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When Pop Culture Steers Us Wrong
When Pop Culture Steers Us Wrong
You know we love all things cool and kitschy about Pop Culture. We believe it has a place in our lives and can be used for good. Unfortunately, social media is a minefield of accurate and inaccurate information. Apparently some out there get joy out of scare tactics, especially in the realm of parenting. One of our League of Extraordinary Academics, R. Bradley Snyder, works to dispel myths about…
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WHY READING COMICS MAKES YOU SMARTER
WHY READING COMICS MAKES YOU SMARTER
Our youth contributor Lorna Bonnell brought this article from Geek and Sundry to our attention to share. Thanks Lorna! Evidence and research is stacking up to prove that comic books make their readers smarter. Comics make you want to read, and they use complex language which improves verbal intelligence. Like steroids for the mind, comics can even take struggling readers and make them stronger!…
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Student Art Show
Origin Stories: Future Artists is a celebration of student art inspired by popular culture from graphic novels to movies, music to television. Art may be of any static media including but not limited to drawing/illustration; painting; sculpture; and mixed media. A statement of artistic inspiration must accompany all entries. Any violation of these rules may, at Pop Goes the Classroom’s…
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To Be Clear: Epic Rap Battle
To Be Clear: Epic Rap Battle
“Dude, to be clear: Being five centuries regressed in your reasoning doesn’t mean we all can’t still like your music.”-Neil Degrasse Tyson When Rapper B.o.B. claims the earth is flat and calls out Dr. Tyson an epic rap battle ensues. IFLScience gives us the details and you can listen to both tracks. Use this artifact in History to explore when it was a common belief that the world was flat. Use…
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Blogging is the New Persuasive Essay
Blogging is the New Persuasive Essay
By Shelley Wright As an English teacher, I’ve had numerous conversations with college professors who lament the writing skills of their first year students. But not all writing. Most students are capable of solid expository writing. It’s their skill with persuasive writing that’s the problem. Specifically, they’re weak at writing a thesis statement that can be argued. I spend three years teaching…
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Inside Out Teachers' Media Guide Now Available
Inside Out Teachers’ Media Guide Now Available
Inside Out was released on DVD with a host of bonus features. This package allows us to use the movie and bonus features in real and meaningful ways in our classrooms. The Teachers’ Media Guide has ideas for classroom integration for K-8. Check it out here! We’ll be having a 20% off sale November 30 and December 1. It’s a great time to get a few guides and step up your pop culture integration…
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Content Specialists vs Youth Development Specialists
Content Specialists vs Youth Development Specialists
A typical class is 45 – 50 minutes in duration. Project based learning is a hot topic in education these days; but how do you engage kids in meaningful learning when you have them for chunks of time that are less than an hour? The silo-ing of content areas is a main problem. By intermediate middle school, teachers are specialized into their content areas teaching math, science, language arts,…
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We Need to Change a Few Things
We Need to Change a Few Things
This summer I was invited to a birthday party of a dear friend. I was told it would be at her favorite restaurant so I didn’t bother to look up the address when I was ready to go to the party (bad move on my part because they’d opened another location). Anyway, I’m half hour late when I arrive at the restaurant that I THINK is the location of the party. When I arrive I’m greeted by the hostess of…
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HUFFPO: 5 Lessons Hogwarts Teaches Us
HUFFPO: 5 Lessons Hogwarts Teaches Us
by Pam Allyn Become a fan Founder and Executive Director, LitWorld & LitLife; author; literacy and education expert and advocate Young Muggles around the world hold their breath before opening their mailboxes, waiting for the day a snow-flecked owl will deliver their acceptance to Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The Hogwarts School of J.K. Rowling’s classic Harry Potter series is…
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A Real Superhero Suit? Lockheed Martin Experts Weigh In
A Real Superhero Suit? Lockheed Martin Experts Weigh In
With the speed of a hypersonic aircraft, rocket power of a launch vehicle, strength of an armored truck and data-processing power of a supercomputer, today’s superheroes have captured the imagination of millions of fans from every corner of the globe. While there may be no greater fantasy than superhuman powers and out-of-this world technology, if you think the idea of creating a real superhero…
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Mashable: Whip those kids into shape
Mashable: Whip those kids into shape
There are many ways that we incorporate pop culture into our lessons and many times we don’t realize it or how it changes the dynamics in the classroom. Here is a PE teacher who is using pop culture to meet the fitness needs of his students. http://mashable.com/2015/09/15/gym-teacher-whip-nae-nae/#iIK_IpBaUGkY What is so important about this example is that this teacher could have simply warmed…
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Putting the “Pop” into Popular History: Pop Culture Videos in the Classroom
Putting the “Pop” into Popular History: Pop Culture Videos in the Classroom
By by Benjamin Park Kanye West’s presidential ambitions remind us that American history is full of fun surprises—even if most of them are short-lived and forgettable. Although it’s probably too much of a stretch to make the entertainment of #Kanye2020 relevant to American history—though Donald Trump’s candidacy perhaps proves that nothing is outside the realm of possibility—I do love to find pop…
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Mind Shift: Pixar In a Box Teaches Math Through Real Animation Challenges
Mind Shift: Pixar In a Box Teaches Math Through Real Animation Challenges
By Katrina Schwartz Pixar senior scientist Tony DeRose was faced with a problem that animators had never solved — how to make the hand of an old man look lifelike. It was 1998 and he was working on the experimental short film “Geri’s Game.” DeRose needed to figure out how to make a sculpture hand model with many angular planes look smooth and skin-like on the screen. To do this he developed an…
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Rules, Rights and Responsibilities
by KellyAnn Bonnell, MA Intentionality in our planning is a sign of a quality learning environment. This begins with the three R’s of Classroom Management – Rules, Rights and Responsibilities. This is at the foundation of classroom citizenry that I have implemented in my classrooms and enrichment programs since 1991. No classroom community is successful without a clear understanding of how these…
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Controlling the Noise
by KellyAnn Bonnell It’s great when we have dedicated space. We’re able to arrange a room to foster the kinds of learning environments we want for our kids. Not every kind of educator has this luxury. If you’re an educator with dedicated space consider yourself lucky. For the rest of you, many times our learning spaces are large cavernous spaces such as multipurpose rooms, conference rooms or…
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Amanda Ripley: Ask the Kids
Amanda Ripley: Ask the Kids
I’ve introduced you to the concept of Voice, Choice and Engagement. Kids know what works and what doesn’t and Amanda Ripley proves it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-42hks_qvf0 Watch Amanda Here.
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