Should we use popular culture in the classroom? Why or why not?
I believe that we should use popular culture, if it fits the parameters of our lessons and is appropriate for sharing within a school setting.
The students are inundated with youtube, itunes, google, facebook, msn messenger, etc. and respond better to material that is presented in a familiar way rather than simply as text in a book or an article. If I can better grab and keep all student's attention (or many,) particularly the boys, why would I choose not to? I want their attention, and so long as the focus is on what is done with the knowledge and content, rather than simply showing movies for entertainment, I believe the more teaching tools I can use, the better.
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