Teaching Youth Media: A Critical Guide to Literacy, Video Production, & Social Change (Series on School Reform, 36)

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 8
Foreword......Page 10
Acknowledgments......Page 12
Introduction......Page 16
CRITICAL LITERACY: READING THE DOMINANT MEDIUM......Page 19
THE FACTORY SYSTEM OF SCHOOLING......Page 23
Technology Integration......Page 25
Media Literacy......Page 28
Community Media Arts......Page 31
WORKING TOWARD SYNTHESIS AT EVC......Page 33
Teacher Development......Page 34
CLOSING THE DISCONNECT......Page 35
1. Framing the Inner-City Teenager: Criminals, Consumers, and the Literacy Gap......Page 38
TWO SYSTEMS OF AUTHORITY......Page 39
AND JUSTICE FOR SOME......Page 40
SELLING TEEN REBELLION......Page 41
YOUTH CULTURE SPIES......Page 42
EMPOWERED TO SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES......Page 44
The Language Gap......Page 46
Dr. Seuss Goes Digital......Page 49
2. Cameras and Guns in the Streets: Teaching Critical Literacy in the Documentary Workshop......Page 52
THE DOC WORKSHOP......Page 53
OUT ON A SHOOT......Page 55
TALKING AND WATCHING WORDS......Page 56
SELF-PORTRAITS......Page 58
MAKING IT PUBLIC......Page 60
TRUSTING INFORMATION......Page 63
LOCAL INTERPRETERS......Page 65
OUT ON A SHOOT (REVISITED)......Page 66
TEACHING AND LEARNING IN THE ZONE OF PROXIMAL DEVELOPMENT......Page 69
3. Dreams and Nightmares: A Case Study of Video in a Classroom......Page 76
SETTING THE CONTEXT: A COMMUNITY UNDER SIEGE......Page 79
THE CLASS......Page 80
LOGGING......Page 81
Learning to Log......Page 82
CHOOSING A GROUP TOPIC......Page 85
Learning to Choose a Group Topic......Page 86
INTERVIEWING......Page 99
Learning to Interview......Page 100
REFLECTIONS AND RELEASES......Page 105
TRANSFORMATIONS......Page 111
4. Conclusion: Reimagining the School Day......Page 114
BARRIERS IN SCHOOL......Page 115
OPPORTUNITIES AFTER SCHOOL......Page 117
YOUTH MEDIA AS CIVIC ENGAGEMENT......Page 119
SOCIAL CAPITAL......Page 120
REIMAGINING THE SCHOOL DAY......Page 122
Reflections......Page 124
East City High School......Page 125
Speaking Out at the Screening......Page 126
References......Page 128
Suggested Works......Page 132
Index......Page 134
About the Author......Page 144