Where I Come From... An Art Exhibition Highlighting How Digital Media Tools are Helping At-Risk Youth Make Meaning of Their World

摘要

In this paper, we describe how we used digital media tools to engage at-risk students in the creative process. Through allowing these students to make their own, "Where I Come From..." mini-video poems, they were given the chance to learn how to use digital media tools to express the meaning of their lives. And in some cases, the students evolved their poems beyond self and ventured into the realm of addressing more global issues. This allowed them to build personal strength and courage in themselves, while sharing a bit of themselves to the World.