Tag: education

Afrofuturism, Education and Digital Literacy

A Conversation with Cornelius Minor and Reza Rites from Reza Clifton on Vimeo

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Watch Jazzy Spies: 1969 Psychedelic Sesame Street Animation Featuring Grace Slick

There’s fascinating info at Open Culture.

1969 was the year of “Sesame Street’s” debut, and even for the ’60s it’s hard to believe this was kids’ programming. But excellent. (The Dark Matters peeps were late ’60s babies, so we only saw Jazzy Spies in reruns. Very memorable, though.)

Educational Video Game Simulating US Slave Experience Leaves Many Divided

Read about Mission US: Flight to Freedom at Atlanta Blackstar’s “blerds.”

Other games in the series: Mission US: For Crown or Colony?, Mission US: A Cheyenne Odyssey, and Mission US: City of Immigrants.

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Teacher Convicted of Felonies for Showing Horror Movie in Spanish Class?

Sheila Kearns showed “The ABCs of Death” during class in 2013

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