The Traits of a Pedagogy of Access

Connections substantiated by evidence exist between profit, access, skin color, and socioeconomic status. Substantiated too by qualitative and quantitative data both historical and current, are the relationships between education and access, access and political voice, and political voice and social justice. For much of modern human history, the application of education as a means of… Read More

Technology and Field Applications for Education

The 2nd annual 2019 Science and Arts Technology Application Workshop presented us with several challenges honed by last year’s event.  We loved the Nikon KeyMission 360, but found the underwater lens compromised the experience when viewing on our Class VR stand-alone headsets.  A visible thick black lens frame cut the view into sections and created… Read More

360: in the Field and the Editing Room

Three months prior to the purchase of 360 equipment, it was necessary for our nonprofit video team to clarify our potential predominant applications of the medium. This helped us foresee to some extent what types of environments we’d be filming and the challenges those environments might pose. This clarification provided the parameters within which we… Read More

Theory and Practice of an Access Pedagogy

© Trace Taylor (2018) In order to shift power from Oppressors to the Oppressed, a pedagogy “must question the status quo in the name of social justice” (Freire 1970). Such a pedagogy would need to be a situated pedagogy open to (the) diversity that provides “…a rich lexicon of practice and dialogue” (Freire 1970), adaptable… Read More