EDUTAINMENT PART 3: That Tickle In Your Hips
February 21, 2010 by TEDNote: This is the third article of a series on education and entertainment. In the first article, I examined three core elements of effective edutainment: it's gotta be real, it's gotta be relevant, and it's gotta rock. Here, I explore Bomani Armah's "The New Classic Mixtape," in light of these criteria. It can be download
EDUTAINMENT PART 2: Holy Are You
February 2, 2010 by TEDNote: This is the second article of a series on education and entertainment. In the first article, I examined three core elements of effective edutainment: it's gotta be real, it's gotta be relevant, and it's gotta rock. Here, I explore Rakim's 2009 album "The Seventh Seal" in light of these criteria.
EDUTAINMENT Part 1: A Form of Movement
November 23, 2009 by TEDLeveraging education as entertainment (or vice versa) is a potent tool for relaying information. For an example of this leverage, I turn to rap music. I am hard-pressed to imagine another genre of modern entertainment that places more emphasis on practical knowledge (knowledge of self, knowledge of one's environment, etc). This article focuses on one specific instance of educating entertainment: EDUTAINMENT, a 1990 rap album by Boogie Down Productions (BDP). I chose this album because BDP's frontman,