Every August since 1998, Beloit College has released a list they call the . The list was originally created as a reminder to faculty to be aware of dated references, and has become an annual look 鈥渁t the cultural touchstones that shape the lives of students entering college this fall.鈥�
How can we be mindful and stay current ourselves? One way is to incorporate popular culture and current technologies into the classroom.
鈥� Read the English Journal article 鈥溾�� to learn how a high school teacher and his students analyzed cultural objects and practices from ordinary life and popular culture.
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鈥� Investigate more about of 鈥溾�� in English Leadership Quarterly.
鈥� The Teaching English in the Two-Year College article 鈥溾�� explains how hip-hop as content in a first-year writing course offers students a powerful way to connect with their worlds.
鈥� 鈥溾�� from Research in the Teaching of English follows the digital literacy practices of an undergraduate student.
鈥� By examining in turn a son鈥檚 craft project, a family photograph, and an image of tectonic plates, the authors demonstrate how objects can elicit rhetorical invention in the College English article, ““.
鈥� View the on demand聽web seminar, 鈥溾�� for recommendations for engaging students with popular culture and the media.
“” reminds us to聽create opportunities for students to experience and respond to new contexts for composing so they will develop attitudes and strategies that 聽will help them succeed as writers in a future marked by rapid change.