Past Gigs
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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"Media Circles: Cooperative Learning for Media-Savvy Teachers"
presented by Ryan Goble & Pam Goble • Springfield, IL • March 17, 2012
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Michigan Reading Association - 56th Annual Conference
Keynote: "Media Circles"
presented by Ryan Goble & Pam Goble • Grand Rapids, MI • March 12-14, 2012
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18th Annual NICE Mini Conference
"Media Circles: Cooperative Learning for Media-Savvy Technology"
presented by Ryan Goble • Lincolnshire, IL • January 28, 2012
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17th Annual NICE Mini Conference
"Within Technology / Without Technology"
presented by Ryan Goble • Lincolnshire, IL • January 29, 2011
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The 2010 Conference on English Leadership
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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National Council for Teachers of English 2010 Annual Convention
Teachers and Students Together: Living Literate Lives
"Within Technology / Without Technology"
presented by Pam Goble & Ryan Goble • Orlando, FL • November 18, 2010
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Thomas Jefferson Junior High School
"What's So Different About Peace, Love and Differentiation?"
presented by Ryan Goble • Woodridge, IL • October 27, 2010
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University of North Carolina - Professor Leigh Hall's Content Area Literacy Class
"Making Science Curriculum Pop: Science, Pop Culture & Better Practice”
presented by Ryan Goble • Webinar • October 18, 2010
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City Colleges of Chicago Faculty Development Week
"High and Low Tech Tools for Active Learning"
presented by Ryan Goble • Chicago, IL • August 11, 2010
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Math 2.0 Interest Group on the Future of Math
"Making Curriculum Pop: Math, Pop Culture and Better Practice"
presented by Kelly Clark & Ryan Goble • Webinar • June 26, 2010
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Community Unified School District 201
"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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Teach, Think, Play: The Moving Image in the Classroom
"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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Virginia Association of Teachers of English
Sharing Inspiration in a Time of Standardization
"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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National Middle School Association Conference
"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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Kentucky Council of Teachers of English
Inspiring Minds - Celebrating Success
"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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National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention - Common Ground
"Understanding Canonical Texts Through Rock And Roll"
presented by Paul Baldoni, Ryan Goble & Nicole Trackman • Pittsburgh, PA • November 20, 2005
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Cultural Studies Matters: A Conference On Cultural Studies And Education
"The Secondary English Classroom Is a Cultural Studies Classroom”
presented by Ryan Goble • New York, NY • April 22-23, 2005
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Fort Thomas Independent Schools
"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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Contemporary Youth Orchestra of Cleveland featuring Pat Benatar and Neil Garaldo
“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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National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention - Significance
"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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