Let Your Passion Drive Your Content (COVID 19)

Many of us are being driven to find/create content for the distance education format and I want to encourage us to allow our passions to drive our content.  My passion for hip hop lead me to develop into a spoken word poet, but more importantly, it helped me construct a curriculum that empowers historically marginalized students by helping them center their beliefs, culture, and perspectives in an academic environment.Quick points:- Pursuing your passions as an instructor allows the content to be meaningful to you- Use your classroom to help students pursue their own passions and this will close equity gaps- I use spoken word poetry to help students connect with the emotions of a social issuePoetry ResourcesAnt Black - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZrQbv9RO3oRudy Francisco - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR1_2lFXJI4 Yes, that is                                               me obnoxiously laughing in the background! He was the                                                       featured poet at an open mic here at MiraCosta College.  This                                               was before he got famous.                           https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3F0FfNiFss - This is his                                                performance on Jimmy FallonSocioPoetix - http://www.spitjournal.com/sociopoetix/Def Jam Poetry - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4cMD2lnHWU&list=PLnkh7-oYHNf-uU6Fz12dF3M5NTy8QgWmHButton Poetry - https://www.youtube.com/user/ButtonPoetryYou can find my poems/music at https://brucehoskins.com/