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Welcome to #EduColor’s June chat with hosts Khalilah Harris (@Ed2BeFree) and #HipHopEd ’s Timothy Jones (@tdj6899) on the topic of music, freedom and the classroom.
Welcome to #EduColor’s June chat with hosts Khalilah Harris (@Ed2BeFree) and #HipHopEd ’s Timothy Jones (@tdj6899) on the topic of music, freedom and the classroom.
Welcome to #EduColor’s June chat with hosts Khalilah Harris (@Ed2BeFree) and #HipHopEd ’s Timothy Jones (@tdj6899) on the topic of music, freedom and the classroom.
Q1: Hey all! I am a high school Latin teacher based in MD. I am here as part of my social justice and equity class @mtholyoke with @GeorgiaTOTY2014 Happy to be here! #educolor
Welcome to #EduColor’s June chat with hosts Khalilah Harris (@Ed2BeFree) and #HipHopEd ’s Timothy Jones (@tdj6899) on the topic of music, freedom and the classroom.
Q0 Hey friends, I’m Khalilah a member of the #EduColor & #HipHopEd families, partnering with my brother @tdj6899 tonight to MC this important conversation
My name's Nate and I just got an email 3 minutes ago that I have a ticket to see Hamilton at the Kennedy Center next week! Uncanny timing for this #EduColor#HipHopEd chat hahahaaa
Welcome to #EduColor’s June chat with hosts Khalilah Harris (@Ed2BeFree) and #HipHopEd ’s Timothy Jones (@tdj6899) on the topic of music, freedom and the classroom.
A0: my name is Zack.I teach middle school special ed in Denver. I’ve used music in the classroom in the past and a limited capacity, looking forward to learning how to do more of that. #HipHopEd#educolor
A0: I'm here because I like music, education, and conversations about dismantling oppressive, supremacist systems. Not necessarily in that order. #Educolor#HipHopEd
Q0: I'm Dulce-Marie from the Bronx. I taught HS Special Ed for two years, taught trauma-informed literacy onsite at homeless shelters for two more. I can't wait to learn from you all tonight. #educolor#HipHopEd
Sabrina here, popping in and out to #EduColor chat tonight since I’m about to put my little guy to bed. Mostly amplifying this bound-to-be-amazing convo!
My name's Nate and I just got an email 3 minutes ago that I have a ticket to see Hamilton at the Kennedy Center next week! Uncanny timing for this #EduColor#HipHopEd chat hahahaaa
Q0 I'm Marti Cason, I have been teaching pre-service teachers at the University of North Texas for the last 3 years, just defended my dissertation last week, so currently on the market. My research is in looking at hip-hop pedagogy for math classrooms #HipHopEd#EduColor
#Educolor A1 Music often gives me words to express my frustration with the world, but it also rejuvenates me, invigorates me. Also, I mean, doing my homework to Hamilton's Non-Stop is pretty dang effective.
Sabrina here, popping in and out to #EduColor chat tonight since I’m about to put my little guy to bed. Mostly amplifying this bound-to-be-amazing convo!
Q0: Hi y'all! I'm Amanda. I work in Higher ed and I'm always looking for creative ways to connect with students outside of the classroom. #EduColor#hiphoped
#Educolor / #hiphoped, everything. I use to print lyrics off OHHLA in my schools library. We had to sneak them around so no one would know what we had. Nas, Jay-Z, looking back, I shouldn’t a been listening to Ruff Ryders, but we did.
A1: I had a lot of challenges growing up. Music in school changed my life. As an educator, my young people communicate through music. It speaks to their experiences. #EduColor
How can I a tone deaf no rhythm teacher use hip-hop in my classroom. My kids would love it I’m sure. Feel free to respond with links for further study. #educolor
Q1: Music can shape and change a student's life in immeasurable ways. I played an instrument for most of my time as a student and it sharpened so many of the skills I needed and made school more fun!. #EduColor
A0 I am Timothy Jones and I am the Chief Visionary Officer for #HipHopEd I am a youth development and youth engagement expert and my focus is analyzing and evaluating HH Culture for educational spaces #educolor
A1: I often try to have students connect music with characters, plot, mood, or theme of the novels that we read ... like “create your own soundtrack.” #EduColor#HipHopEd
Q1: I listen to KCRW from Los Angeles on the regular and play for students the eclectic mix from around the world by amazing DJs. Music brings us together! #educolor
Q1 I’ve used #HipHopEd in my teaching and it has always brought me closer to my kids. Forcing them to explain with full critical analysis why I should embrace Lil Boosie made for a peaceful classroom experience :) #EduColor
A0: I'm a high school physics teacher, and am a graduate student with Mount Holyoke College. I am excited about discussing the importance of music in the classroom@! #EduColor#HipHopEd
A1: Music is a huge part of my practice. We use it in my history classes as primary source material for studying our nation & I def use it to better understand my students' interests and experiences #EduColor#HipHopEd
Q1: My school doesn't have a music program anymore but we try to incorporate music as often as possible! We use it a lot to help learn new concepts in Math and Reading - anything to help with recollection #EduColor#HipHopEd
What brings me here tonight?!? Well, I'm usually teaching on the nights that #EduColor and #HipHopEd host chats :-(. I'm soooo looking forward to fellowshipping with the family! Been way too long.
A1: My learning has been inspired & informed by music of resistance & rebellion. Used eco hip-hop to teach a small unit abt environmental justice. #HipHopEd#educolor
Q1: Real Talk: hip-hop was the poetry unit for me. Like @justmaybechris, printing out OHHLA lyrics let me dig into histories I wasn’t fully picking up in school. #EduColor / #HipHopEd
Q0: I'm a Director for Diversity+ at N8 school in NYC. I teach "diversity life skills" to middle schoolers and other classes like culture and systems for 1-4. Big up! #EduColor
Q2: Freedom songs have been a part of the struggle for liberation as long as there's been a struggle. What role do you see for modern music to continue the work? #EduColor/#HipHopEd
A1: one of the more bizarre symptoms of my BPD is auditory hallucinations. I hear music when I'm going through high or low moods, and I've learned to teach with it instead of around it. it keeps me in a rhythm. #Educolor#HipHopEd
A1: Hip Hop music is a wonderful medium to learn about communities. Learn about culture. Wonderful story telling tool that can help build bridges. #EduColor
A0 middle school math teacher in Bay Area hoping to figure out ways I can support my students and work on ways to battle stereotypes and racial language I hear. #educolor
A1 I struggle to match music to my curriculum but I love to share the music if my youth with my students. Always play Earth, Wind, and Fire on Sept. 21. #EduColor
A1 Music introduced me to education through teaching creative writing based on lyrics more than 20 years ago. In my estimation, music has been a mirror and a window and the key is to know when it is one or the other #HipHopEd#educolor
I've got music playing in my classroom at every single moment. My students choose between ambient, classical, movie scores, etc. to listen to throughout the day. We also use music as text when learning Literature. #EduColor#HipHopEd A1
I had my own apprehension about hip-hop, but the #HipHopEd chat on Tuesdays 9pm EST each week has been an invaluable resource. Follow @tdj6899 for sure! I also work with a local hip-hop artist. Your kids would be a great resource as well, let them share what they know #educolor
A1: MS math teacher from Queens checking in. Music is a platform that I use to connect with my students. I play music at random times in class, I ask them to DJ off my phone, and we talk a lot about music (lots of them love BTS) #EduColor
A1 I am also here as a parent as I see how my son relates to music. He’s helping me to appreciate Kodak black and listen to the lyrics without judgment that’s a huge journey for me #EduColor
Q1 I also recall when my elementary school teacher injected Edie Kendricks https://t.co/Dw3Ps281s6 to us in the 4th grade. Talk about the veil being lifted on what school could and should mean. #HipHopEd#EduColor
Q1: Real Talk: hip-hop was the poetry unit for me. Like @justmaybechris, printing out OHHLA lyrics let me dig into histories I wasn’t fully picking up in school. #EduColor / #HipHopEd
Q2: Music is often a universal language that can be appreciated by different generations and viewpoints. In our uncertain world, music can provide a voice to people who feel like they don't have one. #educolor
A1 honestly, not much. I requested our orchestra play game of thrones 1 year. I’ve used @Estimation180 to estimate song lengths & listen for the answers. #educolor
A1: I also teach onsite at shelters, which exist at the intersection of trauma and inequity. Music is invaluable in both our SEL structures and our work analyzing narratives with mixed grades who miss so much instructional time. #EduColor#HipHopEd
A1. Quite simply, music sets the tone and energy for my class. Its rejuvenating impact for teacher and students is grossly understated. #EduColor#HipHopEd
A1: Music uplifts and outlines the emotional essence of an idea. It creates a multi-dimensional experience that builds connections between the learner and the content. #educolor#HipHopEd
A1: Hip Hop music is a wonderful medium to learn about communities. Learn about culture. Wonderful story telling tool that can help build bridges. #EduColor
Q1. I use music when kids walk into the room. I may use You Tube lyrics videos to have them focus on the words to do critical analysis. I use music as the "prompt." #educolor
A2: Wow, deep question. I think again hip hop culture does give us a glimpse and provide us with a pulse on life and life experiences for some of our students of color. Can't liberate without knowing where we are starting and need to go.
#EduColor
Q2: Modern music has the ability to talk about real issues for real people now, then impact those listening. We can dig into song lyrics just like informational text! #educolor
#Educolor A2 For people, the history of struggle against oppression seems to remain in the past, "It happened in the past." However, when artists like Childish Gambino & his "This is America," pops up, it always serves to remind the struggle continues, it's still relevant
Q1 Music was one of my first teachers. My dad and I would listen to records all the time. Discussing nuances hip-hop culture. Analyzing lyrics and rhythm. Talking about music as part of "the struggle". That is evident in my classroom. #EduColor x #HipHopEd
Q1: There are facts from elementary school I remember because they were used in songs. I learned my 3 times tables to a song about Betsy Ross. I also learned the books of the Bible in Sunday School. Music has be a part of so much of my learning. #educolor#hiphoped
Welcome fam!!! As a reminder to everyone. Be sure you respect the cipher by including both #EduColor and #HipHopEd in your tweets. All love this evening!
A1. Quite simply, music sets the tone and energy for my class. Its rejuvenating impact for teacher and students is grossly understated. #EduColor#HipHopEd
A1: Music has given me a common ground to start conversations with. My Ss are usually surprised w/my tastes & they love telling me about their favorites. #educolor#HipHopEd
Even fam! Juli-Anne here in NJ. All things Literacy. Currently serving children in #newark#nj and blessed to once again be in this space. #EduColor#HipHopEd
Even fam! Juli-Anne here in NJ. All things Literacy. Currently serving children in #newark#nj and blessed to once again be in this space. #EduColor#HipHopEd
I also think music is a huge bridge to building relationships. When we ask students what music they enjoy and then actually take time to be intent and listen to their response, we make huge strides in building relationships #EduColor
Q2: Especially in light of the current climate, music is more important than ever. It allows groups to speak out against policies and cultural trends that they disagree with. #Educolor#HipHopEd
Q2: Freedom songs have been a part of the struggle for liberation as long as there's been a struggle. What role do you see for modern music to continue the work? #EduColor/#HipHopEd
A2: I very much believe it’s about expanding visions for what it means to be a human being in America. Music has a distinct quality of access and memorizability (yes, made up) that other forms don’t as much. #EduColor#HipHopEd
Q2: Freedom songs have been a part of the struggle for liberation as long as there's been a struggle. What role do you see for modern music to continue the work? #EduColor/#HipHopEd
A2: So many artists are using music to speak truth to power or to speak truth to individuals. Sometimes it gets mixed in with music with a more basic message, but if we can quiet the noise, we can hear the power messages in music. #educolor#HipHopEd
#educolor / #hiphoped A2: I think it’s important for young people to see music as a space for self expression, a vehicle to be “heard.” Important they can begin to articulate themselves effectively, in their own authentic voices. Listen to how people do that. J. Cole is good.
Q2: Freedom songs have been a part of the struggle for liberation as long as there's been a struggle. What role do you see for modern music to continue the work? #EduColor/#HipHopEd
Q1: As a classroom teacher, I would make playlists for class using suggestions from students. As I moved to studying hip-hop, I now use music to learn about the culture & about how students are connecting to the music #HipHopEd#EduColor
after 3 years of therapy and a rotation of medication it has become functional and supportive. for two years, though, hallucinating was just terrifying. we work with what we got, I think. #educolor#hiphoped
Q2: Modern music still and often depicts struggles. It is essential that we help children/students understand the music's meaning and purpose, so they understand the impact it has. #EduColor#HipHopEd
Welcome welcome! Come thru #HipHopEd#EduColor family. Looks like we’re having an awesome virtual #Juneteenth cookout tonight. None are free until all are free!
Even fam! Juli-Anne here in NJ. All things Literacy. Currently serving children in #newark#nj and blessed to once again be in this space. #EduColor#HipHopEd
#Educolor A2 It also faces new challenges, especially "Meme culture." It may dilute, lessen, remove the impact of the songs of freedom in the modern age.
A2: There are artists definitely making their voices heard- Kendrick and Chance will keep the movement relevant to this generation. Everyone can’t be Jay and trap music has its place. #EduColor
Q2: The revolutionary impact of some music isn't appreciated until we have the benefit of hindsight. A great play to read on the role of music in the anti-slavery struggle is Lorraine Hansberry's "The Drinking Gourd." Anyone else a fan? #educolor#hiphoped
A2: Especially J. Cole’s interviews. He does a great job of adding context. Even if it can be a bit corny sometime. the intent is real as a learning text. #hiphoped / #educolor
Q2: Freedom songs have been a part of the struggle for liberation as long as there's been a struggle. What role do you see for modern music to continue the work? #EduColor/#HipHopEd
A2. In some spaces the lack of present day "freedom" songs may speak to the views and realities of the people making music today. For some freedom is in the moment because they don't see a collective future #EduColor#HipHopEd
Q2: Freedom songs have been a part of the struggle for liberation as long as there's been a struggle. What role do you see for modern music to continue the work? #EduColor/#HipHopEd
A2. Sometimes modern day artists feel they need a salacious hook in a resistance song just so it will get air play. Real freedom songs dont need airplay, the message will carry it. My freedom playlist is def off the beaten path. #HipHopEd#EduColor
Q2: Freedom songs have been a part of the struggle for liberation as long as there's been a struggle. What role do you see for modern music to continue the work? #EduColor/#HipHopEd
Modern music speaks to the heart of our youth. It supports pushing forward what our elders have accomplished; addressing issues of today through a medium that speaks to our children. #HipHopEd#EduColor
Music is often a reactionary medium to the various changes our world endures. Teaching about music history can allow students to draw connections between history and the arts #HipHopEd#EduColor
Q2: Luv this ques! Music reflects the contemporary existence. It's the mirror to society. Look at Damn by @kendricklamar. You can use this album to be a mirror or a window for students and you can help them develp an awareness of how systemic oppression manifests. #educolor
Q2: Freedom songs have been a part of the struggle for liberation as long as there's been a struggle. What role do you see for modern music to continue the work? #EduColor/#HipHopEd
A3 This morning @richmedina wowed #EdJustice2018 crowd with a history of American protest music - starting with Sioux tribes and ending with Gambino's "This Is America". It was powerful to realize how music was consistently the battle cry thru all movements. #EduColor x #HipHopEd
A2: I would LOVE some recommendations for some modern songs that can be interpreted to continue the struggle for liberation! My students have been listening to XXXTenacion for the last year (may he rest in peace), but I know there's better music out there. #EduColor#HipHopEd
Modern music continues to speak truth to power, but I hesitate to use the phrase "freedom song" bc it implies an overt, "uplifting" message. When a rapper embraces the streets w/ an F-the-world attitude, that too is liberation music. That too is critique of America. #EduColor
Q2: Freedom songs have been a part of the struggle for liberation as long as there's been a struggle. What role do you see for modern music to continue the work? #EduColor/#HipHopEd
A3: Music history IS cultural history. Students need to be taught to be critical consumers and interpreters of culture, their own and others' #educolor#hiphoped
A2. The working definition of "liberation" directly impacts the soundtrack of a particular time period so what are freedom songs today will be determined by what we do with the music tomorrow #EduColor#HipHopEd
Q2: Freedom songs have been a part of the struggle for liberation as long as there's been a struggle. What role do you see for modern music to continue the work? #EduColor/#HipHopEd
Late to the #Educolor chat... (better late than never)
I’m a PTA mom, former teacher, and current DMM for @icivics. Excited to connect and engage and listen! #HiphopEd
Q2: Freedom songs have been a part of the struggle for liberation as long as there's been a struggle. What role do you see for modern music to continue the work? #EduColor/#HipHopEd
Q1: I was a music major- I had ADHD and music was the one subject that wasn’t a struggle for me. I use music in my classroom almost everyday, but would like to be more intentional #EduColor
A1: I live for a song dedication! During the school year, I curate the #SchoolYearPlaylist, tweeting songs on Sunday evenings that match my mood and E. Moir's "Phases of First-Year Teaching." #EduColor#HipHopEd
A3: The origins and growth of hip hop is a great study into many different things: critical thinking, problem solving, STEAM, and social consciousness. All things that are necessary in today's classrooms. #EduColor
#educolor#hiphoped I use music to talk about poetry, songs that sample to explain allusin, encourage students to use music to demonstrate their learning —I hope to so more with the “world around us” and music in the future as I learn more
Interviewed 2 music teachers today after demo lessons &Pleased 2say one candidate “our brother” came thru in instruction, variety of music genre, student relationships &concrete student engagement all in his 25 demo. 👊🏾 Future is bright. #EduColor#HipHopEd
A1/ #ThrowbackThursday blog gem: Making music together offers so many opportunities to express and create classroom culture, as well as to integrate academic content. https://t.co/PXJ1EXsjpO
A3: Knowing the context in which music lives helps create a sense of impact. Hearing a song means more when you can think about the intention and impact.
#educolor#hiphoped
Q2: My research has led me to attending hip-hop concerts & many that I attend are mostly local artists. Their music gives them a space to express their own struggles and to critique what they are seeing happening in the world #HipHopEd#EduColor
Q2: Freedom songs have been a part of the struggle for liberation as long as there's been a struggle. What role do you see for modern music to continue the work? #EduColor/#HipHopEd
A3: A few years ago my therapist told me Thelonious Monk also had BPD, composed during his manic episodes, and hallucinated. It gave me hope and changed my literacy habits. I've been buying out jazz biographies ever since. We find ourselves in music history. #Educolor#HipHopEd
There is a level of subjectivity as to what resonates with you to evoke a level of freedom. I believe the cross sharing of our playlist will bring us together and this would be a level of freedom #HipHopEd#EduColor
A2. Sometimes modern day artists feel they need a salacious hook in a resistance song just so it will get air play. Real freedom songs dont need airplay, the message will carry it. My freedom playlist is def off the beaten path. #HipHopEd#EduColor
#educolor / #hiphoped A2: there’s also room to think globally. How music from Europe, South Africa, other places, thinking primarily English spoken, can draw you into other spaces and make global connections.
Q2: Freedom songs have been a part of the struggle for liberation as long as there's been a struggle. What role do you see for modern music to continue the work? #EduColor/#HipHopEd
A2 Music like @Beyonce Freedom, @kendricklamar DNA and Pride (well most of his) and Childish's recent This Is America offer deep connection into real lives experiences we all need to unpack and connect to what we learn every day #HipHopEd#EduColor
Q2: Freedom songs have been a part of the struggle for liberation as long as there's been a struggle. What role do you see for modern music to continue the work? #EduColor/#HipHopEd
#EduColor Historical context is everything. When I view songs, especially those i don’t understand, through its time and place, I’m much more able to hear the why behind the words.
Q3: Music isn't made in a vacuum and can be reflective of how the people were feeling around certain historical events that isn't taught in books. When Marvin Gaye puts out "What's Going On?" he's talking about police brutality from the perspective of the brutalized. #educolor
Crazy this is... he's a DJ, so he presented using his turntables and his voice. Mixing songs over one another, seamlessly connecting them, while expounding on them with his words. #EduColor x #HipHopEd
Q2: A lot of the modern “conscious” rap can have a role in enhancing classroom conversations, but you have to have context, you can’t play anything just to be “that teacher that’s lit.” Have a plan and be intentional. #EduColor#HipHopEd
FWIW, I’m listening to “Darlin’ Darlin’ Baby” by O’Jays and yet, there’s Big Pun circling in my mind. And I learned about Pun first. #educolor#HipHopEd
A4: Music has the potential to be critical of the status-quo while at the same time presenting the message in a really approachable way. #EduColor#HipHopEd
A3: Art is a commentary on culture that often reflects the perspectives of marginalized people. The evolution of music mirrors the trajectory of the culture to which it is connected. #educolor#HipHopEd
Q3: I remember learning about Marian Anderson & her experience as an artist & Black women. As a S it helped me contextualize more of that time period. As a teacher- I make sure to always have a book abt her. #eduColor#HipHopEd
A2: Hip hop continues to be deep in the work, it never stops. J.Cole, Kendrick, Donald Glover are speaking so much to the struggle. They keep the conversation alive when groups want to silence POC. #educolor#HipHopEd
Q2: Freedom songs have been a part of the struggle for liberation as long as there's been a struggle. What role do you see for modern music to continue the work? #EduColor/#HipHopEd
A2 #hiphoped#educolor music is always commenting on the times, I just think it’s initially hard for me and for Ss to find the songs doing this work. There is just so much out there! (I also have a 3 yr old and sometimes miss the music as it surfaces)
Q2: Freedom songs have been a part of the struggle for liberation as long as there's been a struggle. What role do you see for modern music to continue the work? #EduColor/#HipHopEd
A2. Sometimes modern day artists feel they need a salacious hook in a resistance song just so it will get air play. Real freedom songs dont need airplay, the message will carry it. My freedom playlist is def off the beaten path. #HipHopEd#EduColor
Music. Is. Life. It’s fluid. It’s language. It’s alive. Differences between a beat and a rhythm captivate us and students Not exposed to the richness of music will not be able to elevate. #EduColor#HipHopEd
A3: Hip Hop is such a creative medium as well. The innovation required is exceptional in so many cases from Eric B. and Rakim to Outkast to Jay Z. #EduColor
"Create Your Own Soundtrack" is a lot of fun, @bethiej1027! We made soundtracks as a final project for "Romeo and Juliet" years ago. #EduColor#HipHopEd
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Q4: How should educators and other community adults prepare themselves to incorporate music into their toolkit for teaching and raising socially aware students? #EduColor/#HipHopEd
A3: Music is an important reminder that we stand on the shoulders of giants. When we talk about sampling, we’re being radical in a way that we’re getting to a root, never forgetting from whence we came. #EduColor#HipHopEd
I would love to have my students work more in choosing music for themselves. I’m still trying to convince admin that students should do independent work with music if it helps them focus. Everyone doesn’t see learning the same. #Educolor
Q2: #ThisIsAmerica topped the charts with its music video highlighting the black man’s struggle. With families in literal cages at the US border, and incredible artists like @ltsGambino freedom songs of today and yesterday are entirely relevant in schools #EduColor
A3 context is everything! Ignoring the history of music is ignoring the story behind the song, and why would you want to miss out on that #educolor#HipHopEd
Q3: Today's music is rife with different elements of music throughout history. It is important the we understand from where those contributions originated in order to remind us of the value and struggle within various communities and people. #educolor#hiphoped
That’s the essence of #HipHopEd the natural instincts in hip hop culture are to express and connect through movement and rhythm. The question is how educators build on that and acknowledge it is authentic literacy beyond relationship building #EduColor
Q2: Freedom songs have been a part of the struggle for liberation as long as there's been a struggle. What role do you see for modern music to continue the work? #EduColor/#HipHopEd
Music is culture and culture is one of the most important lenses we use as we walk through this earth. We should be welcoming music into the classroom, and not just for the purpose of teaching critical thinking. #EduColor#HipHopEd A3
A3 You are doing a disservice to the music, the culture and education if you don't teach music history and the role that music plays in promoting and shaping movements #EduColor#HipHopEd
A3: An understanding of the time period is critical in analyzing the music and the meaning behind it. The context of some of the greatest music is often misconstrued. #EduColor
Q4: How should educators and other community adults prepare themselves to incorporate music into their toolkit for teaching and raising socially aware students? #EduColor/#HipHopEd
A3 music reflects the general attitude of the times. I once knew a music teacher who taught history just by playing and dissecting music she was amazing. #HipHopEd#EduColor
A1 Music is like a time capsule. It doesn't have to be OF a certain time to be FOR a certain time. I still remember when Tamir was murdered in November '14 around Thanksgiving. I was so depressed. Nina sang me through it. James Brown got me out. #educolor
A3. Important b/c it helps with understanding how people overcome struggle and risk. How can you use these strategies in your own experience or what can you learn from someone else’s struggle to help empower yourself or community. #educolor#hiphoped
Q4: Teachers need to expose themselves to the music that is relevant to their students. Even if it isn't your style - listen and appreciate what your students are listening to. Use it as a connection tool and bring that exact music into the classroom #EduColor#HipHopEd
A4: Too often, folks think a quiet classroom is an effective classroom and yet, they’re learning from the sounds coming out of their earphones daily. We got multiple sources for learning and should use them. #EduColor#HipHopEd
Q4: How should educators and other community adults prepare themselves to incorporate music into their toolkit for teaching and raising socially aware students? #EduColor/#HipHopEd
A4 Using music as more than just a way to analyze poetry. Yes that. But artists use music to take a stance or send a message. It teaches about culture and community. Music connects across difference. We have to use music for that too. #EduColor x #HipHopEd
A3 Teaching music history fosters a sense of creative responsibility and accountability. Without a historical context youth believe that they are inventing instead of remixing #EduColor#HipHopEd
A4: One easy way is start local. Who are the artist from my area? How can I connect with them and their music. Also helpful to realize if this isn't your wheelhouse always pass the mic to your Ss. Let them be the guide. #EduColor#HipHopEd
Was just listening to @Sultn tell me about his thoughts connecting hip hop & creativity. Your comment @ShanaVWhite reminded me of it for sure. Looking forward to hear his ignite talk on the topic. #educolor#HipHopEd
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A3 Art imitates life. Music can be an easy inroads for asking young people to grapple with what might have been happening during a freedom movement. From Wade in the Water to Self Destruction, there's always more to learn and understand #HipHopEd#EduColor
#Educolor A3 My music history sucks, regardless, music is inherent in the all-too human act of passing down knowledge, ideas, wisdom, all the way from the oral tradition of our ancestors. It evolves from passing of knowledge, to the collective expression of determination
It can be, the songs that you can decipher the words. We have to stress how and why the music is being introduced and played in the classroom, it is imperative to exercise a heightened sense of teacher discretion #EduColor#HipHopEd
What sounds like "deviance" or criminality on the surface can be viewed as a message of resistance..."America's promise has failed me, so I reject that narrative and I will try to survive in my own way" #EduColor#HipHopEd
Q4: I think in order to prepare yourself you need to listen to as much as you can...read as much as you can...and talk to you students about the music they enjoy and what it means to them. #EduColor#HipHopEd
I really love this concept of teachers sampling the work of the educators who were building classrooms and battling for equity before us. #EduColor#HipHopEd
A3: Music is an important reminder that we stand on the shoulders of giants. When we talk about sampling, we’re being radical in a way that we’re getting to a root, never forgetting from whence we came. #EduColor#HipHopEd
In 1988 as a HS Senior I introduced my history class to @LivingColour and the song Cult of Personality ... decades later I connected my students who did an interview with @vurnt22 for a history project on censorship #EduColor
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@MarlaSilb, @MsMullervy, @EduColorMVMT, @LivingColour, @vurnt22
A4. We've gotta be listening to it! And reading the syllabi that folks put out (the syllabus for Beyoncé's Lemonade by @CandiceBenbow is a good place to start) #EduColor#HipHopEd
A4. It's of critical importance for teachers to be think in a cross disciplinary way: know the intersectional history, be aware of the sociology pay attention to the psychological impact on your students if you talk abt tricky subjects. #educolor#hiphop
Q4: How should educators and other community adults prepare themselves to incorporate music into their toolkit for teaching and raising socially aware students? #EduColor/#HipHopEd
A3: The origins and growth of hip hop is a great study into many different things: critical thinking, problem solving, STEAM, and social consciousness. All things that are necessary in today's classrooms. #EduColor
#Educolor A3 My music history sucks, regardless, music is inherent in the all-too human act of passing down knowledge, ideas, wisdom, all the way from the oral tradition of our ancestors. It evolves from passing of knowledge, to the collective expression of determination
Music has a time and a place. I had a few easily over-stimulated kids this year who didn't need a soundtrack for everything. It taught my to set expectations around when we use music and what it means in the classroom. #educolor
Q4: The great quality of music is it is inherently interdisciplinary. No matter your subject area, your students can analyze everything from the language of a song to the rhythm. Current songs will engage kids of all ages! #HipHopEd#EduColor
Q4: How should educators and other community adults prepare themselves to incorporate music into their toolkit for teaching and raising socially aware students? #EduColor/#HipHopEd
A4: Yes! Opening our classrooms up to the revolutionary and radical potential of transformative music involves giving up some of the control so many teachers crave #hiphoped#educolor
Coming from the literacy perspective, play your Ss' fave song and T creates a painting/image. Have your Ss try to understand the image. #visualLiteacy#EduColor/#HipHopEd
A4. Do your research. Do your due dilligence. Think about the impact the artist has on the community they are representing and think about how you as an educator can also learn with your students. #educolor#hiphoped
A4: Educators need to have open dialogue with others about the influence of music in culture. Having an open mind is also key otherwise people respond out of fear which creates intolerance. #EduColor
A4: I think we need to do a better job of analyzing and appreciating how students are already using music to critically analyze the world using an inherently literary format. Students are already having such incredible conversations. #EduColor#HipHopEd
Q4: How should educators and other community adults prepare themselves to incorporate music into their toolkit for teaching and raising socially aware students? #EduColor/#HipHopEd
Q4: Throughout human history music has been a tool for social critique and force for change. Ignoring the intent of a piece robs our students of the opportunity to see their own performances as a vehicle for empowerment & justice #EduColor#HipHopEd
A4: DONT TREAT IT LIKE A BRIDGE TO GET BACK TO WHITE WESTERN ASSIMILATIVE NORMS. THERES WORLDS, TRUTHS, HISTORY, AND DREAMS WITHIN THE MUSIC AND THE COMMUNITY WHICH BROUGHT IT FORTH, ITS NOT ONE BIG ANALOGY. **drops from soapbox** #educolor / #hiphoped
Q4: How should educators and other community adults prepare themselves to incorporate music into their toolkit for teaching and raising socially aware students? #EduColor/#HipHopEd
A4: Teaching music is teaching history, especially if the teacher includes music from earlier decades and talks about the context in which the music was written (ex. origins of jazz and Rock 'n' Roll). #EduColor#HipHopEd
I've asked kids to write out lyrics. They get VERY into this task. This tool helps adults read and understand the potential. Also, using clips is totally fair. #educolor
A4: They shouldn't. The raw side of music should remain just that, raw. As soon as teachers start incorporating it into lesson plans, you might as well listen to muzak. #EduColor/#HipHopEd
A4: Music as a T toolkit lies in PURPOSE no matter content being taught. Ss choose music as mood, tone. Use music as representational of conflict, relationship and theme. We can teach math, sciences and art through music. #EduColor#HipHopEd
A4. Identify a few Ss and ask who do the other students in class listen to. As you listen to list, go back and listen to your music and see where there are connections. #EduColor#HipHopEd
Q4: How should educators and other community adults prepare themselves to incorporate music into their toolkit for teaching and raising socially aware students? #EduColor/#HipHopEd
When you open up music for kids you have to be mindful of what that says about you when you co-sign music from someone whose personal views don't lean toward equity and justice. #educolor
A4: I agree, and I would also argue that all music is relevant to all people. That should be the attitude we adopt as educators as a model for the open minds we want to cultivate in our students! #educolor#hiphoped
A4: First, seek to understand why people have such a deep connection to music. What does it represent for each teacher and student? Build from there. #educolor#HipHopEd
Q4: Do your research! Back when I taught 3rd grade, I found instrumental tracks that my students loved! I remember playing the instrumentals to some of their fave hip hop songs and just having a moment with them! #EduColor#HipHopEd
music is a bridge to the students ... i can respect their musical choices ... understand the message ... then go old school with some @MrChuckD and @PublicEnemyFTP ... #educolor
A4: I always ask kids what they're listening to and then go listen to it. Also it seems like a lot of kids are still listening to the rap/r&b I grew up with in the 2000s! Shocked me. #EduColor#HipHopEd
One day SOON-- dates planned out and everything-- I'm doing research on the literary analysis students engage in when they dive into the Top 5 debate. I swear "Top 5" is a literacy analysis. #HipHopEd#Educolor
When I was a teacher Music was a way for me to connect with students and use teach themes & lessons. Ex: Lupe Fiasco’s Muhammad Walks. As a counselor it’s great tool build rapport and have students express themselves #EduColor#HipHopEd
Q4: Do your research! Back when I taught 3rd grade, I found instrumental tracks that my students loved! I remember playing the instrumentals to some of their fave hip hop songs and just having a moment with them! #EduColor#HipHopEd
A4: Don't be afraid of the explicit language. The violence they read about in your history class is worse than any F-bomb in a song. "Playing it safe" is the fast-lane to reproducing the same oppressive structures that so much music rails against in the first place. #EduColor
Q4: How should educators and other community adults prepare themselves to incorporate music into their toolkit for teaching and raising socially aware students? #EduColor/#HipHopEd
A4: NEVER forget our students who think musically. Through beat, rhythm, sound, tapping, humming, and song. Sometimes Ss won’t/don’t “get it” until they can experience it through music. Similar to the visual child and images. #majorkey#EduColor#HipHopEd
A4: Been following and listening along. I am particularly interested in how science teachers (biology for me) incorporate music? Ideas? #EduColor#HipHopEd
Q4: How should educators and other community adults prepare themselves to incorporate music into their toolkit for teaching and raising socially aware students? #EduColor/#HipHopEd
A4 Using music as more than just a way to analyze poetry. Yes that. But artists use music to take a stance or send a message. It teaches about culture and community. Music connects across difference. We have to use music for that too. #EduColor x #HipHopEd
A4 If Ss listen to the music we expose them to in class, why can’t we do the same? Just asking Ss to tell you, or share lyrics from the music that resonates for them is a step in the right direction. #EduColor
Q4: How should educators and other community adults prepare themselves to incorporate music into their toolkit for teaching and raising socially aware students? #EduColor/#HipHopEd
As @tdj6899 eludes to, there is subjectivity in the music that moves folks. Share your musical interests with students and why you enjoy that style. Allow them to do them same, without chastising their choices. #EduColor#HipHopEd
Q4: How should educators and other community adults prepare themselves to incorporate music into their toolkit for teaching and raising socially aware students? #EduColor/#HipHopEd
A4: Also for people who want to read more on hip hop, two great books to start with: Shea Serrano's THE RAP YEAR BOOK and Jeff Chang's CAN'T STOP WON'T STOP. #EduColor#HipHopEd
A4: Yes, one of my big beefs with using hip hop to teach Shakespeare. Let hip hop stand on its own, it's not some gimmick to sell kids on the bard (besides his rhymes speak for themselves!). #educolor#hiphoped
Yes sis. Folk often want to go to the national stage under the guise of cultural relevance, but miss the neighborhood phenom speaking directly to their kids. Liberation is local, not a photo op #HipHopEd#EduColor
A4: One easy way is start local. Who are the artist from my area? How can I connect with them and their music. Also helpful to realize if this isn't your wheelhouse always pass the mic to your Ss. Let them be the guide. #EduColor#HipHopEd
Q5: Music allows us to hear from those not represented in our textbooks. It broadens our students' horizons to appreciate ALL voices #educolor#HipHopEd
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Q4: We must be willing to step outside of our comfort zone & learn from and with our students. Listen to their music, ask them why they like it, what about the music are they connecting with #HipHopEd#EduColor
Q4: How should educators and other community adults prepare themselves to incorporate music into their toolkit for teaching and raising socially aware students? #EduColor/#HipHopEd
#educolor a4. The first step is for us to listen to what they are listening to. Whether we like what they are listening or not we must recognize what & who is influencing them. It's also important for them to learn that what they listen to wasn't created in a vacuum.
That’s awesome! I think it even challenges my Ss to think about what else goes into some of their fav songs aside from vocals. What instruments, What patterns they can pick up, How the beat drops. All important. #EduColor#HipHopEd
Q4: The great quality of music is it is inherently interdisciplinary. No matter your subject area, your students can analyze everything from the language of a song to the rhythm. Current songs will engage kids of all ages! #HipHopEd#EduColor
Q4: How should educators and other community adults prepare themselves to incorporate music into their toolkit for teaching and raising socially aware students? #EduColor/#HipHopEd
A5. Music has the ability to tie different eras, cultures, ideals and ideologies together to form a new sound. This sets the stage for voices to be heard and listened to #EduColor#HipHopEd
A5: My students tie their music preferences closely to their identities. One way for them to respect each other is to respect their choices in music #EduColor#HipHopEd
i will be honest ... i have a 200 watt amplifier with 15 inch Subs ... nothing is played quiet and it is not always academic ... sometimes the kids leave class to something that can be physically felt in my room and in other classrooms #educolor
E.g., I love The Dead Kennedys. But it would be inappropriate for me to bring in their music as part of a lesson plan. If I played "I Kill Children" in a classroom I would be fired, and rightfully so. #EduColor/#HipHopEd
A5: Music is a great tool to help begin dialogue between groups that don’t have much in common on the surface. Making a connection between artists using different genres to communicate similar messages is a good conversation starter. #EduColor
A5 Having a song of the week where Ss bring a piece they want to share and relate back to a current lesson is a play on show and tell that can build their voice and make clear what they contribute is valuable #HipHopEd#EduColor
Q5: Even with my 5th graders, I listen to the same music they do & leave space during morning arrival or recess for us to discuss music, consider age appropriateness, and gain deeper meaning of the message presented in the song. Open dialogue & judgement free #EduColor#HipHopEd
A5 Using music to showcase other types of genius has been so impt. I had a child I COULD NOT reach this year but they tuned in when we read about women musicians and they loved grappling with the idea of musical genius that centered BW. It shifted something #educolor#HipHopEd
Q6: What are strategies you've seen students, parents, educators and communities use to push back against critics of using culturally relevant music in the curriculum? #EduColor/#HipHopEd
A4. I would also encourage folks to have students explore other genres. New artists, styles, and cultures lift students out of their communities if only for 4 minutes at a time. #EduColor#HipHopEd
A5. That is the essence of music itself... to elevate the voice of the unheard. To give credence to those who do not and are not expected to speak up. #educolor#HipHopEd
The conversation is important. My 7th graders can't always explain why they like someone, but more times than not, we learn something. #EduColor#HipHopEd
A4 #EduColor/#HipHopEd this is a great question. Awareness of the importance of music in the lives of our students is a great place to start; thinking about the music that spoke to/speaks us and bringing it into conversation as a point of connection; play it in the room;
Q4: How should educators and other community adults prepare themselves to incorporate music into their toolkit for teaching and raising socially aware students? #EduColor/#HipHopEd
Preach Shana and also the R= Research in there! STREAM. We’ve been working on teaching Ss MLA/APA in lower grades as they learn research and how to scholarly engage. #EduColor#HipHopEd
A3: The origins and growth of hip hop is a great study into many different things: critical thinking, problem solving, STEAM, and social consciousness. All things that are necessary in today's classrooms. #EduColor
Sometimes families support each other doing their thing and then when the time is right, you come to the studio together make history. Our bond is beyond Twitter #EduColor#HipHopEd#Facts
an issue we have in education is we seem to think we have to make everything so "academic" in order for the kids to learn ... "Let's dissect these lyrics to find the author's point of view" ... rather than talking about why it moves us #educolor
A5: Shelter classrooms have rotating doors-- kids are constantly taken in and leaving, our mixed grades range drastically. Music grounds our community both emotionally and instructionally... (1/?) #EduColor#HipHopEd
Q4: I have to dislodge w/in myself established (and, frankly, racist and classist) ideas about what constitutes credible and/or important literature or sources so I can guide students to do the same - that it’s right to value hip-hop & other popular texts #EduColor / #HipHopEd
Q4: How should educators and other community adults prepare themselves to incorporate music into their toolkit for teaching and raising socially aware students? #EduColor/#HipHopEd
Q6: What are strategies you've seen students, parents, educators and communities use to push back against critics of using culturally relevant music in the curriculum? #EduColor/#HipHopEd
A5 #EduColor#HipHopEd in our hs, students curate the passing period music. I’ve always hoped they could organize the songs according to themes, etc— but on occasion they play music in response to current events, and those are great moments to talk about “what’s going on” 😆!
A5 too many Ts see youth music as music without substance. they are wrong. Respecting and encouraging kids to share and create music will create better learning and relationships! #educolor#HipHopEd
Conversing with students about their musical choices gives them an opportunity to develop a critical lens for their musical choices & also opens the conversation so we can share music #EduColor#HipHopEd
i will be honest ... i have a 200 watt amplifier with 15 inch Subs ... nothing is played quiet and it is not always academic ... sometimes the kids leave class to something that can be physically felt in my room and in other classrooms #educolor
Q6: What are strategies you've seen students, parents, educators and communities use to push back against critics of using culturally relevant music in the curriculum? #EduColor/#HipHopEd
Yes! Leave the kids alone. My teachers said the same thing. So did teachers 40 years ago. Let students lead their learning and allow music to be a part of that process. #EduColor x #HipHopEd
A5: Hip Hop narratives can move with students. Kids bring music to the shelter and they'll keep it when they leave. I love books but they're not the priority for a family being evicted or fleeing violence. Culture travels best. #EduColor#HipHopEd
Q6: What are strategies you've seen students, parents, educators and communities use to push back against critics of using culturally relevant music in the curriculum? #EduColor/#HipHopEd
I get you’re being obtuse, but every person who’s on this chat is gonna be thoughtful about the verses and songs they choose as conscious educators do.
PS - based on past tweets, it wouldn’t surprise me if you’ve killed children. You’re so real! 😂 #EduColor#HipHopEd
Q4: Listen to music & a LOT of it. Just like reading makes us better writers, listening makes us better musicians. Start with what your students know and find connections to make from there. Keep learning new music to make new connections. #HipHopEd#educolor
A6: Opting out of standardized tests is one! The more we capitulate to the test and drill mentality in our classrooms the less space there will be for the generative and radical potential of music! #hiphoped#educolor
Q4: The great quality of music is it is inherently interdisciplinary. No matter your subject area, your students can analyze everything from the language of a song to the rhythm. Current songs will engage kids of all ages! #HipHopEd#EduColor
Q4: How should educators and other community adults prepare themselves to incorporate music into their toolkit for teaching and raising socially aware students? #EduColor/#HipHopEd
A6: Gotta be honest, not sure if it’s creative insubordination or just insubordination, but I let a lot of explicit language slide when letting my students pick songs to play in class. If meaning > *gasp! bad word!* then so be it #EduColor#HipHopEd
This is such a great idea! And a great way to get students thinking about their school community’s vibe... very civic minded. Love this!
#HipHopEd#educolor#DemocracyAtPlay
A5: I ask students to write song requests on the board, and then I research the lyrics and create a playlist for the class so everyone's choices are represented. Song Projects, too.#EduColor#HipHopEdhttps://t.co/hv6vSgoDbq
#educolor a6. There have been times when I've been quick to judge something my daughter is listening to only to have her come back at me w/knowledge of the exact lyrics & their meaning within the song. Like anything, it helps to know about what one is defending. She schooled me
A5 I had a student (who sadly died by suicide two years later) create a TKaM rap to the tune of Boys in the Hood. I treasure, value, and share his creation frequently. #educolor#HipHopEd
Q6: If we as educators do not stay relevant and current, we have no hope of progressing our society or making our students aware and active citizens. #EduColor#HipHopEd
A6. 1) Invite the critics to my class to experience for themselves how I use music. 2) design lessons so impactful that the final student product blows everyone away. Lesson will speak for itself #HipHopEd#educolor
music is how I build relationships ... not just about the curriculum ... somethings just get ruined when we try to make things academic ... "Let's do some Close Reading of the Brenda's Got a Baby by Mr Tupac Shakur" #educolor
Q7: If your school district has a policy on culturally relevant teaching, what are its strengths and challenges? What would you want to see if there is no policy? #EduColor/#HipHopEd
Just like I teach my Ss to be critical readers/writers I teach them to be critical listeners. I had a S stop listening to XXXtentacion bc of abuse allegations. Don't let your desire to be "culturally relevant" have my babies out hear thoughtlessly parroting abusers #educolor
Q6: In my own classroom, I try to expose parents to the same music I’m using in classroom. Play the instrumentals during parent/teacher nights or open house. Have kids perform dance songs to popular music. #EduColor#HipHopEd
Q6: What are strategies you've seen students, parents, educators and communities use to push back against critics of using culturally relevant music in the curriculum? #EduColor/#HipHopEd
A6 I feel you. However, how do you tend to the students who do not appreciate vulgar language or use of things like the N-word? We have to be mindful our students are not a monolith #HipHopEd#EduColor
A6: Gotta be honest, not sure if it’s creative insubordination or just insubordination, but I let a lot of explicit language slide when letting my students pick songs to play in class. If meaning > *gasp! bad word!* then so be it #EduColor#HipHopEd
Piggyback Question...
Does @Spotify have an education platform similar to #GoogleClassroom? If not, their dev team should really think about it. It’s a huge need in schools.
#HipHopEd#EduColor#edtech
Tonight's #EduColor chat is amazing. I am learning so much as these tweets fly. If you're not familiar with #HipHopEd you'll get an introduction to something powerful.
A7: My school situates all of the burden of cultural competence on individuals rather than institutions. They are intentionally blind to the ways in which the school reinforces STRUCTURAL racism. #hiphoded#educolor
I just got off the plane in the 954 (and have to get back to the 561) and wanted to shout out the #EduColor + #HipHopEd collaboration — but it seems my entire TL is already on top of it.
But that's the problem: You're sanitizing a form of music that isn't meant to be treated that way. Punk rock wasn't meant to be used by school teachers in lesson plans and neither is hip hop. Let the kids discover that on their own. (IMO, of course) #EduColor/#HipHopEd
Never, ever try to fake it. You're not "cool" if you pretend to know the latest artists your students listen to
You're cool if you actually embrace that they may know more about this than you, & that it may be more relevant to their lives than stuff you like #educolor#HipHopEd
Q4: How should educators and other community adults prepare themselves to incorporate music into their toolkit for teaching and raising socially aware students? #EduColor/#HipHopEd
Q7 - I would like to see more cultures represented in the curriculum so that our students would have a greater connection to the materials they engage with. #EduColor#HipHopEd
Simple uses of music in classrooms:: to walk in, to walk out ( & walk IT out 🤣), ringtone, mood music, personalized alarm tone, class playlist, playlist per task/assignment, Ss choice, T choice. #EduColor#HipHopEd
A6: Yes, we need to be mindful of what we play. We need to think critically with our ss about language choices and the impact those choices have for better or worse. #EduColor#HipHopEd
A7: I would love to hear from anyone from this kind of district. It sounds like a magical place - current, and modern! I would love to just have a policy that forced our curriculum to culturally relevant - as students progress year-to-year teaching would be easier #EduColor
I just got off the plane in the 954 (and have to get back to the 561) and wanted to shout out the #EduColor + #HipHopEd collaboration — but it seems my entire TL is already on top of it.
Yes ... i am at a K-8 School of the Arts ... there is a vibe that I cannot explain as it has to be felt ...the kids are just looking for an opportunity to release ... like this kid https://t.co/xlaVyLiSMa#educolor#hiphoped
I see this all the time: How can we get hip hop in my lessons? I say there's no need to. Many (but not all) of your kids love this form of music and after school ends they can go home and enjoy it. It's not meant for the classroom. IMO, of course. #EduColor/#HipHopEd
A6: The biggest pushback has been "bad language" but I have framed it as "looking critically to understand the music we are listening to with an eye towards what we think needs to change or stay to make the world a better place." #UBD#Educolor
Q6: What are strategies you've seen students, parents, educators and communities use to push back against critics of using culturally relevant music in the curriculum? #EduColor/#HipHopEd
A7. While we don't have a policy in my district, when I see these policies, they often intentionally or unintentionally exclude LGBTQ+ perspectives. These narratives are essential, and need to be championed by allies of the community. #EduColor#HipHopEd
Hi #EduColor#HipHopEd Just saw this chat in my feed. Have been interested in bringing music making into my school #Makerspace to engage more students. Have some $ but big knowledge gap in bringing into classroom.
A6: I used to work at a conservative non-unionized charter school, and I was always very afraid using songs with explicit lyrics in the classroom. If a parent complained, you would see your supervisor and it could lead to termination/contract nonrenewal. #EduColor#HipHopEd
A7: A fun thing about nontraditional teaching settings is freedom. The cultural relevancy policy I used was written by myself and a group of kids. It was a great idea but I need to figure out how to update them to incorporate the voices of new students. #HipHopEd#EduColor
Q7: If your school district has a policy on culturally relevant teaching, what are its strengths and challenges? What would you want to see if there is no policy? #EduColor/#HipHopEd
A7. I’d like to see a serious focus on elementary school curriculum on this topic. Middle and high school can get into deeper topics but it’s a bit late for laying the foundation for SEL... #EduColor#HipHopEd
Q7: If your school district has a policy on culturally relevant teaching, what are its strengths and challenges? What would you want to see if there is no policy? #EduColor/#HipHopEd
Q7: If your school district has a policy on culturally relevant teaching, what are its strengths and challenges? What would you want to see if there is no policy? #EduColor/#HipHopEd
Gawd. It ain’t sanitizing. John, it’s OK to just say “I don’t like when y’all black people talk about race at all, but I got #EduColor on my calendar because it makes me feel good.” We won’t be mad.
And yes, I know everyone in this chat probably hates me now. I'm used to it. But part of the deal is hearing people from all sides. #EduColor/#HipHopEd
Q5: Make Ss music a regular part of the discussion. Accept their input and let them make connections. MAKE music with your students- don’t just study lyrics. Incorporate song as an option for learning projects & validate their work with honest criticism. #HipHopEd#educolor
Q7: If your school district has a policy on culturally relevant teaching, what are its strengths and challenges? What would you want to see if there is no policy? #EduColor/#HipHopEd
But there are different school environments that may not be as forgiving, you know your environment, I don’t advise teachers to play music with bad words without having a rationale if it comes up as to why it was being played #Educolor#HipHopEd
Of course. I guess I’m pushing beyond preference to ensuring as adults we don’t paint all of the kids with a broad brush of liking the same types of music, but it sounds like you tend to that #HipHopEd#EduColor
So true. It’s mostly the music my students choose. Then it becomes a dialogue (amongst them) that I sort of referee, to make sure they’re conducting themselves with mutual respect. But is hear you, it’s so hard to make sure everyone’s preferences are heard.
A7: I'd want to see a policy around "windows" and "mirrors" - meaning kids should see themselves reflected and see into others' lives in all areas (literacy, music, PE... ALL areas).
#educolor#hiphoped
I went off on a rant about this one day and I wish I could remember when. Culture is such an important instructional component of teaching homeless students. #EduColor#HipHopEd
To say that any one form of music does or does not "belong" in the classroom is just another way we limit freedom and perpetuate harm. Who gets to say what "belongs" in the classroom? Sounds to me like another avenue for oppression to take hold #EduColor#HipHopEd
Q6: What are strategies you've seen students, parents, educators and communities use to push back against critics of using culturally relevant music in the curriculum? #EduColor/#HipHopEd
If there was a group that was wanting to inject punk rock into the K-12 classroom, I would be saying the same thing. I can't think of anything that would ruin the punk experience for me more than hearing it used as a K-12 teaching tool. #EduColor/#HipHopEd
A7 @BaltCitySchools just had its first public meeting to engage the public on the front end of developing its equity policy. That alone is a huge shift we count as a win in the advocacy community. This time last year would have been different. #HipHopEd#EduColor
Q7: If your school district has a policy on culturally relevant teaching, what are its strengths and challenges? What would you want to see if there is no policy? #EduColor/#HipHopEd
If you are viewing the implementation of Hip-Hop as only playing music in the classroom then the full point is being missed. If school is absent of reality but proclaims to prepare them for the real world that makes school an oxymoron #EduColor#HipHopEd
A7: Culturally relevant teaching is about more than content. It's about training students to engage critically with the structures embedded in society that marginalize, exclude, and violate people's basic human dignity. #educolor#hiphoded
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Luckily for you sir, we ain't talkin about punk rock. We talkin #HipHopEd And if there was a student in my class who enjoyed punk rock, they'd be welcome to use it as a learning tool. #EduColor
Misogyny and racism came up this year when we studied Marion Anderson. 9 years olds mind you were asking about why the Grammys so white and male. Such a wonderful avenue for great conversations. #hiphoped#educolor
A7: The policy needs to be based on modeling respect and helping teachers understand that showing respect to others with views different than their own doesn’t mean they have to abandon their personal beliefs but instead promote a respectful learning environment. #Educolor
We don’t hate you. We just need you to step aside so the rest of us can do this work with kids. If you’re not invested and hate black people, that’s not a side I’m listening to right now. Be best! #EduColor#HipHopEd
A7: In Broward County, FL @browardschools each school has an equity liaison trained on the @courageousdove courageous conversation framework, it can be implemented schoolwide and district wide with the proper supports #Educolor#HipHopEd
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Seems to be lacking in many places. In #Maryland, Baltimore County, Howard County and Anne Arundel County have them. Likewise, Pittsburgh was out very early with an equity policy. I’m pretty sure Boston and NYC now have them #HipHopEd#EduColor
A7: strengths; our equity team offers awesome PDO classes. Knowledgeable instructors, many who are practitioners. Challenges; must include more student voice in the process. Respect & trust Ss perspective #HipHopEd#educolor
They don't need a middle-aged schoolteacher teaching them about reality. They already know what their world is like. We should be teaching them to dream for something better, not immersing them in the world they already have and would probably like to escape. #EduColor/#HipHopEd
A8: The classic "Whose Culture Has Capital?" by Yosso (2005) for anyone in need of a primer on WHY it's so important to acknowledge students' cultural capital in schools. #EduColor#HipHopEdhttps://t.co/ZdLjc5Vq9b
As someone who grew up in the segregated south and segregated schools, ANYONE who thinks racism is “fixed” because of Civil Rights legislation is WRONG #EduColor
Youth! I learn so much when my students come up during lunch to help out or come in early. I get to hear their playlists and learn what their into. When in doubt, listen to young people #EduColor#HipHopEd
A7: Thankfully, there’s more attention to it thanks to @CEJNYC’s work and @DOEChancellor pushing for this. I can’t wait to put in the work without getting in trouble! #EduColor#HipHopEd
Q7: If your school district has a policy on culturally relevant teaching, what are its strengths and challenges? What would you want to see if there is no policy? #EduColor/#HipHopEd
A8: In reference to my last about LGBTQ+ perspectives, here is an article highlighting queer music that you can use to educate yourself & incorporate in your classroom. #EduColor#HipHopEd
10 Queer Anthems That Carried Us Through 2017 https://t.co/aY3XMgtWxf via @them
A7: I am somewhat embarrassed to admit that I am somewhat unfamiliar with my district policy, my school has had a fair amount of autonomy. I want to see policies that encourage & require culturally relevant teaching. #HipHopEd#EduColor
Q7: If your school district has a policy on culturally relevant teaching, what are its strengths and challenges? What would you want to see if there is no policy? #EduColor/#HipHopEd
Q4: Teachers should immerse themselves in the culture and community in which they teach, and allow students (in part) to be the drivers of the curriculum. #EduColor#HipHopEd
Hate black people? Where did you get that from? I appreciate as much as anyone these forms of music. Hell, I used to be a reggae DJ and probably have a larger collection than anyone in here. (No, I am not confusing reggae with hip hop) #EduColor/#HipHopEd
A8. Check out @Flocabulary they have a ton of stuff for literacy and all subjects! (Surprised they’re not at this chat... next time). #hiphoped#educolor
#educolor a8. My friend,colleague (family and school liaison) and hiphop artist @DevonBeck365 teaches hip hopology as part of our after school STEAM curriculum. His music is amazing and his work with the kids and community is wonderful
A dream that doesn’t have reality as a baseline is called a fantasy. You can live in reality and not have the space to process it and excel through it. With experience there is knowledge and this must be passed along #EduColor#HipHopEd
As @tdj6899 eludes to, there is subjectivity in the music that moves folks. Share your musical interests with students and why you enjoy that style. Allow them to do them same, without chastising their choices. #EduColor#HipHopEd
Q4: How should educators and other community adults prepare themselves to incorporate music into their toolkit for teaching and raising socially aware students? #EduColor/#HipHopEd
I just think we should be looking out for the best interests of the kids. IMO, this isn't helping them. But, obviously you disagree. #EduColor/#HipHopEd
I think we're missing the chance to build a bridge here- I don't think either one of you wants to see a canned hiphop (or punk or...) curriculum. Using music authentically wouldn't likely put anyone off. It's a matter of how the T approaches it. #educolor#hiphoped
My school has mostly Hispanics from Mexico but also Somali, Congo, Central America, and Myanmar. We should do more to embrace their cultures and music #EduColor
I'm curious about the assumptions behind what I hear in your statement. Yes to revolutionary dreaming - yet is this absent in hip-hop? Isn't music a powerful escape? Why shouldn't our schools reflect the lived experiences of our Ss? #EduColor
A4: Yes, one of my big beefs with using hip hop to teach Shakespeare. Let hip hop stand on its own, it's not some gimmick to sell kids on the bard (besides his rhymes speak for themselves!). #educolor#hiphoped
A8: I'd also suggest any of the criticism by @dstfelix as a great resource when thinking about engaging critically with music in the classroom! #huphoped#educolor
Q7: We don’t currently have a policy. I’d love to see discussion groups combined with film nights & book clubs become a part of teacher PD. We have a staff working with many Ss who have few common experiences & an outlet for understanding these differences is needed. #EduColor
And some very interesting assumptions were made about an entire genre and why it shouldn’t be allowed to “belong” in a classroom, weren’t they? I saw that... 👀 #EduColor#HipHopEd
A8 Keep them coming so they live on the hashtag friends. I’d be remiss not lift up my brother @chrisemdin’s text For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood and the Rest of Y’all Too #HipHopEd#EduColorhttps://t.co/pdb0jQHNQr
I forgot the #HipHopEd hashtag, my bad! But, as much as a hate the notion of mental illness as some sort of currency for genius, it's a humanizing book about a man balancing his relationships with family, music, and mental illness. #Educolor
Q8: Science - Mr. Parr Science Songs on Youtube
Physics: What's Newton's Laws Say?! and Fall Me Maybe on Youtube and a project writing a song parody describing physics concepts.
Biology: The Cell Rap on Youtube
#EduColor#HipHopEdhttps://t.co/g6YQUZy6XE
