The Hub.
Welcome to The 4 Learning Hub
We designed this space as a way to make the recording arts a more accessible medium of instruction for any educator — anywhere in the US. Enjoy!
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Below you'll find our Remixing Education Experience Coaching Sessions, a series of video that's meant to guide teachers in the artful instruction of core content that ends in the creation of a song and a music video.
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You'll also find our Signature Recording Arts Competencies, designed to be student-centered and support teaching artists in their work teaching young people how to become better recording artists.
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You'll also find our CIP-Aligned Curriculum, designed to support educators in teaching at the intersection of entrepreneurship, the recording arts, and mathematics.
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This career-pathway curriculum provides a comprehensive introduction to music production from foundational music and sound concepts to advanced studio and mixing techniques.
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Lastly, we're sharing an interactive map of all the recording arts programs we're aware of across the country. You can add to it on your own or simply turn to if you're trying to find a youth-facing recording studio near you.
Coaching Sessions.
Our Remixing Education Coaching Sessions are designed to support educators of core content subjects — Math, Science (STEAM), Language Arts, and the Humanities — through teaching their subjects with a day-long activation in one of our verified 4 Learning studios.
These four sessions focus on the process of identifying a real-world problem with your students, connecting that real world problem to content areas and accompanying competencies/learning outcomes, brainstorming artistic content for use in our studios on the day of an activation, and considering student roles so that everyone can participate. The final step? A day in one of our studios where students make a song and a music video with the help of our teaching artists.
Never taught with the recording arts in mind before? Don't worry, this is for you!
Dig deeper.
Signature Recording Arts Competencies
This set of standards was designed by us at 4 Learning to serve as a curricular guide for our studio facilitators around the world. We do not believe students learn at the same pace, nor should they all be served in the same way. People ask us what curriculum we use, but we believe in designing to each student, personally. So, this means the student is the curriculum, the competencies are what they should know as they learn and grow alongside us. We hope you enjoy using the 4 Learning Recording Arts Competencies.
4 Learning Recording Arts Competencies © 2024 by 4 Learning is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
CIP-Aligned Curriculum
The final piece is our CIP-aligned competency progression for the recording arts, entrepreneurship, and mathematics. This tool was developed in collaboration with Philadelphia Public Schools and is designed for approval in any state. It was made in alignment with national CIP codes, which, once approved, can be used at the high school or community college levels.
4 Learning Recording Arts Competencies © 2024 by 4 Learning is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
California Arts, Media & Entertainment Career-Pathway CTE Curriculum
Our Career and Technical Education curriculum was designed collaboratively with our partner, the YouthBuild Charter School of California, in alignment with California's Arts, Media & Entertainment pathway. It is designed to, over the course of 300 credit-hours, produce a ProTools licensure and hands-on experiences in the recording arts and entertainment industries. To certify students in ProTools, the instructor must be an Avid-certified Pro Tools instructor.
Interactive RemixED Map
Books + Articles.
Check out some of our curated resources that will inspire and demonstrate the power of remixing education.
