Dream Symposium: Record Label & Lyric Writing

Watch this video about a student who wrote song lyrics that ended up being recorded by a local band. After watching, do the following:

1. Respond to my questions about your project on your dream discourse sheet.
2. If you haven't thought of a project yet, tell me (A) what you would make or do to share at the Dream Symposium on Tuesday, May 20, 2014, and (B) how it relates to one of your dreams.

• Ideas:
• write a book, play, newspaper, magazine, graphic novel, poetry or story collection, move script...
• organize a fundraiser, presentation, activity, or other event
• make a movie, podcast, YouTube video
• start a business
• build model building, car, boat...
• invent something 
• draft out a design
• ... 

Dream Symposium: Career Dimension

Watch this video about how one school does senior projects. After watching, do the following:

1. Respond to my questions about your project on your dream discourse sheet.
2. If you haven't thought of a project yet, tell me (A) what you would make or do to share at the Dream Symposium on Tuesday, May 20, 2014, and (B) how it relates to one of your dreams.

• Ideas:
• write a book, play, newspaper, magazine, graphic novel, poetry or story collection, move script...
• organize a fundraiser, presentation, activity, or other event
• make a movie, podcast, YouTube video
• start a business
• build model building, car, boat...
• invent something 
• draft out a design
• ... 

Dream Symposium Project: How to Cook

Watch this video about an example senior project. After watching, do the following:

1. Respond to my questions about your project on your dream discourse sheet.
2. If you haven't thought of a project yet, tell me (A) what you would make or do to share at the Dream Symposium on Tuesday, May 20, 2014, and (B) how it relates to one of your dreams.

• Ideas:
• write a book, play, newspaper, magazine, graphic novel, poetry or story collection, move script...
• organize a fundraiser, presentation, activity, or other event
• make a movie, podcast, YouTube video
• start a business
• build model building, car, boat...
• invent something 
• draft out a design
• ... 

Example Dream Symposium Project

Watch this video about an example senior project. After watching, do the following:

1. Respond to my questions about your project on your dream discourse sheet.
2. If you haven't thought of a project yet, tell me (A) what you would make or do to share at the Dream Symposium on Tuesday, May 20, 2014, and (B) how it relates to one of your dreams.

• Ideas:
• write a book, play, newspaper, magazine, graphic novel, poetry or story collection, move script...
• organize a fundraiser, presentation, activity, or other event
• make a movie, podcast, YouTube video
• start a business
• build model building, car, boat...
• invent something 
• draft out a design
• ... 

Dream Symposium

Watch this video about students' senior projects. After listening, do the following:

1. Respond to my questions on your dream discourse sheet.
2. Tell me (A) what you would make or do to share at the Dream Symposium on Tuesday, May 20, 2014, and (B) how it relates to one of your dreams.

• Ideas:
• write a book, play, newspaper, magazine, graphic novel, poetry or story collection, move script...
• organize a fundraiser, presentation, activity, or other event
• make a movie, podcast, YouTube video
• start a business
• build model building, car, boat...
• invent something 
• draft out a design
• ... 

I Need a Hero - Radio lab

Listen to the first 5ish minutes of this Radio Lab program on heroes here.

Source here

After listening, do the following:

1. Respond to my questions on your dream discourse sheet.
2. Write anything else you want about your dream.
3. Consider 1 of the following questions:
1. Has there been a time when you did something kind of heroic like this or saw a similar heroic act?
2. What would be a situation where you either would or wouldn't be willing to risk your own well being to help somebody?

Tig Notaro - Live

Listen to the first 3ish minutes of an interview with Tig Notaro on NPR here.

Source: NPR here

Comedian Louis C.K. tweeted the following after her comedy set:  "in 27 years doing this, I've seen a handful of truly great, masterful standup sets. One was Tig Notaro last night at Largo."

After listening to the set, do the following:

1. Respond to my questions on your dream discourse sheet.
2. Write anything else you want about your dream.
3. Consider the following questions related to Tig:
1. Why do you think some people give in to tragedy and other people use it to help them further their dream and enrich others?
2. What tragedies in your life could you turn into comedy or at least use to further pursue your dream or enrich others' lives?

Caine's Arcade

Watch the first 2-3 minutes of Part 2 of this video about Caine's Arcade.

Have you heard of this before or do you have any questions?

Do one or more of the following on your Dream Dialogue paper I'm handing back:

1. Respond to what I wrote to you since last week.
2. Write any thoughts you have about Caine's Arcade.
3. Write whatever's on your mind currently in relation to your dream.
4. Respond to one of these questions about the video:
1. What's something you used to create or pretend about as a kid?
2. Why do you think Caine's Arcade became so popular?
3. What lesson(s) can you take away from this?

Burka Avenger - Helping Society & Fulfilling Girls' Dreams for Education Through a TV Show

http://www.npr.org/2013/07/31/207288030/lady-in-black-burka-avenger-fights-for-pakistans-girls

Watch the video posted partway down the webpage on the left hand side.

Discuss what a burka is and how it means different things to different people. For some, it represents how women are oppressed; for others, it represents religious belief.

Then, answer the following questions on your own piece of paper and turn it in to the tray:

1. What tv show, artist, performer, family member, or other regular person inspired you with your dream?
2. How could you inspire others with your dream?
3. How could you serve others with your dream?
4. (write something else about whatever's on your mind in terms of your dream)

Steal Like an Artist

Watch the video above (esp. from 2:55 – 4:13)

Respond to some of the prompts below on this form:

• Who are some of the artists or masters in your field that you could "steal" from?
• What existing objects or works of art could you innovate on?
• How does this video relate to your dream, passion, or goal?
• (or, just write whatever you're currently thinking about your dreams or plans to achieve them)

B-HAG (Big Hairy Audacious Goals)

In his book, Built to Last, Jim Collins relates how many successful companies have some sort of massive
goal for the distant future that he calls a B-HAG:

Big: large, massive, all-encompassing
Hairy: kind of crazy and difficult to manage (like a bad hair day)
Audacious: bold and adventurous, esp. in the eyes of others
Goal: something you want to accomplish and plan for in order to reach.

Mr. Collins recommends that companies consider the following questions when creating B-HAGs, though it's not essential:

• What are you passionate about? (What field, cause, skill, etc... are you really interested in?)
• What can you be best at in the world? (What's unique about what you can offer in your field of interest?)
• What drives your economic engine? (What can you make a living doing?)

Here are a few examples of B-HAGs (thanks to Wikipedia):

• Amazon: Every book, ever printed, in any language, all available in less than 60 seconds.
• Disney: Be the best company in the world for all fields of family entertainment.
• Ford: Democratize the automobile.^[4]
• Google: Organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful.^[5]+
• JFK's Moon Challenge: This nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth.^[8]
• Microsoft: A computer on every desk and in every home.^[9]
• RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds): Save Nature by 2020

Respond to some of the prompts below on this form:

1. Write down several possibilities of what your B-HAG could be.
2. What was your B-HAG when you were a kid?

Trade papers to read each other's B-HAGS and be ready to share a few with the class.

Goth & Opera

Respond to some of the prompts below on this form:

• What are some of your talents or dreams that might cause others to judge you or see you differently?
• Who are some naysayers or haters in your life? How can you overcome them?
• What's a talent or dream you've been working on but haven't shared yet?
• (or, just write whatever you're currently thinking about your dreams or plans to achieve them)