Program / Event Details

iRead iRhyme is a reading literacy program that uses HipHop to encourage entrepreneurship, & interest in STEM. Beyond creating songs and CD’s, iRead iRhyme guides students through articles focused on social issues & community-driven solutions.

Students are given the opportunity to digest, respond to & accept or reject what they read. After writing their own lyrics in response to the assigned reading, they learn how to produce songs (recording, editing, and more). In the past students have had the opportunity to bring their songs to life by enhancing their written song to music videos.

Students in this program will:
– Engage 3-4 texts per program & create 3-4 songs based on the texts
– Receive reading tips for comprehension & demonstration of comprehension
– Have at least one performance during the program finale
– Be given CD’s to practice entrepreneurial skills and create entrepreneurial opportunities for marketing, advertising & selling their finished product

The entrepreneurial framework associated with iRead iRhyme empowers students to create ideas and products their own in addition to developing their marketing techniques and skills. And all of these skills transfer and are the most engaging efforts in a virtual space. In this new world we live in students are really benefiting from learning to express themselves through content creation using the worlds biggest media mediums.