jan 29 @ 9:25 PM EST
    Don't let nostalgia rob you of appreciating the beauty of the contemporary. There is beautiful hip-hop emerging every day #HipHopEd
  • mbdando Jan 29 @ 9:25 PM EST
    Rap pedagogies must be put in convo with HH other aesthetic forms. It’s like saying the only jazz is Coletrane. So much more than that. #hiphoped
    In reply to @chrisemdin
  • TheRealHipHopEd Jan 29 @ 9:26 PM EST
    Part of the progress of Hip-Hop Education is to expand the notion of who is considered an educator, scholar and curator of knowledge #HipHopEd
  • norarahimian Jan 29 @ 9:26 PM EST
    I question if hip hop is being used to decolonize education, or if its there to make us feel like things are changing while the systems are all still the same. #HipHopEd https://t.co/ezXWmhzfdK
    • tdj6899 - Moderator Jan 29 @ 9:10 PM EST
      #HipHopEd I believe there are strides being made when it comes to Hip-Hop being used in the classroom but there are major strides yet to be taken when it comes to deeming Hip-Hop itself as "education."
  • amilcook - Moderator Jan 29 @ 9:27 PM EST
    #HipHopEd video on the stae of HH journalism....we have to be strive to be more literate & versed in the culture than those reporting on it....or learn from them https://t.co/jQUpDyhWas
  • mnemognose Jan 29 @ 9:27 PM EST
    Maybe? However, I think intent doesn't matter much if you are hurting people (case in point: all the "well-meaning white women" out there). At some point, it has to be the impact that students take with them -- how do you make them feel? What do you actually offer? #HipHopEd
    In reply to @tdj6899, @chrisemdin
  • tdj6899 - Moderator Jan 29 @ 9:28 PM EST
    Hip-Hop Education must break the rules of commercialism which only lets a song live similar in length to a news cycle. Our music must be treated as literature with the ability to live on #HipHopEd
  • darylhowardphd Jan 29 @ 9:28 PM EST
    Exactly, it works outside of the box and disrupts all that is considered traditional (and we know what traditional means...) #HipHopEd
    • mathsmarti Jan 29 @ 9:21 PM EST
      This is the problem with "innovation" in the classroom, many times it's the same thing in a new package. Hip-hop education requires #HipHopEd(ucators) to challenge the status quo
      In reply to @mbdando
  • mbdando Jan 29 @ 9:28 PM EST
    If there’s not a critical framework going on it’s not #hiphoped, it’s #raplessons and is (very likely) bogus.
    In reply to @norarahimian
  • Ianplevy - Moderator Jan 29 @ 9:28 PM EST
    Word! “Bro, have you heard Miles Davis” 😂. We need to expose instances of #HipHopEd that lack layers
    In reply to @mbdando, @chrisemdin
  • mathsmarti Jan 29 @ 9:29 PM EST
    When I talk about using hip-hop in the classroom, I am often asked (mostly by White educators) if I rap. I explain that hip-hop is more than rap, that I use the culture to inform how I teach. They still struggle to understand because they don't appreciate the culture #HipHopEd
    In reply to @chrisemdin
  • amilcook - Moderator Jan 29 @ 9:29 PM EST
    Rob Markman's breakfast club interview on HH journalism...which is inherently #HipHopEd https://t.co/XxUx4XgLIp
  • chrisemdin - Moderator Jan 29 @ 9:29 PM EST
    You become a #HipHopEd(ucator) by creating the space for youth to engage in the cultural forms that work for them. You don't need to perform something that isn't you
  • tdj6899 - Moderator Jan 29 @ 9:29 PM EST
    This is a fascinating question which I believe calls into question the authenticity of those who are calling themselves Hip-Hop and Educators. Who evaluates what is being implemented? #HipHopEd
    • norarahimian Jan 29 @ 9:26 PM EST
      I question if hip hop is being used to decolonize education, or if its there to make us feel like things are changing while the systems are all still the same. #HipHopEd https://t.co/ezXWmhzfdK
      • tdj6899 - Moderator Jan 29 @ 9:10 PM EST
        #HipHopEd I believe there are strides being made when it comes to Hip-Hop being used in the classroom but there are major strides yet to be taken when it comes to deeming Hip-Hop itself as "education."
  • mnemognose Jan 29 @ 9:30 PM EST
    When I think of Hip Hop Ed, I think of incorporating the values and principles more than the music. Is your question about the music, or about the principles too? #HipHopEd
    In reply to @norarahimian
  • tdj6899 - Moderator Jan 29 @ 9:30 PM EST
    #HipHopEd
    • bushidogarvey Jan 29 @ 9:28 PM EST
      Excellent point @mnemognose! The line can be thin, but I think authenticity can make the line bold
      In reply to @tdj6899, @mnemognose, @chrisemdin, @mnemognose
  • tdj6899 - Moderator Jan 29 @ 9:31 PM EST
    Remember to use the hash tag for our time line Family #HipHopEd
    In reply to @bushidogarvey, @mnemognose, @chrisemdin
  • norarahimian Jan 29 @ 9:31 PM EST
    I used to work with high school students in Jackson Heights who would choose soca over hip hop any day. #HipHopEd in that context meant we used soca as the foundation. Its about being responsive to, & reflective of, the context in which youth exist.
  • Ianplevy - Moderator Jan 29 @ 9:31 PM EST
    Some of it is kinda dope! #HipHopEd
    In reply to @lovinmygirls218
  • JonBalcerak Jan 29 @ 9:31 PM EST
    Hip hop education is the resistance against a system that doesn't want to be disrupted, and #HipHopEd demands power for those who have been disenfranchised by that system. We are more than educators. To borrow an idea from @BLoveSoulPower, we are abolitionists.
  • amilcook - Moderator Jan 29 @ 9:31 PM EST
    More inights from Rob Markman #HipHopEd.... teach students that they are both the best students & experts on HH culture & they can write their own tickets https://t.co/dRhi8ulIRn
  • DrHicksHarper Jan 29 @ 9:31 PM EST
    #hiphoped is questioning, modifying & challenging existing cannon learning theories-some just ain’t ready cause they gotta chg the syllabus.
  • norarahimian Jan 29 @ 9:31 PM EST
    Oh, i really like that distinction. #HipHopEd
    In reply to @mbdando
  • tdj6899 - Moderator Jan 29 @ 9:32 PM EST
    True Dat #HipHopEd
    In reply to @mnemognose, @chrisemdin
  • mnemognose Jan 29 @ 9:32 PM EST
    20 more days til her book drops (on my doorstep)! #HipHopEd
    • JonBalcerak Jan 29 @ 9:31 PM EST
      Hip hop education is the resistance against a system that doesn't want to be disrupted, and #HipHopEd demands power for those who have been disenfranchised by that system. We are more than educators. To borrow an idea from @BLoveSoulPower, we are abolitionists.
  • mbdando Jan 29 @ 9:33 PM EST
    (And shouldn’t) realness is everything especially in a system that’s designed to exalt the artificial. #hiphoped
    In reply to @chrisemdin
  • TheRealHipHopEd Jan 29 @ 9:34 PM EST
    What constitutes one as a conveyor of knowledge within Hip-Hop is totally different than that of a teacher in schools. You can be a teacher without being a practitioner within your subject whereas in Hip-Hop you can’t #HipHopEd
    In reply to @RyNeaSoul
  • JonBalcerak Jan 29 @ 9:34 PM EST
    Truth is one of the most important components of #HipHopEd. And so much of education--both systemically and in its content--does not deal in truth.
    • chrisemdin - Moderator Jan 29 @ 9:29 PM EST
      You become a #HipHopEd(ucator) by creating the space for youth to engage in the cultural forms that work for them. You don't need to perform something that isn't you
  • norarahimian Jan 29 @ 9:34 PM EST
    Both, and how they're being used within existing power systems and institutions. #HipHopEd
    In reply to @mnemognose
  • DrHicksHarper Jan 29 @ 9:36 PM EST
    #hiphoped is making a serious impact on those we touch. To be massively impactful we must work to influence & change ed policies
  • chrisemdin - Moderator Jan 29 @ 9:36 PM EST
    Good instruction requires Intention and execution to be in unison. #HipHopEd
    In reply to @mnemognose, @tdj6899
  • TheRealHipHopEd Jan 29 @ 9:36 PM EST
    As long as Hip-Hop is viewed primarily as an activity and not a culture and an example of all subjects living together, schools will never get the full benefit of Hip-Hop Education #HipHopEd
  • Ianplevy - Moderator Jan 29 @ 9:37 PM EST
    He’s ok I guess 😂. Nah nah, I respect it. It’s where we at now #HipHopEd
    In reply to @Slangdini
  • mnemognose Jan 29 @ 9:37 PM EST
    Maybe *this* is the litmus test for appropriation vs implementation: Is it dismantling institutional racism? Is it disrupting the settler colonial mindset? #HipHopEd
    In reply to @norarahimian
  • ellication Jan 29 @ 9:38 PM EST
    Schools are the only place learning is divided into subjects. I think, to most effectively use #HipHopEd is to think outside the school. Hip Hop is a modem by which to pass information. Schools were designed to perpetuate society. Schools are not broken.
  • chrisemdin - Moderator Jan 29 @ 9:38 PM EST
    Authenticity is the chief currency for being a #HipHopEd(ucator) There is no rubric for authenticity but youth can feel a fraud from a block away
  • tdj6899 - Moderator Jan 29 @ 9:38 PM EST
    There is a need for content to be created from the various Hip-Hop art forms that are targeted to a Hip-Hop Education audience with the ability to live among student after 3:00 pm #HipHopEd
  • KingAdjapong - Moderator Jan 29 @ 9:38 PM EST
    The job of #HipHopEd(ucators) is to continue to explore and communicate the nuances of Hip-Hop culture to infiltrate schools and curriculum. #TheyStillDontGetIt
  • norarahimian Jan 29 @ 9:39 PM EST
    #HipHopEd, what are you go-to songs or artists that address the necessary dismantling of capitalism? Who is having that conversation?
  • mathsmarti Jan 29 @ 9:41 PM EST
    Yes! We need leadership & school boards who will challenge district policies and politicians who will challenge state & federal education policies & practices. #HipHopEd
    In reply to @DrHicksHarper
  • DrHicksHarper Jan 29 @ 9:41 PM EST
    #hiphoped is roots pedagogy ... culturally responsive-reality pedagogy-culturally sensitive-culturally appropriate #hiphopdev... meeting Ss where they are.
  • KingAdjapong - Moderator Jan 29 @ 9:41 PM EST
    We too also have to collaborate and challenge one anothers #HipHopEd work to ensure that it is a true representation of the culture
  • tdj6899 - Moderator Jan 29 @ 9:42 PM EST
    I don't have any top of mind but I think this is the type of content that can be created within #HipHopEd spaces like @HSRA_MN & @HSRA_LA and @ms_q22 among others
    • norarahimian Jan 29 @ 9:39 PM EST
      #HipHopEd, what are you go-to songs or artists that address the necessary dismantling of capitalism? Who is having that conversation?
  • mathsmarti Jan 29 @ 9:42 PM EST
    Facts! #HipHopEd
    • chrisemdin - Moderator Jan 29 @ 9:38 PM EST
      Authenticity is the chief currency for being a #HipHopEd(ucator) There is no rubric for authenticity but youth can feel a fraud from a block away
  • Ianplevy - Moderator Jan 29 @ 9:42 PM EST
    Yessir, they far from it! #HipHopEd
    In reply to @KingAdjapong
  • darylhowardphd Jan 29 @ 9:42 PM EST
    Learning vs. Education. Reflection vs. Education. Awareness vs. Education. Education is scripted and out of touch. Hip Hop is the platform for examining individual growth through a different set of terms and measures. #HipHopEd
  • chrisemdin - Moderator Jan 29 @ 9:43 PM EST
    Facts. Also, some folks use intent as a mask or excuse to hide practices that they know are problematic #HipHopEd
    In reply to @JakeClausen, @mnemognose, @tdj6899
  • marshall_curry Jan 29 @ 9:43 PM EST
    You help me realize #HipHopEd promotes #Respect and vice versa. I'm intrigued by juxtaposition of my past and limited exposure leading to an association with battles, burns, violence. After @bellhooks bellhook, I saw the light.
    In reply to @chrisemdin, @bellhooks
  • tdj6899 - Moderator Jan 29 @ 9:43 PM EST
    This is a MUST #HipHopEd We should be able to defend our work and sharpen our approaches among peer experts Ya Dig
  • MrSmithInspires Jan 29 @ 9:43 PM EST
    Again, good point. It's important for K12 & college Hip-hop educators to connect in their respective regions and build coalitions to flesh out these ideas of content and evaluation within a Hip-hop framework #HipHopEd
    In reply to @tdj6899
  • tdj6899 - Moderator Jan 29 @ 9:44 PM EST
    Speak the truth to all the youth ... and the adults too #HipHopEd
    • darylhowardphd Jan 29 @ 9:42 PM EST
      Learning vs. Education. Reflection vs. Education. Awareness vs. Education. Education is scripted and out of touch. Hip Hop is the platform for examining individual growth through a different set of terms and measures. #HipHopEd
  • mnemognose Jan 29 @ 9:45 PM EST
    And Schooling vs. Education! Sometimes there's a chasm between the two, or a very non-overlapping Venn diagram. #HipHopEd
    In reply to @darylhowardphd
  • JonBalcerak Jan 29 @ 9:46 PM EST
    #HipHopEd fights the status quo. And as soon as that status quo realizes we're serious about dismantling it and not just some pedagogical gimmick, it will fight the hell back.
  • TheRealHipHopEd Jan 29 @ 9:46 PM EST
    As we discussing the State of Hip-Hop Education, please share any ideas you have on how we may be able to help you as a practitioners within this growing and forming space #HipHopEd
  • ellication Jan 29 @ 9:46 PM EST
    I released a hip-hop album earlier this month. It's 'authentic adult contemporary hip-hop'. If you're an 'artist', continuing to create keeps certain creative energies flowing. Here’s an album for you… Gniltsuh by Thed Weller #HipHopEd https://t.co/OmfubbRBqT
  • sollnar Jan 29 @ 9:46 PM EST
    There’s so many capitalist themes in Lupe Fiasco’s The Cool album, analyzing the album as a whole paints a larger picture of the commentary. #HipHopEd
    In reply to @norarahimian
  • tdj6899 - Moderator Jan 29 @ 9:47 PM EST
    #HipHopEd Resource
    • ellication Jan 29 @ 9:46 PM EST
      I released a hip-hop album earlier this month. It's 'authentic adult contemporary hip-hop'. If you're an 'artist', continuing to create keeps certain creative energies flowing. Here’s an album for you… Gniltsuh by Thed Weller #HipHopEd https://t.co/OmfubbRBqT
  • mbdando Jan 29 @ 9:48 PM EST
    Hip-hop pillars, aesthetics & critical theory are at the heart of my honors course at @stcloudstate next semester. We gonna go hard with social justice mixtape vol 2 #HipHopEd
  • chrisemdin - Moderator Jan 29 @ 9:48 PM EST
    There it is .... being attuned to what the context requires and being in the moment enough to pull it into your pedagogy. That is #HipHopEd
    In reply to @norarahimian
  • tdj6899 - Moderator Jan 29 @ 9:49 PM EST
    When a student has a true Hip-Hop Education experience their attitudes and perceptions of Hip-Hop, Education and Themselves change. #HipHopEd
  • tdj6899 - Moderator Jan 29 @ 9:49 PM EST
    #HipHopEd
    • mbdando Jan 29 @ 9:48 PM EST
      Hip-hop pillars, aesthetics & critical theory are at the heart of my honors course at @stcloudstate next semester. We gonna go hard with social justice mixtape vol 2 #HipHopEd
  • marshall_curry Jan 29 @ 9:50 PM EST
    #HipHopEd I am supporting individuals in #highereducation institutions most of my time. Anyone else in that demographic? Any suggestions to help folks enter their own #hiphoprevolution ?
    In reply to @TheRealHipHopEd
  • ladyakery Jan 29 @ 9:51 PM EST
    This helped me unpack #HipHopEd for me in my classroom. Thank you!
    • norarahimian Jan 29 @ 9:31 PM EST
      I used to work with high school students in Jackson Heights who would choose soca over hip hop any day. #HipHopEd in that context meant we used soca as the foundation. Its about being responsive to, & reflective of, the context in which youth exist.
  • DrHicksHarper Jan 29 @ 9:51 PM EST
    Back in the late 70s & 80s I’d incorporate #hiphoped into lesson plans without admin knowing. It wked. Ss loved it & learned. Anybody down? #hiphoped means taking risks.
  • KingAdjapong - Moderator Jan 29 @ 9:51 PM EST
    Engaging in #HipHopEd forces us to stay close to young people so we don't become out of touch with the culture. The youths perspective is always welcome, they push the culture.
  • MrSmithInspires Jan 29 @ 9:51 PM EST
    This is where project based learning steps in. Empower students to create their own knowledge & products that address & reflect real world issues. Then have them share and be "assessed" by the world. Talk about living after 3:00 pm #HipHopEd
    In reply to @tdj6899
  • ShalomLittle Jan 29 @ 9:52 PM EST
    Honestly outright probably dead prez and Public Enemy that I can think of. We basically five decades deep into this Hip-Hop thing. We need to do more. No diss to indie artists on the ground doing the same though. I just don't know y'all by name. #HipHopEd
    In reply to @norarahimian
  • chrisemdin - Moderator Jan 29 @ 9:52 PM EST
    Rap is beats and rhymes. It is important BUT Hip-hop is a sensibility. It pulls from a plethora of emotional & aesthetic influences. Graf, b-boying, dj-ing tech, fashion ... #HipHopEd
    In reply to @ladyakery
  • mbdando Jan 29 @ 9:52 PM EST
    It’s all about strategic resistance. Get that theory right so we can change with the terrain! #HipHopEd
    In reply to @JonBalcerak
  • tdj6899 - Moderator Jan 29 @ 9:53 PM EST
    This is also an example Hip-Hop being a philosophical approach that is farther reaching the music. It's about mining for the jewels within the student's culture and soundtrack #HipHopEd
    In reply to @norarahimian
  • NiemaNeteri Jan 29 @ 9:54 PM EST
    If we’re not talking bout legacy restoration then we’re not building on HipHop Pedagogy. We’re simply teaching figurative language using rap lyrics as text. #HipHopEd
  • lovinmygirls218 Jan 29 @ 9:54 PM EST
    It’s a culture! #HipHopEd
    In reply to @chrisemdin, @ladyakery
  • ayyolevi_ Jan 29 @ 9:54 PM EST
    Hip Hop has always been about the counter-narrative. It also teaches social responsibility, which is character development. It's imperative in all educational contexts, esp. in rural and suburban schools. #HipHopEd
    In reply to @tdj6899
  • tdj6899 - Moderator Jan 29 @ 9:55 PM EST
    Chairs were set in rows for a series of small talks with a group of male students. Two young facilitators came in and a made a large circle. This is Hip-Hop Education without a beat or a rhyme #HipHopEd
  • tdj6899 - Moderator Jan 29 @ 9:56 PM EST
    #HipHopEd Guard your grill :)
    • NiemaNeteri Jan 29 @ 9:54 PM EST
      If we’re not talking bout legacy restoration then we’re not building on HipHop Pedagogy. We’re simply teaching figurative language using rap lyrics as text. #HipHopEd
  • tdj6899 - Moderator Jan 29 @ 9:57 PM EST
    Thanks for acknowledging Fam #HipHopEd
    In reply to @MexTexABD
  • TheRealHipHopEd Jan 29 @ 9:59 PM EST
    Join us every Tuesday at 9:00 pm EST and you can connect with like minded and critical minded individuals like yourself #HipHopEd
    In reply to @marshall_curry
  • DrHicksHarper Jan 29 @ 9:59 PM EST
    #hiphoped means embracing & meaningfully contextualizing all of the genres that #hiphop touches when appropriate in our pedagogy with varied youth audiences
  • tdj6899 - Moderator Jan 29 @ 9:59 PM EST
    Welcome 2 #HipHopEd Family
    • JakeClausen Jan 29 @ 9:57 PM EST
      “But that’s not what I meant!” “Yeah, and you still said it. Your words and actions are always greater than your intent.” I have that conversation more than I want to admit.
      In reply to @chrisemdin, @mnemognose, @tdj6899
  • chrisemdin - Moderator Jan 29 @ 9:59 PM EST
    Talk that talk sis #HipHopEd
    In reply to @NiemaNeteri