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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...

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 "Within Technology / Without Technology"
presented by Ryan Goble

Adlai E. Stevenson High School • Lincolnshire, IL • January 29, 2011
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BREAKFAST KEYNOTE "Creatively Connecting Cultures & Communities"
presented by Ryan Goble


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 "Creativity, Media, Literacy, and Differentiation" 
presented by Ryan Goble

Thomas Jefferson Junior High School • Woodridge, IL • October
 27, 2010
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"The English Classroom as a Social Network" 
presented by Erin Micklo & Nicole Trackman

Thomas Jefferson Junior High School • Woodridge, IL • October
 27, 2010
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 "Within Technology / Without Technology" 
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

Thomas Jefferson Junior High School • 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

Malcolm X College • 
Chicago, IL • 
August 11, 2010
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Webinar • June 26, 20
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"What's So Different About Peace, Love and Differentiation?"
presented by 
Blake & Ryan Goble

Westmont Junior High School • 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 Convention Center • 
Philadelphia, PA • 
November 21, 2009
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"Nice Genes, Governor Schwarzenegger - Teaching Genetics through Film" 
presented by
 Ryan Goble & Napoleon Knight

Teachers College Columbia University • 
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

Marriot River Center Hotel • 
San Antonio, TX • 
November 24, 2008
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New York City Department of Education

"Scaffolding Differentiated Instruction" 
presented by Ryan Goble

Montauk Junior High School #223 • 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
 
W
ebinar • October 17, 2008
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"Rock and Roll and the English Classroom"
presented by Ryan Goble & Nicole Trackman

Holiday Inn Washington Dulles • 
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

Fannie Lou Hamer High School • Bronx, NY • January 31
, 2007
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"A Practical Approach to Differentiation: Social Studies and Language Arts Theories, 
Applications and Strategies" 
p
resented by Pam Goble

Hyatt Regency • 
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 Marriott • 
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 Convention Center • 
Pittsburgh, PA • 
November 20, 2005



"The Secondary English Classroom Is a Cultural Studies Classroom”
presented by Ryan Goble

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"Integrating Media Education across the Curriculum: A Full Day Workshop"
presented by Paul Baldoni, Tim Fagan, Ryan Goble & Nicole Trackman

Highlands Middle School • 
Fort Thomas, KY • August 19
, 2005
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Teachers College, Columbia University • 
New York, NY • 
April 22-23, 2005
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“A Journey though the Music, History and Culture of the 1980s”
presented by Ryan Goble & Nicole Trackman

Cleveland State University • 
Cleveland, OH
 • May 23, 2005

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"Teaching Literary Terms Using The Art, Music And Lyrics Of Rock And Roll"
presented by Paul Baldoni, Tim Fagan, Ryan Goble & Nicole Trackman

Indianapolis Convention Center • 
Indianapolis, IN • 
November 19, 2004
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Keynote Lecture: "A History of Rock and Roll from 1989-Present"
"Album Covers in the Humanaties Classroom"
"Paperback Writer: Using the Beatles in the Creative Writing Classroom"
"Bob Marley and Ben Harper - Teaching Socially Conscious Artists" 
presented by Ryan Goble with Blake Goble

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum • 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

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum • Cleveland, OH • June 2001
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Keynote Lecture "A History of Motown: Where Art and Commerce Collide" 
presented by Ryan Goble



"Album Covers in the Humanities Classroom"
"Paperback Writer: Using the Beatles in the Creative Writing Classroom"
presented by Ryan Goble with Lisbeth Goble

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum • Cleveland, OH • June 2000
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"Using Album Covers and Music Videos in the Classroom"
presented by Ryan Goble with Lisbeth Goble

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum • Cleveland, OH • June 21, 1999
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