Join Corellian Droidworks in the Pop Culture Classsroom Kids’ Laboratory this year to learn what goes into creating these real-life technologies from a galaxy far, far away! What’s Corellian Droidworks? A local Star Wars fan…
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The PCC Kids’ Lab Blasts into 2018 with Activities Galore!
Another exciting feature of our 2018 Pop Culture Classroom Kids’ Laboratory are our fun-filled Activity Areas, the STEAM Lab and the Crafts and Experiments Zone. We are so excited to bring these areas back into…
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The PCC Kids’ Lab Returns to 2018 With Its Best Stage Lineup Ever!
The Pop Culture Classroom Kids’ Lab at Denver Pop Culture Con is beyond excited to host another year of wonderful panels all weekend long! This year’s panel lineup is jam-packed with all sorts of amazing…
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Announcing the 2018 Kids Comics Contest Winners!
We at Pop Culture Classroom are excited to announce the winners of our Kids’ Comics Contest 2018! Every year, we host a Comics Contest to highlight the talent and work of young artists in the…
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The PCC Kids’ Laboratory Welcomes New and Returning Partners for 2018!
The PCC Kids’ Lab is back in action and bigger than ever! Each day of Denver Pop Culture Con, we’ll be offering fans of all ages the chance to take part in a nonstop slate…
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The Pop Culture Classroom Kids’ Laboratory Returns for DPCC’18!
The Pop Culture Classroom Kids’ Laboratory is back in action for Denver Pop Culture Con 2018! Don’t know what the PCC Kids’ Lab is? It’s only 9,000 square feet of pop culture-based educational fun for…
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5 Comics For Teaching Diversity
There’s never been a stronger demand for diverse characters than now, and the comic book industry seems to be listening and responding in kind, giving readers the chance to see themselves and their personal experiences reflected in the pages of their favorite (or soon-to-be favorite) comic book.
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FREE Denver Pop Culture Con Admission for Educators!
Are you new to using pop culture in education? Or are you well-versed in the pairing, looking to brush up your skills? Either way, we invite you to attend Educator’s Day at Denver Pop Culture…
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Our Educational Course Returns to Denver Pop Culture Con 2018!
We’re excited to be offering ED 589 for another year at Denver Pop Culture Con! If you haven’t heard about it previously, ED 589 is a course offered exclusively at Denver Pop Culture Con in…
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Using Graphic Novels to Get Your Kids Interested in Classic Literature
To start in a seemingly off-topic place: I like to tell my students that we study Shakespeare in an adapted format more often than we study Shakespeare in his original, intended medium. Shakespeare intended his…
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5 Ways to Teach Young Children With Comics
My earliest memories of holding a pencil were as a 4-year-old, drawing the same stick figure character on recycled computer paper from my dad’s office (probably with proprietary company secrets on them). I was drawing…
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3 Ways to Use Comics & Superheroes to Teach Social Studies
All educators need to be teachers of reading, no matter their class level or subject area. As comics, graphic novels, and superhero movies become increasingly more popular, they become an easy way to engage students…
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Five Empowered Women in Pop Culture
The term “strong female character” gets tossed around so often, but many representations of women in media aren’t necessarily all that progressive or empowering. Women aren’t as frequently represented as men, either: Looking at statistics…
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Game Design for Adults
Beginning in April, Pop Culture Classroom is offering a variety of pop culture themed workshops, designed for a number of age groups (and even a few directed at adults). And speaking of adults, this is…