Leaders Of Change Podcast, History of Mass Communication, Art Hearts and More!
/In connection to our Changemakers unit of study, the Sea Lions have spent the past two weeks interviewing local young people in our community that are doing good things for the world. The Sea Lions have worked to develop the questions for each interviewee and then worked to refine their communication skills, developing conversational techniques like careful articulation, active listening and verbal feedback.
We worked together to come up for the name for our podcast, thinking carefully about what the objective (purpose) of our podcast was and agreed that Leaders Of Change was a fitting title. Sea Lions worked together to create the opening and closing script, and performed a beautiful musical rendition of the poem Change Sings by Amanda Gorman to use as the intro and outro music for the production.
As we ponder the work of Changemakers and their ability to “bring people along” in their fight to make change, we have begun some pretty fascinating research on the history and significance of mass communication in our society. Sea lions are starting some partner research work on the following topics: ancient communication, cuneiform, the printing press, posters, radio, television, internet, podcasts, social media and artificial intelligence. Students will be sharing the results of their research through speeches in the coming weeks.
As we get ready for Valentine’s Day, the Sea Lions studied the punchy and colorful art of American artist Jim Dine and his famous “heart art”. The Sea Lions worked on their own renditions, practicing simple printing techniques and exploring the use of warm and cool colors to create contrast in their paintings.
And finally, the Sea Lions explored outside, playing together in the clear and cold sunshine of winter days!
