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What is your connection to education?: High School Teacher

What subjects do you teach / specialize in?: English and Gastronomy

What 5 essential pop culture artifacts (CDs, DVDs, Books, Images, Toys, etc.) would you have on your desert island?: My music library (and if I can hijack my brother's) in whichever format my desert island will allow; my cooking magazines and dvds (this counts, right?) which seems futile, but i just love them; Arrested Development, It's Always Sunny, and 30 Rock collections...

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Eating Our Way Through School: Using food in the Gastronomy, English or Social Studies classroom

There is a lot of talk these days about edible gardens and the National School Lunch program which is why I think the time is ripe to implement gastronomy curricula into classrooms across the country. If Michael Pollan is right and we have a "national eating disorder," then it's… Continue

Posted on June 7, 2010 at 10:52am — 10 Comments

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At 1:38am on November 30, 2010, Ryan Goble said…: Act 1 might be totally teachable and the market worth a visit. It was right by my school & I never went :(

ACT ONE. ORANGE YOU GLAD I DIDN’T SAY BANANA?
Adam Davidson and Chana Joffe-Walt from Planet Money head to the Hunts Point Market in the Bronx, a bustling area of vegetable and fruit commerce that only comes alive at night. Planet Money is a co-production of NPR News and This American Life. (14 minutes)

At 8:34am on May 29, 2010, Ryan Goble said…: You might also like the the P.E., Health & Wellness Education group!

At 8:32am on May 29, 2010, Ryan Goble said…: Howdy

Great to have you here! Wait - is you're brother's library really that cool? :)

Since you rock the English thing you might consider joining some of the ELA groups to stay up on resources and discussion.
Popular Music
Teach with the Moving Image
World Literature
American Literature
British Lit (sans Shakespeare)
Making Shakespeare Pop
Poets and Writers
Adolescent Literature
Graphic Novels
New Modern Languages & ELL
Digital Storytelling
and the brand new Making Drama POP! group

At the top of the group there should be an little + sign similar to the one in the International Educators group (image below) that says "+Join Group X." Easy stuff.

Good Vibes,

Ryan:)