Location
New York, NY
About
School or Organization:
The Music Origins Project (Urban Universe Productions)
I am a:
consultant
Twitter Profile URL:
@musicorigins
Short bio or reason for joining Actionable Innovations Global:
Animation Studio Executive Producer (BrainPOP.com), Instructional Technologist, Filmmaker (TechnoMecca.com), Blogger (UrbanThinking.net). I am Seeking like minded educators, interested in teaching students transmedia and geolocated media, to collaborate with.
Global education projects or initiatives in which you are involved (if applicable):
The Music Origins Project Music Origins Project is an web-based project documenting the history and future of music and related artforms. This is a Beta site to develop the database and pilot test the concept, as we iterate and improve the site. The Google Map identifying cultural regions that originated various musical art forms will be the lens for the exploration of each art form. Students and music aficionados will be challenged to create unique virtual museums documenting locations important to each musical genera covered. Ultimately, the site/blog will be a searchable, index of the cultural origins of musical art forms along with geo-located multimedia documentation and commentary. Music Origins Project aims to remove the chronological and geographic barriers faced by music aficionados and travelers seeking to learn about various musical genre and their points of origin. The blog will document commentary of historic primary sources who have personally witnessed past and present events of musical significance. It will also challenge students to define and document new and emerging genres of music on the map. Professional filmmakers, musicians and writers will function as contributors and curators to this map-based showcase, vetting content provided by other users. This ensures that all information provided by Music Origins is accurate and authentic. Google Map technology will be used to browse the geo-located multimedia content. Using this online tool, users will be connected to locations of musical significance and linked to related media (e.g., YouTube clips). This project will challenge young people to research musical genres to create documentary shorts and post them along with musical mixes, images and other “primary source” historic documents to create multimedia “virtual museums” highlighting propular, places and musical venues important to music history (recreated using “Sketch-up“) on Google Maps, adding a compelling nuance to the existing body of musical knowledge. Professional documentary projects on key styles of music will be asked to participate in the Music Origins Project and geo-locate their important points of interest on the Films page as well.
