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If you talk about why these things are important to us as a society. Make us research popular things and then you have us write about them. Don't just grade us on a standard topic (e.g. story of an important event in our life), grade us on things we care about (e.g. why person A is with person B, why our favorite game is banned in the United States, is Net Neutrality is going to pass as a law, etc.)

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I enjoy when we read/listen and annotate songs and current poems. I also think that it is fun to write about things that have happened in our lives and what is happening in our world today.

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You could find and discuss the similarities and differences between the standard curriculum (i.e. classic books, etc.) and pop culture (movies, tv, games)

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I think, integrating pop culture into our curriculum would help students further relate to topics. I feel as though, I myself am more engaged, and even more excited when I can relate to the topic we are studying. At times I even become more passionate and my work shows that. The product of having students relate to a topic, such as social justice, typically can help the student find their voice as a writer. Possibly even as a person.

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If you relate current events and pop culture to whatever the subject we are learning, it would make kids understand it more and be more engaged. For example, if you are in history, relate events of the past to things going on now

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If some students stop arguing about something we should probably be fine .

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we can learn about pop culture that we really relate to

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Watch movies

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Engaging in class is really just up to people, some like things, some don’t so maybe classes should try to catch the attention of more students so people can be more engaged

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Art gallery walks

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We could actually learn about pop culture

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Discussions, watch movies

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We could watch movies and write about what we think about them, and have class discussions. I like having class discussions so everyone can give input and share their thoughts, I think that helps us learn.

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I personally think that letting the voices of the future speak their minds is a very vital part of growing up as individuals. So, speaking about topics people normally don't get to talk about will let people, (kids and adults) finally see the full picture of whats happening in today's society.

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I'm engaged when I'm not being talked at. I also engage when I have freedom to write or read what I want. I think it would be fun to have some pop culture mixed into the class. I feel more students would engage.

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We can relate trending topics on the internet (from like twitter/tumblrs trending charts) and relate them in our curriculum. Whether it’s writting an opinionated poem or having a class conversation. Also watching videos and movies bc I know that a lot of students are visual learners. You can creat art pieces and have students do art statements instead of essays. Also one and one work times are valued to me, because you feel more connected.

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Learning about pop culture would be pretty fun, not only would it be fun we maybe able to relate to things that we are learning about, which would be much better for us to write about if we could relate to it.

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We need to have small group talks. We need to learn more about race and other things that's going on in the world.
I also think we should talk about things not a lot of people talk about so that we can make people more aware.

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Hell, what i like the most is when we have discussions, but i just want to say the distraction in this class is just horrible, and i hate that, cause it is affecting my relationship. If we add pop culture, that would be cool, but i doubt that people will be interested.

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kb

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you could do one on one

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i like white girls

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an cab

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I think we need to watch anime like naruto

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its cool because it can engage students.

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cool

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nice

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No thanks

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If you incorporate pop culture into our curriculum it would help some students engage I guess.

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listening to music and talking about what it really means

making jokes lighten up dark situation: IF A VACUUM ISN'T GOOD, DOES IT SUCK?

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By creating assignments, that have the students engaged and they can learn somethings. That is a way that we could intertwine pop culture and curriculum.

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I think its really cool

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it was coo

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i would like to watch movies and shows because i think that people would be more engaged in there learning and would make them want to do work

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By having activities that catch attention of students. Such as games, movies , and tv shows.

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It can intertwine with real life events, songs, stories, shows, all reflecting on what's going on in the world and teaching others how to succeed and learn from pop culture experiences

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I think it is alright I guess

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In what ways can pop culture intertwine with curriculum to enhance student engagement?
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Kawanna Bolden
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this is cool, i like the pop of it, its a great image

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i think that pop culture should be used to make the curriculum more interesting to the students by incorperating what is a common interests between us.

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I think that when you intertwine pop culture into curriculum students become more engaged because they are learning about things that affect them and that they care about.

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intertwining pop culture into our curriculum could help students get more involved in what we’re learning. It could help make people feel like they can relate to certain things that are more prevalent in our society today, if what we’re learning sparks interest to the majority of the class, I feel like class could go smoother and more people would be engaged

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I think that pop culture should be used as a teaching method.

Using videos with lyrics.

By using things that teenagers use often, they might want to actually participate in classroom work and activities.

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I think a pop culture curriculum would increase student engagement and participation.

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I think that pop culture should be used as a teaching material. Like using song lyrics to annotate.

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The ways we can intertwine is by watching shows and looking online to help us be more engaged into the curriculum and make it more fun for us. It can enhance our engagement because we will understand it and be more attentive due to the age we live in.