Ryan Goble

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NYC / Aurora, IL

United States

Profile Information:

What is your connection to education?: High School Teacher, Post-Secondary Teacher, Teacher Coach, Author
What subjects do you teach / specialize in?: Everything but Math and Foreign Language - emphasis on the Humanities...
School, business or institutional affiliation: Teachers College Columbia University, Aurora University, Roosevelt University, DeVry University, Mindblue
Website, Blog, Wiki, Twitter, or Facebook URL(s): http://mcpopmb.ning.com
http://www.mindblue.com/
http://twitter.com/@_mindblue_
What 5 essential pop culture artifacts (CDs, DVDs, Books, Images, Toys, etc.) would you have on your desert island?: I know the urge to load up an iPod is almost insurmountable, but we're going to try and party on this desert island like it's 1999. I think later on, I'll make it five artifacts in each genre, but for today these are my 5 essentials:

MUSIC: Jeff Buckley, Grace - Stevie Wonder Songs In the Key of Life, John Coltrane, A Love Supreme
FILM: The Royal Tenenbaums, Sweet & Lowdown, Clockers
BOOK: Another Country - James Baldwin

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Liz Rohan

Hi Ryan--Thanks for the warm welcome. Still trying to figure out how to navigate this site. My goal is to introduce my students, many who will be English and language arts teachers, to as many genres as possible as readers and writers. So this site will be helpful!

Feb 21, 2010
Margaret Carhart

Hi, Ryan. Today I used your CTM activity as a whole novel discussion tool about Invisible Man. The students loved it! In small groups they brainstormed in different categories: characters, motifs, symbols, settings, great lines, ideas/concepts... Each category had a different color post-it note, each post-it had a separate item. Round 1: put down a post-it anywhere. Read everyone's note. Round 2: put down a new post-it and connect it to an existing one with a line and explanation of the connection. Once they got going, they didn't want to stop--somewhat magical! We'll continue tomorrow.
In a school where the technology is often broken or non-existent, this non-wired activity made the curriculum pop! Thanks!

Feb 23, 2010
Jackie Gerstein

Thanks Ryan for noticing my profile pic. It is me! It has symbolism on a lot of levels.

Feb 28, 2010
Jesse McLean

Awesome, Ryan. Thanks again for this wonderful site and your help! Really looking forward to becomig addicted to this ning :)
- Jesse McLean

Mar 8, 2010
Shelly Frew

Ryan, thanks for the wonderful welcome! I will take your advice on to join the Media & Technology group. Looking forward to finding lots of information!

Mar 9, 2010
Blanca E. Duarte

Howdy Ryan! Thank you for your welcome! Yes, the Math group looks very interesting! I'll be sharing this NING with my teachers - we are looking at different ways to make Curriculum POP and this is certainly the most "fun" looking NING I've seen to date. I think they'll really like it! :) Thanks!

Mar 18, 2010
Chiranjeet Bhattacharyya

Hi Ryan! thanks a lot for the welcome. I am sure that i will be having an enjoyable time in this ning...I will be spreading this network among my colleagues for sure..

Ciao

Mar 22, 2010
Alexandra West

Thanks for the links! Much appreciated. Have a good weekend/week.

Mar 27, 2010
the grey area

Congrats on 2000 members. I went to mindblue.com and it made me so happy! I will be using those resources in my lessons for next school year...

Mar 27, 2010
Dana Huff

Are you on Twitter?

Mar 27, 2010
Dana Huff

I will totally post my stuff. I just need to get around to it. I'm working on an IT master's right now, and my entire spring break has been sucked up by catching up on grad school, so it's a matter of available time.

Apr 2, 2010
Amy

Ryan - Thank you so much for the warm welcome. Your site is amazing and so glad I came across it. I look forward to looking around and getting to know your site more and begin sharing it with my department.

Apr 6, 2010
Luke Rodesiler

Thanks, Ryan. After the invitation to share a piece, I was glad to contribute. I didn't even realize it was out yet.

As for Sparty, yeah, that's a tough way to go out. Of course, with Izzo, there's always next year!

Apr 7, 2010
Michael Low

Thanks for the warm welcome - I was steered here by Jeff Stanzler, who mentioned you were another product of the MAC program. He steered me here after a conversation about a current project; looking forward to exploring!

Thanks again!

Apr 19, 2010
Sarah Lavery

Thanks so much... and thank you for organizing the workshop today. I got tons of awesome feedback particularly relating to my rubric that was awesome.

May 1, 2010
Sarah Lavery

No Problem! Also, I emailed Kim thanking her from our class.

May 2, 2010
Susan

Ryan,
Thank you so much for that link. It is really powerful. Showing it would be best, but I think I will run it by my principal first. I am not sure just talking about it will make the kids truely understand. Thx!

May 5, 2010
Susan

I thought you would like this "Television is a drug" video. It is toward the bottom.
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/

May 8, 2010
ingrid pruss

Hi Ryan,
Could you please send me a link to the program you once spoke about on one of the groups (I cannot recall which one) whereby I can use a still work of art and students can respond by writing on it, recording their voice, or linking to other websites? I can't recall the name of the website at all, and I wanted to give it a try in class. Thanks so much for your help.

Warmly,

Ingrid

May 9, 2010
Molly Lingenfelter

Thank you for the welcome! I plan to do more exploring after I wrap up this semester.

May 10, 2010
Terry Dubow

Thanks Ryan - glad to be here -- I teach Media Lit to seniors and 7th graders at an all girls' school in Shaker Heights. Have done so for 10 years. Will be good to get some new ideas and hear what others are doing.

May 11, 2010
Angelia Ross

Ryan, I am very excitied to learn and collaborate with you and the group as a whole. I will check out the administrators page as well however, thinking I should be in the "know" on both sides. Looking forward to many discussions!

May 16, 2010
Karen Finter

Thanks Ryan! I joined some of the other groups - and am starting to get the hang of the environment! What a tremendous site! I am working to put together a sustained PD for my teachers (experienced educators, but perhaps not so tech saavy) as a year-long exploration....

I also teach pre-service teachers at Nazareth college in Rochester- and many of them were very skilled in referencing popular culture in their instruction - this will be a way for them to share- but also to learn! Thanks -K

May 19, 2010
Angela Madden

Awesome! Thanks for the welcome. I will definitely check out some of the other groups.

May 28, 2010
Mr. B

Thanks Ryan. Will do. Great site. Happy to be here.

Jun 1, 2010
Harry Smith

Looks like the mindblue site is down. Any word on when it might be up again?

Jun 6, 2010
Peggy McCall

Thanks Ryan! What a neat place! A place for teacher's to shine!

Jun 10, 2010
Johan Cornelissen

Thanks Ryan!

I'll check it out when I come back - flying out for 4 weeks of holiday!

Jun 10, 2010
Rosetta Buick

Thanks for the recommendations Ryan!! This is such an awesome site!! Thx!!

Jun 12, 2010
Stephanie Balascio

Thanks Ryan! I'm looking forward to exploring the site once the end of year tizzy has settled.

Jun 24, 2010
Terri Grams

Thanks Ryan! I had looked into his pictures. These and I have access to bunches of National Geographic pictures too. Between the two I should have plenty to choose from. Thanks for your suggestion. You are a wealth of knowledge. I have found everything you've taught us to be EXTREMELY useful! I don't know how you do it all. You have my highest admiration!!! :)

Jun 27, 2010
Kiran Kumar K

Thanks Ryan. Hope this will help me a great deal.

Jun 30, 2010
Yancy Byrne

Thanks, Ryan. I am in year 12 of teaching middle school math. This will be my best year yet:) I am excited about being part of this ning thing:)

Have a great day!

Jul 1, 2010
Daniel Beylerian

Thank you for the links. Been teaching HS for 21 years. Beginning new adventure in Literacy focussed school for LD students this September.

Jul 1, 2010
Deven Black

Thanks Ryan. I joined the special education group this morning and I will check out the social studies groups right now.

Jul 1, 2010
Guillermo Bautista

Thanks Ryan. I am really new to this stuff. Can you believe it, I replied to your email. Haha... anyway, it's nice to be here.

Jul 4, 2010
Carol Malthaner

Thanks. I already joined the Graphic Novels group, but I will check out your suggestions as well.

Jul 10, 2010
Fran Bullington

Thanks, Ryan. I've joined both and look forward to the conversations.

Jul 10, 2010
dale leyden

Thanks! I'll take a look.

Jul 11, 2010
Shane Jensen

Thank you for the suggestions. I will probably join those groups, as well as many others as I find those that are most helpful to me and that I can contribute to.

Jul 11, 2010
Kelley Cusmano

thanks for the suggestions and congrats on your baby girl!!

Jul 12, 2010
Phyllis Ain

I am really bad at all of this -- no experience. I am a reading specialist working with upper elementary kids who are really into graphica -- comics and everything that comes with this. The problem with a lot of graphic novels is they are hard to follow -- need to pay really close attention to both visuals and words to comprehend.
I look forward to exploring and sharing ideas with both groups. Interested in appreciating as well as using the site.

Jul 13, 2010
Phyllis Ain

I looked at your photos and they are amazing. I love the movement . thanks for sharing

Jul 13, 2010
William Bangs

thanks for the suggestions ryan. i will definitely check those groups out. thanks! - will

Jul 13, 2010
PJ

Thanks for the tip, Ryan--and the welcome. Great ning. :)

Jul 13, 2010
Susan Rio Carson

Thanks, Ryan.
I am looking forward to investigating the site and learning a lot about technology and adding it to my curriculum!

Jul 13, 2010
Jan Foughner

Ryan,
This is a great resource and one I look forward to using and with whom I would like to share. Thank you for great suggestions!

Jul 15, 2010
Scott Earl

Thanks, Ryan. I look forward to learning from the groups and contributing.

Jul 16, 2010
Kathleen Cumberland

Thanks, Ryan. I am so excited about the information you shared with mind connections! I can't wait for school to start. I am looking forward to reading the other three PDF files you referenced. The visual of that one classroom was really helpful, too. I loved your staff development questions as well. Great job!

Jul 19, 2010
Pamela Foster

Hi Ryan!
I appreciate the guide toward where you thought I might find a niche, but I am a Special Educator (Intervention Specialist K-12) and have a concentration in Transition. I am quite sure there is material that will be helpful since my students have always been all over the map, so to speak.
I was downsized (not personally, although I would like to lose about 50 lbs) one week ago exactly, so I have been a bit stretched looking for another position,

Jul 19, 2010