Private Dancer Video Pic., Tina Turner, 1984.In 1984 I contacted Detroit Public Shools' District Offices to invite a video camera operator to visit my classroom. Easy access to video camera production services was offered to any teacher who wanted to document their students or who had a story to tell.
When the cameraman visited my classroom…
When I look back I shake my head at how smart I thought I was to have dodged Science classes during both high school and college.
A high school friend enrolled in Chemistry classes at my school told my friends and I one day that Chemistry was hard. I made it my business while walking down…
When I enrolled in Media Studies as an elective course during my first year at Montclair State University in 1978, little did I know that the instructors' opening statement to the class that day would be the beginning of a 30-year journey I'd travel to get the clear meaning of his message."The role of Media,…