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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Peter Gutierrez added a discussion to the group Graphic Novels & Comics
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Two New Free Teaching Guides -- both for graphic nonfiction in the content areas

Both of these free PDF downloads seemed to go live within days of each other last month; sorry that I'm only getting around to sharing them now. There's a chance, I guess, that you're considering teaching with these titles, as they're both of merit, and from well-known publishers... but even if you're not, you might want to check out the TG's as the ideas (especially the student reproducibles) can be adapted to the graphic novels and nonfiction titles that you are teaching...March, Book 1 (Nate…See More
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Superman

Did you hear? The new Superman film has broken the record -- becoming the first film to make more money from "product placement" than any previous film. It raked in something between $160- $200M US before even opening.  Analysts say this kind of income helps keep ticket…See More
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Graphic Novels & Comics

For people interested in discussing comics in the classroom!
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Lisa Ripley replied to Sonjanita moore's discussion QUESTION: iPad, iPad Mini, Nook or Chromebook? in the group New Media & Technology
"I piloted 1 to 1 with netbooks...I can't remember the device. We went with Chromebooks last year 1 to 1 in a high school environment. The kids like the Chromebooks and a usb port is important but it really does depend on what you're going…"
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New Media & Technology

Looking for a Web 2.0 app for your classroom? Here's a space for people interested in new technologies and media.
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Poets & Writers

This is a group for those who teach many genres of writing with a special emphasis on the poetic part of our teaching.
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Media Education/Literacy

I'm partial to Media Education, but the more popular conceptualization of these issues is Media Literacy. Join here do discuss these educational movements.See More
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Identity: Gender, Race, Sexuality & Other Tricky Stuff

How do you teach about identity, gender, race sexuality and related tricky topics using popular culture?
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Graphic Novels & Comics

For people interested in discussing comics in the classroom!
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Teach with Moving Images

Do you like teaching with movies? Like using TV and online films for teaching? Grab some popcorn and have a seat!See More
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Adolescent Literature

We examine books for young adults so we can better understand what makes them tick. Share your reads with us.
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organizing teaching ideas/tips 3 Replies

Started by melanie almufti in General Discussion. Last reply by Nina Dibner Apr 28.

AP Physics C Videos 1 Reply

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