EduCon 2.8

TAG's Philly Media Empowerment series are anchored around using storytelling to shape and influence the narrative of education reform. Participants will discuss telling stories techniques for digital literacy age. Activists, teacher teaders, bloggers, web editors, and media makers will also share tips, tools and strategies for using multi-media for digital story telling.

Discussion leaders will share stories of writing and composing in the digital age:

•    How to submit Opinion and Editorial Pieces to local newspapers and blogs 
  

•    How to write effective leads and headings
  

•    How to use social media (Twitter, Instagram, Facebook) to build community and  
     create buzz for class projects and social justice causes.
  

•    How to create YouTube Channels to share videos and media content.
  

  Participants will circulate within small group interactive mini-sessions. Presenters will share web resources, sample stories, letters to editors, blogs or other media to set the context for writing in the digital age. Presenters will speak about their writing process and strategies for telling stories. An emphasis of writing effective leads and headlines will also be covered. Participants will be provided an opportunity to briefly think, plan and write about three “Flipping the Script Teachers’ Dispatches from Philadelphia” scenarios– Participants may consider the following:

  • Use one of the scenarios to tell their own story.
  • Which medium would be the best form to tell their story?
  • What would be an effective lead or headline for their story?