Taunya Banks. It doesn't take much to get University of Maryland School of Law professor Taunya Banks talking about law and film.
In fact, you could probably just say the words "law" and "film" and sit back and enjoy hours of discourse on the subject. But it's hardly surprising that she has a lot to say. Banks has been a lawyer for nearly 40 years, taught law for 30 years, led a class on law in film at Maryland for the last five years, and been a film and TV fan since her family was the first on her block to get a box. Now Banks has put together a conference called "The CSI Effect on Criminal Prosecutions: Truth or Fiction" that looks at how crime and justice TV has affected actual crime and justice. City Paper recently sat down with Banks to discuss the conference and her dual passions of law and pop culture, and off she went winding from topic to topic with hardly a nudge from her interviewer.
Composition Studies, Heteronormativity, and Popular Culture. Cultural Studies in Composition For an example of composition's lack of representation, I want to return to the beginnings of cultural studies in composition.
Specifically, I want to examine John Trimbur’s “Cultural Studies and Teaching Writing.” Certainly, much has changed in thesixfteen years since this article was published in terms of composition’s exploration of sexual identity, but this article is significant because the kinds of silences it contains still occur in composition studies, the media, and popular culture. In discussions of sexual identity in our classrooms, students will benefit much from an examination of what is not said about sexuality in our culture. Such a reading of Trimbur’s list is even more suggestive when it is placed in its historical context. DevelopmentEducation.ie. Tim Weedon "In this module, I explore music, in particular hip-hop music, in education and suggest that using popular music approaches designed to add, supplement and encourage meaning, needs to relate to young people's contextual experiences - their daily life experiences outside of their formal/vocational educational structures however challenging this may be for the educator.
" A note about Tim Weedon Tim Weedon is a popular educator who specialises in popular culture with a focus on Hip-Hop. He is a music manager, writes his own music and has now dedicated his career to supporting and promoting young people interested in the music industry. Tim began his career in the music industry writing, performing and managing 'rap' and 'hip-hop' bands'. A note about this module Popular Culture in Education 'Are teachers, schools, youth groups and educators prepared to cross the threshold to becoming cool?
' Young people today consider popular culture to be 'cool'. Exercise 1 A.) B.) C.) D.) Pop culture in the classroom. Pop Culture in the Classroom. Find pop culture resources online Whatever you’re searching for, chances are you can find it online.
Here are a few leading sites to help you integrate popular culture into your lesson plans. Song lyrics. Find song lyrics in various languages by searching these sites: lyrics.com, azlyrics.com, smartlyrics.com, and elyricsworld.com. Commercials. The largest archive of TV commercials lives at usatvads.com. Video games. Popular Culture s Place in the English Composition Classroom. Popular Culture in the English Classroom. Fabulous Collection of Disney Frozen Teaching & Learning Resources. Disney Frozen Teaching & Learning Resources I’ll admit it, I’m a Disney junkie.
I couldn’t wait for Frozen to come out in theaters, and when it did I was not disappointed! Clearly, the rest of the planet wasn’t either, seeing how it has now become the largest grossing Disney movie of all time! If you haven’t seen it, you must! Here is the trailer in case you somehow missed it Ok, we know it’s awesome, so now let’s incorporate it into learning! Frozen Teaching Resources – Lessons Teaching Resources – Activities Teaching Resources – Printables <a HREF=" Widgets</a> **Please be aware that this post contains affiliate links. I hope you enjoy these Frozen teaching resources!
Cool Teachers’ Guide to Pop Culture in the Classroom. When you see a Lady Gaga music video, do you think of it as a teachable material for your classroom? Probably not. But for some visionary teachers, pop culture is a useful tool that can help get students interested and engaged in learning, and even offer resources for better understanding classroom material. Why Teach Pop Culture? Pop culture offers an opportunity for educators to meet students where they are. Students spend much of their time interacting with popular culture, and using it as an educational tool allows teachers to make that time more productive. Meeting students where their interests lie allows educators to better communicate with their pupils. "Let them tell you about their world and you’ll have a much easier time telling them about yours," says history professor Clay Morgan .
Thanks to popular shows like , students today are now used to learning through "edutainment. " Pop culture outside the classroom inspires learning as well.