Category: Videos
#BigClassBestTen: Code Your Story
During the 2017 NBA All-Star Weekend, Big Class collaborated with Cartoon Network, the NBA, and 826 National to explore the intersections between coding and storytelling.
“Through other Big Class programs, we’ve never done something where they [students] get to bring their stories to life on the screen.”
Using contemporary learning skills and supported by a team of volunteers, 24 New Orleans elementary students created original stories that they transformed into interactive animations using the coding program Scratch.
Over the course of the three-day mini camp, students were able to expand their writing skills and learn simple coding to bring their unique stories to life, expanding their interactions and relationships with writing in our ever-evolving technological world.
Students’ final animations were shared during a special presentation to the NBA community on February 16, right before the All Star Weekend 2017 here in New Orleans.
Thank you to our friends at Cartoon Network, the NBA, and 826 National for collaborating with us on this exciting project!
Code Your Story Mini Camp
On the occasion of the 2017 NBA All Star Game in New Orleans, Big Class, the 826 Network, and Cartoon Network collaborated on a special Mini Camp for 24 New Orleans elementary school students, focused on the intersections between coding and storytelling. Using 21st Century learning skills, students created original stories that they transformed into interactive animations using Scratch. Final animations were shared during a special presentation to the NBA community on February 16, right before All Star Weekend 2017 in New Orleans.
Video Project: “Donald Trump and Haunting Grade Slime”
A ghostly infomercial written by and starring the Big Class Youth Interns. Just in time for the 2016 election, check out all the ways to use your Haunting Grade Slime (available through the Big Class Haunting Supply Co.)!
Dear America: Digital Youth Storytellers presents RCAA’s 3rd Grade
In Letters to America by ReNEW Cultural Arts Academy, the 3rd grade researched topics such as teens in jail, immigration, and the environment and wrote letters to a wider audience that projected their voice. In collaboration with KID smART they created art to accompany their letters, and then worked with the New Orleans Video Access Center to create this movie of their letters.
When Robots Go Wrong by SWCP 4th Grade
In Spring 2015, 4th grade students at Sylvanie Williams College Prep Elementary worked with Big Class volunteer Sam Ryan in the Big Class Writers’ Room to write, co-direct, and star in When Robots Go Wrong!
Digital Youth Storytellers: Video Poetry
In Spring 2014, Big Class and NOVAC came together to create the Video Poetry workshop. Students learned about cinematography, editing, and visual language. Together with local filmmakers, they created images mapped to poetry and back again. This is a showcase of their work.
Basquiat on the Bayou + Digital Storytellers Youth Media Project
The second Digital Youth Storytellers workshop was Personal Histories: Basquiat and the Bayou. On six Saturdays in November and December of 2014, students from around New Orleans met at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art to engage with the Basquiat and the Bayou exhibition as part of the Prospect.3 biennial. They learned about how artist Jean-Michel Basquiat wove personal and collective histories into his paintings. Using Basquiat’s unique approach as inspiration, the students told stories and developed iconography that they presented in their own collages and paintings, using them to tell personal histories on video and through writing.
The Encyclopedia of Eats: from Alligator to Zapps
The Encyclopedia of Eats was created during a 2014 Big Class Workshop at the New Orleans Southern Food and Beverage Museum. Students present an ode to their favorite and most nostalgic foods of New Orleans. From tantalizingly tasty sweet treats to humble everyday dishes, there’s something for everyone in this special encyclopedia.
#BigClassBestTen: Code Your Story
During the 2017 NBA All-Star Weekend, Big Class collaborated with Cartoon Network, the NBA, and 826 National to explore the intersections between coding and storytelling.
“Through other Big Class programs, we’ve never done something where they [students] get to bring their stories to life on the screen.”
Using contemporary learning skills and supported by a team of volunteers, 24 New Orleans elementary students created original stories that they transformed into interactive animations using the coding program Scratch.
Over the course of the three-day mini camp, students were able to expand their writing skills and learn simple coding to bring their unique stories to life, expanding their interactions and relationships with writing in our ever-evolving technological world.
Students’ final animations were shared during a special presentation to the NBA community on February 16, right before the All Star Weekend 2017 here in New Orleans.
Thank you to our friends at Cartoon Network, the NBA, and 826 National for collaborating with us on this exciting project!
Code Your Story Mini Camp
On the occasion of the 2017 NBA All Star Game in New Orleans, Big Class, the 826 Network, and Cartoon Network collaborated on a special Mini Camp for 24 New Orleans elementary school students, focused on the intersections between coding and storytelling. Using 21st Century learning skills, students created original stories that they transformed into interactive animations using Scratch. Final animations were shared during a special presentation to the NBA community on February 16, right before All Star Weekend 2017 in New Orleans.
Video Project: “Donald Trump and Haunting Grade Slime”
A ghostly infomercial written by and starring the Big Class Youth Interns. Just in time for the 2016 election, check out all the ways to use your Haunting Grade Slime (available through the Big Class Haunting Supply Co.)!
Dear America: Digital Youth Storytellers presents RCAA’s 3rd Grade
In Letters to America by ReNEW Cultural Arts Academy, the 3rd grade researched topics such as teens in jail, immigration, and the environment and wrote letters to a wider audience that projected their voice. In collaboration with KID smART they created art to accompany their letters, and then worked with the New Orleans Video Access Center to create this movie of their letters.
When Robots Go Wrong by SWCP 4th Grade
In Spring 2015, 4th grade students at Sylvanie Williams College Prep Elementary worked with Big Class volunteer Sam Ryan in the Big Class Writers’ Room to write, co-direct, and star in When Robots Go Wrong!
Digital Youth Storytellers: Video Poetry
In Spring 2014, Big Class and NOVAC came together to create the Video Poetry workshop. Students learned about cinematography, editing, and visual language. Together with local filmmakers, they created images mapped to poetry and back again. This is a showcase of their work.
Basquiat on the Bayou + Digital Storytellers Youth Media Project
The second Digital Youth Storytellers workshop was Personal Histories: Basquiat and the Bayou. On six Saturdays in November and December of 2014, students from around New Orleans met at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art to engage with the Basquiat and the Bayou exhibition as part of the Prospect.3 biennial. They learned about how artist Jean-Michel Basquiat wove personal and collective histories into his paintings. Using Basquiat’s unique approach as inspiration, the students told stories and developed iconography that they presented in their own collages and paintings, using them to tell personal histories on video and through writing.
The Encyclopedia of Eats: from Alligator to Zapps
The Encyclopedia of Eats was created during a 2014 Big Class Workshop at the New Orleans Southern Food and Beverage Museum. Students present an ode to their favorite and most nostalgic foods of New Orleans. From tantalizingly tasty sweet treats to humble everyday dishes, there’s something for everyone in this special encyclopedia.
