I can't hear what's going on but the children seem engaged and learning on a very high level. Thank you for sharing with us. I love your learning styles assessment I want to use it with my students. Is there anything I should know about using this with a large amount of students?

Jalen,
Just saw the video. It did a good job capturing the kinds of work you are doing at school and at home, and how the two fit together. It is great the world can get a picture of what a school of the future, and a kid of the future, looks like.
Mr. Knowles

As a seasoned teacher of over 30 years, I still look forward to to the time in our school districts when learning new software applications to incorporate into our teaching strategies will infuse and dominate our staff meetings instead of the futility of dissecting benchmarks & state test scores. A teacher can dream . . .

In the meantime, I'll continue to research all the possible ways I can to teach myself and Edutopia helps me do that. Thank you!

Jalen,

I love your work, in all of the media. I like how you see illustration, video, design, art, remixing, music and storytelling as all different parts of the same whole.

Where do you go to get ideas for your work? As a teacher, I'm curious. For example in the anime music videos, do you watch a lot of what other people have made online at YouTube? Do you get ideas from your friends at school or home? Or from your teachers?

Thanks and keep it going.

-Daniel Huecker

The video I chose to watch “Digital Youth Portrait: Jalen”

a.) In this video all of the four perspectives are evident; Motivation, Enhanced instructional methods, increased productivity, and Required information age skills.

b.) Technology is being used in the video because it documents the work of a young digital media artist. The video documents how a twelve year olds passion for art and gaming grew into a learning opportunity. Jalen makes digitally animated films and video games .

Jalen is in seventh grade. In the video Jalen gives his background and talks about his passions for gaming and digital animation. He has clearly been captivated by digital imagery for most of his life and is now creating digital animation and video games with his drawings. Jalen’s teacher is also interviewed in the video as are his parents. His teacher talks about Jalen’s high level of motivation and passion for improving his skills and knowledge. Jalen is highly motivated and very talented. Jalen strive to learn new ways to integrate his art and technology. His parents talk about making sure that Jalen has a balance in his life between his interest in technology and the physical world, they are clearly proud of his accomplishments. As a parent of teens who spend endless hours computing I understand their concerns for Jalen.

The video I chose to watch “Digital Youth Portrait: Jalen”

a.) In this video all of the four perspectives are evident; Motivation, Enhanced instructional methods, increased productivity, and Required information age skills.

b.) Technology is being used in the video because it documents the work of a young digital media artist. The video documents how a twelve year olds passion for art and gaming grew into a learning opportunity. Jalen makes digitally animated films and video games .

Jalen is in seventh grade. In the video Jalen gives his background and talks about his passions for gaming and digital animation. He has clearly been captivated by digital imagery for most of his life and is now creating digital animation and video games with his drawings. Jalen’s teacher is also interviewed in the video as are his parents. His teacher talks about Jalen’s high level of motivation and passion for improving his skills and knowledge. Jalen is highly motivated and very talented. Jalen strive to learn new ways to integrate his art and technology. His parents talk about making sure that Jalen has a balance in his life between his interest in technology and the physical world, they are clearly proud of his accomplishments. As a parent of teens who spend endless hours computing I understand their concerns for Jalen.

Timbuktu Academy of Science and Technology K-8 grade school in Detroit is interested in partnering to include Digital Media in our Middle School. Please contact us.
928-824-9245 or 310- 720-2393 wsparkerjrinc1@mac.com

Thank you,

Warrington Parker, PhD

i get my ideas from watching TV and my friends plus watching videos on you tube gives me insparation and new ideas.

Dr. Parker,

Thanks for commenting on our video about Jalen. The digital media program you see in the video is called the Digital Youth Network, based in Chicago, and they can be contacted through their Web site, http://iremix.org

For more info about DYN, you can view this video:

http://www.edutopia.org/digital-generation-youth-network-video

Best of luck to you!

Amy
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Amy Erin Borovoy
Coordinating Video Producer

I could not find it anywhere. Oh until I went and looked on my other blog!!!! 21st Century Homeschooling! Yup I think I might stick to creating wonderful places of learning for students and parents who find themselves struggling with learning in the home.