Welcome to Cycle 7 of The 30 Goals Challenge: Make it Meaningful!
“It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.” – Albert Einstein
Goal: Engage your students with pop culture appropriate for their ages. Teach a lesson with a song or share an example or anecdote from a famous celebrity your students respect. There are several teachers who get students to read, write, and learn their subject matter with pop culture. Check out Amy Burvall’s music videos that teach history with a Lady Gaga flare, teachers who rap to teach math, Fluency MC who helps students learn grammar through rap, Flocabulary, Fresh Education pop songs for writing and literature, or Nuskool’s lesson plans based on pop culture.
Discover more about this goal in my recent interview with Noah Geisel (@SenorG). Click below or listen to the interview here.
New to The 30 Goals Challenge? Each year, teachers worldwide aim to accomplish 1 to 30 goals that transform their teaching. Join the movement by accomplishing any goal from any of the cycles then letting us know through a blog reflection or status update on our Facebook community or on Twitter,@30GoalsEdu . At our official site, 30Goals.com, find all the goals, participant reflections, badges, and get your copy of The 30 Goals for Teachers: Small Steps to Transform Your Classroom workbook.
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Shelly Terrell is an education consultant, technology trainer, and author. Read more at teacherrebootcamp.com.
