Making Curriculum Pop

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Thanks to everyone who voted for MC POP at this year's Edublog Awards! Please check out their great collection of online ed resources by exploring all the nominees and winners HERE.

ABOUT MC POP

Hey, Hey, Hey this is Ryan Goble coming at you with teaching resources and fun; and if you're not careful we’ll share some cool web links before we’re done!

Echoing one of my educational heroes, Bill Cosby, Making Curriculum Pop was created in the spirit of groundbreaking shows like Fat Albert, Sesame Street and School House Rock. Each of these programs embraced common cultures to engage kids in learning. That type of education – the fun, cool, meaningful and engaging kind - is what Making Curriculum Pop is here to facilitate through Ning’s Web 2.0 technology.

In the summer of 2009 my wife and I moved back home to Chicago where I teach teachers as an adjunct professor at Aurora, Roosevelt and Benedictine Universities. From 2005-2009 I worked as a curriculum coordinator and new teacher coach at a high school in the South Bronx, NYC. During that time I spent a lot of time sharing teaching resources that utilize common cultures. Building on the work I was doing in my day job I thought it would be powerful and political to bring together a collective of teachers dedicated to making curriculum pop. The site officially launched on January 20 ,2009.

It is hard for individual teachers to catch every cool website, video clip, song, study guide or comic but collectively MC POP is a forum where we can all share resources to reinvent our core curriculum and the larger dialogue on public education. So if you use popular and common cultures to reflect, refract, refocus and reinvent your core curriculum MC POP is the place for you.

The site is a spin off of the work that Paul, Nicole and I do at Mindblue but it is not designed to be an advertising hub. I’m sure we’ll broadcast a message when we release a new study guide but that is not the focus of the web site. NONE of the links I e-mail are paid solicitations. The ads on the right sidebar are placed by Ning and will be there until I decide we can pay for the network (that lets you know how - cough - impressive the present Mindblue revenue stream is). I dig teachers and companies that do cool work and want to share those resources with teachers however, this network is designed for educators who work with students.

As the network evolves over time, I’ll articulate guidelines for folks with commercial interests and individuals around spam. In the meantime I hope you’ll get started by doing something cool on the network.

Good Vibes,

Ryan R. Goble

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Pop Culture Meets Campaign 2012

The screenwriter Etan Cohen (of "Men In Black 3") imagines the Vice-Presidential vetting process in Mitt Makes A Friend.See More
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Science Teachers

For science teachers who want to make their curriculum pop!
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The end of the year & perhaps start of a new beginning...

We are quickly approaching the end of the school year.  My kids take their SOL (standardized state test) on Tuesday - so I'm searching for things to run them through on Monday - drill and kill.  But, I'd also like to find some games to play with them that will teach them.  Any ideas?  My boss has mentioned cause & effect - and I have a Smart Board "game" with figurative language.  I'll probably use that.  I could really use some help.  And any suggestions for the rest of the year - we're…See More
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College Magazine Cover Parodies Popular Celebrity Mag

Study Breaks, a magazine aimed at the college/university crowd, is borrowing its front cover design from the popular celebrity periodical US WEEKLY.  Compare both covers side by side here. SB is published by Shweiki Media; while US is published by Wenner Media…See More
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Profiling One Costume Designer's Work

Vanity Fair's feature "From Sketch To Still" examines the work of Colleen Atwood's work in the film "Snow White and the Huntsman." The…See More
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QUESTION: Henry IV Part 1 vs. Part 2

To help my students better appreciate Falstaff in Merry Wives of Windsor, I am playing around with the idea of reading Henry IV.  However, because we don't have time in the class to read both plays, I wanted to pick the one that seemed to best lead into Merry Wives of Windsor.  I have not personally read either in their entirety, and have been doing some research that makes me think Part 2 is the best choice for my purposes.  However, everything that I have been able to find in terms of…See More
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Joan Axthelm replied to Gabriela Gonzalez's discussion Teaching Science to English Language Learner (ELL) Students in the group Science Teachers
"I found this and thought of this string: http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/cells/insideacell/"
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How top studios create their best movie posters for Hollywood and indie films

DigitalArts magazine (April 2012) has this nice backgrounder on the competitive world of film poster design.See More
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Frank W. Baker added a discussion to the group Art & Visual Cultures
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How top studios create their best movie posters for Hollywood and indie films

DigitalArts magazine provides a nice backgrounder on the competitive world of film poster design.See More
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Frank W. Baker added a discussion to the group Advertising
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How top studios create their best movie posters for Hollywood and indie films

DigitalArts magazine provides a nice backgrounder on the competitive world of film poster design.See More
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Engaging Students In Media Literacy

It is always gratifying as an author to learn that teachers have incorporated one of your books into instruction.  In this blog, two teachers document their use of the…See More
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Diane Boni replied to Diane Boni's discussion QUESTION: Films to Support K-5 ELA Instruction? in the group Teach with Moving Images
"Thanks, Susan. I'll check that out."
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Diane Boni replied to Diane Boni's discussion QUESTION: Films to Support K-5 ELA Instruction? in the group Teach with Moving Images
"Thank you so much for sharing this wealth of recommendations and ideas, Marcy. I appreciate your suggestions about ways to integrate science and social studies. We're already using Brain Pop, so it's nice to have the reinforcement!"
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