The Pedagogy and Popular Culture area requests proposals for paper presentations and panels on any topic involving successful or innovative approaches for teaching literature, media studies, film, cultural studies, history, television, rhetoric and composition, technical writing, technology, etc. We also welcome proposals that identify and discuss the existence or implication of specific pedagogical problems or issues, whether or not these advance any new methodologies.  Proposals regarding using popular culture in the classroom are particularly encouraged.

Teachers from any type of school or curriculum are encouraged to submit proposals. Graduate students with teaching experience are particularly welcome. We also welcome innovative practices from independent scholars and secondary educators.

While we encourage and welcome all topics involving pedagogy and/or curriculum development, some suggestions for possible papers or panels are listed below:

Combining unusual disciplines in Writing Across the Curriculum courses

Utilizing new media technologies or Web 2.0 tools

Multimodal learning

Discussing the benefits and challenges of online teaching; best practice presentations are gleefully welcome!

Integrating popular television, films, novels, graphic novels, or music for meaningful classroom lesson planning

Teaching games and game theory

Utilizing social networking tools in the classroom

Using Wikis or Blogs in the classroom

Teaching with podcasts and videocasts

Editing family letters and/or journals in student projects

Promoting active learning by co-opting structures typically associated with webpages

Integrating service learning with traditional curricula

Constructing student projects as museum exhibits

Challenging standard pedagogical assumptions

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