Voice & Vision Basics
What does “V+V” stand for in this course?
What is Voice & Vision?
These are the aspects of ourselves that we may or may not choose to reveal.
What are visible and invisible identities?
Students were asked to bring this many photos to connect with their poems.
What is 10 to 12 photos?
This software tool was introduced for creating presentations.
What is Adobe Premier Rush?
According to the warm-up, this term describes a group that shares common goals and support.
What is a community?
This Pittsburgh location was visited for the “A Woman’s Place” exhibit.
What is the Heinz History Center?
One of the main objectives of this course is to increase students' skills in this area when working with others.
What is collaboration?
This term describes the understanding that we simultaneously occupy multiple social positions and that these positions do not cancel each other out; they interact in complex ways that must be explored and understood.
What is intersectionality?
This audio clip source was used to inspire students’ “I Am From” poems.
What is NPR?
Students were encouraged to adopt this role while listening to others' presentations.
What is a good audience member?
These classroom rules were developed to ensure respectful and open dialogues.
What are class norms?
The exhibit highlighted women who shaped this Pennsylvania city’s history and culture.
What is Pittsburgh?
This activity helped students learn about their teacher at the start of the course.
What is the Get to Know Your Teacher game?
One of the “Big 8” identifiers that relates to the diverse array of difference in physical, mental, cognitive, developmental, learning, and/or emotional make-up.
What is ability?
This poem style encouraged students to reflect on their personal backgrounds and identities.
What is the “I Am From” poem?
This type of digital project allowed students to creatively express their “I Am From” poems using photos and narration.
What is a multimedia video project?
In small groups, students analyzed this person’s definition of community.
Who is Suzanne Goldsmith?
This historical theme was explored in-depth to understand how women impacted Pittsburgh.
What is “A Woman’s Place: How Women Shaped Pittsburgh”?
Students shared this in a circle as part of the “How are you feeling? What are you hoping for?” activity.
What is their hopes and feelings for the course?
Students used this visual tool to map out their identities in class.
What is an identity chart?
These artifacts, which students curated, help illustrate their personal identity stories.
What are photos connected to their poems?
Students used this feature in Premier Rush to add transitions and enhance the flow of their video presentations.
What are editing tools (or video transitions)?
This warm-up activity asked students to list communities they belong to.
What is the Google form?
Before the field trip, students prepared by completing these activities.
What are the Google form and article discussion?
This document was reviewed to outline the main focus and expectations of the V+V course.
What is the syllabus?
These eight identity categories, introduced in class, help to understand the complex aspects of a person’s social identity.
What are the Big 8 identifiers?
In this activity, students gave and received constructive feedback while reading their poems.
What are discussion groups?
This essential step in Premier Rush helped students finalize their projects before sharing them with the class.
What is exporting or rendering the video?
These guidelines were collaboratively created to support open and respectful discussions. (Also the title of one of our units.)
What are courageous conversation norms?
This visit assignment asked students to reflect on what they learned from the exhibit.
What is Exploration and Analysis?