Playing to Learn

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I put together this video for a presentation with the World Bank on Early Childhood Development, demonstrating how we (Education Development Center) use Interactive Radio Instruction to reach marginalized and disadvantaged children. Check out my post “Letter to Chapel Hill News & Observer” for more about how we do so. I think Information Communication Technologies is something I might try to pursue as a career. It requires you to be creative, using new/multi-media to help people who otherwise could not be reached. It also keeps me close to music, and puts me in a position where I feel like I have something of value to bring to the table. I’m just now learning how to put video stuff together, and plan on tackling graphic design next.

Later down the line, I want to start my own NPO (non profit organization) or NGO (non government organiztion) that centers around the idea of using media as a platform to educate. A place where musicians, actors, athletes, and anyone who has a skill and the desire to give back, but does not know how to do so, can participate. A creative consultant type of company that utilizes a persons talent to make a difference, without just asking people to throw money into a pot. I think the impact these people can have on an international scale has not fully been tapped into. Just an idea…