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Introduction to TOYZSTEAM
Introduction to TOYSTEAM Class. This class will teach students about the concept of music culture impacting technology and how music can have a positive influence on society. Students begin working on writing their superhero characters and stories against bullying and prejudice.
STOP THE BULLYING WRITING
Using an essay and the Lyrics of a song Stop The Bullying that was recorded with the Music Department at Carnegie Mellon University, Students learn how to write by expressing their own views on the subject matter
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STOP THE BULLYING COMIC BOOK STORY RECORDING
This topic is based on the song Stop The Bullying. Students are thought how the song was created and get a chance to recreate the song. The instrumental is supplied so students can interpolate the original music or create their own versions. Students also will be able to use skills learned from the creative writing course and record their own comic book story or their own lyrics or poems using the supplied instrumentals
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PRODUCT PACKAGING AND DESIGN
This is an introduction lesson to how to design physical music products. Students are given a Black and White version of the album cover along with the design files. They can modify the album to include their contributions and also color the cover as they like. They are introduced to the concept of 3D models via the action figure USB.
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MARKETING YOUR PODCAST USING TECHNIQUES FROM 50 CENT
50 Cent has a significant impact on the value of social media companies. 50 Cent has over 11 million followers on Twitter and over 25 million followers on Instagram. Both platforms primarily make their revenue from advertising. Twitter made over $3 billion in 2019 and Instagram made over $20 billion in 2019. 50 Cent has over 3,000 posts on Instagram. He also uses the platforms to generate value for Spirits companies and his TV and Film ventures.
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FINAL PROJECT PRESENTATION
This lesson is a celebration and presentation of the final products the students created.
INTRODUCTION TO TOYZSTEAM COURSE
About Lesson

STOP THE BULLYING ESSAY

This song came to be in support of my son Obawole, Idowu, who was chosen as an ambassador for Intel’s #HackHarassment campaign. The campaign focuses on ending Online bullying and also to increase diversity in the tech industry. We did this song at a Hackathon and created a subsequent Hackathon for students to add their voice to the issue of Online harassment.

My approach with this song, however, was to widen the scope and also deal with the problem of workplace bullying, religious intolerance, sexual prejudice, bigotry, and racism. As I have mentioned before humans genetically share over 99% similarity genetically and we have less than a 1% variance in our species. Our differences shouldn’t divide us it should be exciting to discover each other and appreciate our differences.

I chose a more straight forward approach with my rhymes, and I also wrote a melody and bridge for Abby Adams, a music student at Carnegie Mellon University to sing. Abby is an incredibly gifted musician who also played violin on the project, and I was pleasantly suppressed to see she could sing. This song is special to me as it reflects my core ideology.

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