Mindblue is always on the road - taking our inventive approach to a classroom near you. When the whole team gathers to visit a school or teachers' convention it’s like an educational rock concert - complete with audience participation, free lesson plans, and live music. We're in the process of adding the full archive but here's is a sampler of where we've been...
 


Conference on English Leaadership


Workshop: "The Key to Writing Curriculum:
High Interest Interdisciplinary Teacher Inquiry"


presented by Ryan Goble Las Vegas, NV • November 20, 2012

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Two-Year College English Association, West Annual Conference

Keynote: "The Power of Paradox,
Active Learning for the 21st Century Professor"


presented by Ryan Goble
 Salt Lake City, UT • October 19, 2012

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Iowa Council of Teachers of English

Keynote: "Media Circles: Cooperative Learning for Media Savvy Teachers"

Workshop: "At Least 1,000 Words - Seeing Non-Fiction Across Multiple Media"


presented by Ryan Goble
 Johnson, IA • October 11, 2012

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4T Virtual Conference @ University of Michigan

Workshop: "
Media Circles: Cooperative Learning for Media Savvy Teachers"
 
   presented by Ryan Goble • Ann Arbor, MI • May 22, 2012

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2012 IRC Conference

"Media Circles: Cooperative Learning for Media-Savvy Teachers"

presented by Ryan Goble & Pam Goble • Springfield, IL • March 17, 2012

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presented by Ryan Goble & Pam Goble • Grand Rapids, MI • March 12-14, 2012

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"Media Circles: Cooperative Learning for Media-Savvy Technology" 

 presented by Ryan Goble • Lincolnshire, IL • January 28, 2012

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ICE

 "Within Technology / Without Technology"

presented by Ryan Goble • Lincolnshire, IL • January 29, 2011

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Breakfast Keynote: "Creatively Connecting Cultures and Communites"

presented by Ryan Goble
• Lincolnshire, IL • January 29, 2010

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Thomas Jefferson Junior High School

 "Creativity, Media, Literacy, and Differentiation"

presented by Ryan Goble • Woodridge, IL • October
 27, 2010

"The English Classroom as a Social Network" 

presented by Erin Micklo & Nicole Trackman • Woodridge, IL • October
 27, 2010


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presented by Pam Goble & Ryan Goble •
Orlando, FL • November 18, 2010

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"What's So Different About Peace, Love and Differentiation?"

presented by Ryan Goble • Woodridge, IL • October
 27, 2010

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"Making Science Curriculum Pop: Science, Pop Culture & Better Practice” 

presented by Ryan Goble • Webinar • October 18, 2010

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"High and Low Tech Tools for Active Learning"

presented by Ryan Goble • 
Chicago, IL • 
August 11, 2010

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presented by Kelly Clark & Ryan Goble • Webinar • June 26, 2010

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"What's So Different About Peace, Love and Differentiation?"

presented by Ryan Goble & Blake Goble • Westmont, IL • 
February 26, 2010

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National Council for Teachers of English 2009 Annual Convention
Once and Future Classics: Reading Between the Lines

"Visual Literacy: Reading Between the (Film) Frame"

presented by Mary Christel, Ryan Goble & Elizabeth Stanley • 
Philadelphia, PA • 
November 21, 2009

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"Nice Genes, Governor Schwarzenegger - Teaching Genetics through Film" 

presented by Ryan Goble & Napoleon Knight •
New York, NY • 
April 4-5, 2009

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The 2008 Conference on English Leadership

"Rap, Rock and Revolution in Classroom Teaching" 

presented by Ryan Goble & Nicole Trackman • 
San Antonio, TX • 
November 24, 2008
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New York City Department of Education

"Scaffolding Differentiated Instruction"

presented by Ryan Goble • Brooklyn
, NY • June 18
, 2008

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University of Michigan MAC (Master of Arts w/Cert.) Program

"Making a Teaching Journey”
 
presented by Ryan Goble & Nicole Trackman • Webinar • October 17, 2008

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"Rock and Roll and the English Classroom"

presented by Ryan Goble & Nicole Trackman •
Dulles, VA • 
October 19-21, 2007

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National Academy for Excellent Teaching Small Schools Conference

"Teaching the Best Practice Way Using Popular Cultures"

presented by Ryan Goble • Bronx, NY • January 31, 2007

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"A Practical Approach to Differentiation: Social Studies and Language Arts Theories,
Applications and Strategies" 

presented by Pam Goble •
Louisville, KY • 
October 26, 2006

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"Better Practices in K-12 Media Education: A Full Day Workshop"

presented by Paul Baldoni, Tim Fagan, Ryan Goble & Nicole Trackman • 
Louisville, KY
• 
February 24-25, 2006

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"Understanding Canonical Texts Through Rock And Roll"

  presented by Paul Baldoni, Ryan Goble & Nicole Trackman • 
Pittsburgh, PA • 
November 20, 2005

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"The Secondary English Classroom Is a Cultural Studies Classroom”

presented by Ryan Goble
• New York, NY • April 22-23, 2005

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"Integrating Media Education across the Curriculum: A Full Day Workshop"

presented Paul Baldoni, Tim Fagan, Ryan Goble & Nicole Trackman • 
Fort Thomas, KY • August 19
, 2005

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“A Journey though the Music, History and Culture of the 1980s”

presented by Ryan Goble & Nicole Trackman • 
Cleveland, OH
 • May 23, 2005

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"Teaching Literary Terms Using The Art, Music And Lyrics Of Rock And Roll"

presented Paul Baldoni, Tim Fagan, Ryan Goble & Nicole Trackman • 
Indianapolis, IN
• 
November 19, 2004

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Keynote Lecture: "A History of Rock and Roll from 1989-Present"

"Album Covers in the Humanities Classroom"

"Paperback Writer: Using the Beatles in the Creative Writing Classroom"

"Bob Marley and Ben Harper - Teaching Socially Conscious Artists" 

presented by Ryan Goble • Cleveland, OH • June 2003

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"Album Covers in the Humanities Classroom"

"Paperback Writer: Using the Beatles in the Creative Writing Classroom"


"The Motown Sound: Creating Pop Curricula & School-Business Partnerships" 

presented by Ryan Goble • Cleveland, OH • June 2001

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Keynote Lecture "A History of Motown: Where Art and Commerce Collide"

presented by Ryan Goble


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"Album Covers in the Humanities Classroom"

"Paperback Writer: Using the Beatles in the Creative Writing Classroom"

presented by Ryan Goble with Lisbeth Goble • Cleveland, OH • June 2000

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"Using Album Covers and Music Videos in the Classroom"

presented by Ryan Goble with Lisbeth Goble • Cleveland, OH • June 21, 1999

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