Teaching Anthropology Concepts and Types of Text with Reggaetón

This case study analyzes phases of collaborative exchange between teacher and two sets of students on how to best represent types of text in separate videos. The first phase emphasized ‘digital-storytelling’ lessons in an elective class, designed to provide charter high school students with practical experience in using Microsoft Photo Story© and Audacity©. The second phase was designed to prepare community college students for two final essays in a social science course. To accommodate a variation in academic level, the videos were critiqued by students at each school and re-developed for each level, i.e., charter high school and community college.

Keywords: types of text; Reggaetón; community college; charter high school; Microsoft Photo Story© and Audacity©.