Youth Speak
Youth Speak is an ongoing project using digital storytelling and Participatory Action Research (PAR) to engage with youth in reflection and action. View student's stories below - some are large files and will take a few minutes to download.
Latinidades (What it's like to be Latino/a):
Click on a student's name to view their digital story.
Rosa
Junior
We feel (Youth share their experiences):
Click on a student's name to view their digital story.
Ilke
Ilkin
Lucero
Kelsey
Sam
Katie
Publications:
Mariela Nuñez-Janes, Alicia Re Cruz
2008 Digital Storytelling as a Culturally Relevant Pedagogy for Latin Students. Journal of Spanish Language Media, 1: 192-199.
http://www.spanishmedia.unt.edu/index.php?option=com_content&task=section&id=19&Itemid=68
Resources:
Center for Digital Storytelling: http://www.storycenter.org/
Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling: http://www.coe.uh.edu/digitalstorytelling/default.htm
Stories for Change (online digital storytelling community, includes resources): http://storiesforchange.net/
Education for Liberation Network (includes examples of curriculum): http://www.edliberation.org/
Institute for Community Research: http://www.incommunityresearch.org/research/yari.htm
Participatory Action Research Collective: http://web.gc.cuny.edu/che/start.htm
Social Justice Education Project: http://www.socialjusticeproject.org
Special thanks:
Mr. Tim Sanchez, Dr. Alicia Re Cruz, The Center for Spanish Language Media, The Center for Digital Storytelling, Gayle Nicholls-Ali, and the staff of the College of Public Affairs and Community Service Computing Center